Funny ticking noise

[wildpudding]

Hi everyone,

On the FXR I am noticing a strange ticking/pinging sort of noise comming from the engine. Its not constant, and seems only to happen when slowing down, or sometimes sitting at idle. Also, I can usually only hear it after the bike is fully warmed. Its quite noticeable over the usual engine noise.

Is this a problem? The oil was changed recently, and everything else seems fine. Kinda hard to explain, possibly able to get an audio clip of it.

Cheers,

Stefan

[MSTRS:Me]

It's a bomb. Head for the hills......
Seriously - ticking from an engine is very common after running a while when you switch off. Tis cooling metal contracting. Do I read right, that this is happening under warmup/normal riding? If so, I'm stumped.

[Sketchy_Racer]

it sounds a litle like a valve clearance noise...but i could be wrong

[inlinefour]

Hi everyone,

On the FXR I am noticing a strange ticking/pinging sort of noise comming from the engine. Its not constant, and seems only to happen when slowing down, or sometimes sitting at idle. Also, I can usually only hear it after the bike is fully warmed. Its quite noticeable over the usual engine noise.

Is this a problem? The oil was changed recently, and everything else seems fine. Kinda hard to explain, possibly able to get an audio clip of it.

Cheers,

Stefan

Would have to have a listen to it to really give an accurate answer.

[wildpudding]

Hmm, noises are hard to describe in words. Its when the engine is running only. I thought it may be the valves, but it doesnt happen all the time, which is unusual.

Ill have a good listen to it tomorrow, and see what it tells me...

Cheers

Stefan

[skidMark]

check your clutch ......sometimes when you change your oil the clutch goes funny .... try hold the clutch in when it's doing it see what it does....just one possibility

[Burger]

I used to have a loud ticking noise coming from my old Audi. T'was the hydraulic lifters (the things that pump the oil around the engine). They were a bit clogged, it wasn't anything to concern myself about short term however.

(then the transmission blew up creating a large paperweight)

[rudolph]

A NOISY TAPIT IS A HAPPY TAPIT :spudwave: