Hello all,
So I have an '06 FS650c that seems to have a ticking sound when the engine is under a load. I have checked and re-checked the valves and they are properly adjusted (.013 mm if memory serves). When the engine is simply idling there is no audible ticking sound but when I am riding it I can make out a ticking sound that keeps time with the engine. I have had the bike for a few years now and it hasn't dropped dead yet and the sound has always been there.
I tore the engine apart last year to see if I could diagnose anything and did find a loose primary gear nut. After inspecting everything and tightening things back up the engine is somewhat quieter but the ticking sound is still there. I would really like to take this bike on some extended rides but am leery of an engine problem I just don't know about.
This is the only 4-stoke single I have ever owned so I have no frame of reference as to how they should sound or if they are simply loud in general. Is it normal to have a sound like valves are out of adjustment on these bikes?
Thanks,
Adam
So I have an '06 FS650c that seems to have a ticking sound when the engine is under a load. I have checked and re-checked the valves and they are properly adjusted (.013 mm if memory serves). When the engine is simply idling there is no audible ticking sound but when I am riding it I can make out a ticking sound that keeps time with the engine. I have had the bike for a few years now and it hasn't dropped dead yet and the sound has always been there.
I tore the engine apart last year to see if I could diagnose anything and did find a loose primary gear nut. After inspecting everything and tightening things back up the engine is somewhat quieter but the ticking sound is still there. I would really like to take this bike on some extended rides but am leery of an engine problem I just don't know about.
This is the only 4-stoke single I have ever owned so I have no frame of reference as to how they should sound or if they are simply loud in general. Is it normal to have a sound like valves are out of adjustment on these bikes?
Thanks,
Adam
