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Posted by Troll
- August 21, 2014, 09:44:08 AMThis is a pretty busy engine. I'm not sure, but I'll bet what you hear are the decompressor cams bouncing around, and maybe a little timing chain slack. Mind sounds like a coffee can full of rocks when the idle is too low, and sometimes one of the hydraulic units will make some noise, even after it's warmed up. 90,000 miles, now and noises included, it runs perfectly!
Posted by Brent Duncan
- August 21, 2014, 09:36:32 AMoh i know the bike is noisy when cold, but this is well warmed up and i was turning the idle down just playing with it and when it gets very low there is a real almost piston slap knock when chugging close to dieing. i was turning the idle down just to see if the bike will chug like a Harley does but when it gets down really low to the pint of almost conking out there is a really noticeable knock almost like a piston slap. this is after 15mins of the bike being warmed up, like i said i was turning the idle knob down just playing around to see how low the bike can idle.
Posted by Troll
- August 21, 2014, 07:31:02 AMIn a word, yes...and the colder it is the worse the noise. When it's around 30 here, the thing sounds terrible until it warms up.
Posted by Brent Duncan
- August 20, 2014, 22:11:45 PMok here is an odd question, bike is running fine with the exception of small leaks at the cam plugs but going to fix those asap.lol
Started the bike today and was laying around wight he low ice knob by the right air filter cover, and when i turned the idle down low past normal idle to the point of the chug there is a health slapping almost knocking is this normal with super low barley running idle??? i know the bikes are not supposed to idle that low as it pretty much dies on twist of the throttle. but is the slapping/knocking just a cause of abnormally low idle? I'm not letting the bike idle at this low rate as it doesn't even stay running if you hit the throttle and upon release dies and won't restart unless idles is turned up to proper mark. just want to know if the noise is normal because of poor mix/low idle.