acemastr

You coming tomorrow?

I will clean my bike.

It's not very clean anymore and i refuse to get up at crazy o'clock in the morning to clean it... or do i.... decisions

I shall be there Sam, even if it's not a particularly busy ride out I'd like to push the bike a bit, had enough of these crap cold mornings going to work.

Honda is but as said... Sunday is going to piss it down

Sunday it's going to piss it down, Saturday is the only nice day.

I'd hope that's a damn strong bracket, 45nm is... not far off the front sprocket torque which most people can't even get off. Basically it's put your entire weight behind it. Get a torque wrench

Just screw the damn things in as tight as you can without shoving your body weight on it

Weather looking good, rain Fri night but nice on Sat. Looking forward to the ride, had enough of crappy wet roads and me being scared lifeless of dropping my shiny new bike, even with crash bungs!

I'll be there, wherever there is

Definitely in, need to take the bike for a run Seen my new'un Sam?

It's in my garden, the noise is really loud and i don't fancy the entire engine blowing up This is VERY much different to the old one, crazy quick now, i need someone to race to see *hint hint*

That's bloody expensive for a trackday, Silverstone only charge £99 to use your own bike for the entire day

I'd be up for that

http://acemastr.com/CBR600RR/CBR600RR.jpg You twisted my arm

Does anyone go up there anymore? weather looks good this week, slightly milder. May go have a looksy tomorrow

So, anyone about for a ride around tomorrow? I have things I'd like to show off

It's either meet up with you guys or go to Silverstone to watch mate do a trackday, doesn't seem many people are about.

aww Ash, you'd like what I've done to the bike though!

Well... hoping the weather is fine... I'd like to go for a ride! You'll have to wait and see what how I get there Also depends on certain... factors Will let you know on Sat

3000-4000 miles ago or so

I may see about taking the rockercover off at some point and just taking a look, see if i can clearly see a problem in there. It's a very definite tick, increases with revs, doesn't go away at any rev range, although i'm not going to rev it too high, if it drops a valve the engines buggered. I can't pinpoint if it's coming from a particular cylinder, I can't actually hear the tick through a screwdriver at all, literally no ticking sound whatsoever, just the hum of the engine and clutch noise. It does however seem noisier on the right side, it could possibly be that the cam chain blade/guides have worn so much that the tensioner is no longer able to push the blade into the cam chain itself and isn't tensioning. Anymore suggestions greatly appreciated.

It's definitely top end, but unfortunately event he screwdriver to the ear on the engine doesn't tell me where it's coming from

Started the bike at lunch yesterday to hear a very loud ticking from the engine, it's been making a ticking noise for a while but was very quiet and i assumed it was the cam chain tensioner. Bike shop picked it up from work and i got a lift home, "definitely your cam chain tensioner" was what i was told upon pickup and this morning. So they sold me one... I fit it... still a loud ticking... They want to charge 3-4 hours labour to pull the engine apart and see what it is, which i can't afford at £50 an hour. CBR600FV 1997, just ticked onto 27200KM so...just under 17k miles. I do know that the valve clearances were due at 26k km, which haven't been done, but i can't imagine this would cause a loud ticking suddenly one lunch time. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm seriously desperate

Well, the bike has finally died on me pretty much, extremely loud ticking noise, I've literally just changed the cam chain tensioner but the ticking is still there. I can't afford the 3-4 hours labour needed for them to rip it apart and tell me what's wrong so it'll be off the road... most likely until spring. (just hope the car passes its MOT now) Will miss you guys.. and girls!