Guest Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 How is the oil level, does it need topping up? also you've looked at the centre stand, try moving it with the bike on the side stand, does the noise go away.. could be the engine is making the stand vibrate and come into contact with something else. Quote
choppedminx Posted December 20, 2008 Author Posted December 20, 2008 Found out what the problem was I held the bike up with an engine crane, put the centrestand down - still made the noise - investigated further to find that the stand was very close, but not quite touching the exhaust. Let the crane down, and the noise stopped again - the stand was now touching the exhaust! (if you listen to the video, the squeek must have been the stand scraping the exhaust!!)One of the exhaust downpipes was not quite sealing against the head, thereby causing a single cylinder exhaust 'pop'When the bike was fully up on centrestand, and taking the full weight of the bike, it just touched the exhaust enough to seal the downpipe!!Problem solved Thanks for everyone help. Quote
Guest Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 Glad it's sorted now (well nearly, you at least know what it is now!!) Quote
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