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tapping noise - 9/3/2008 11:30:41 AM

helacus

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hello all, im new around here, and new to motorcycles, but not to motorsports and getting my hands dirty. so i just bought a 1993 cbr 600 and my friend rode it home for me because i dont have my endorsement yet. anyway, no problems, it ran fine he said. smooth power, the only weird thing was it got a little warm.

anyway i went to class, and when i got back i was messing around with it, and i appearently left it on a hill in my yard, because when i got off of it, it fell away from the kickstand onto the right side. i know im a newb. anyway, i picked it up, and looked if anything was out of order.my mirror was bent but aside from that it seemed fine.

i started it up, and it was making this terrible ticking noise. i assumed i bent the plastics against something or something along those lines. so this morning i pulled the plastics off to see if anything was causing the noise and i couldnt find anything. sounds almost like a valve timing issue.

i did some research and it could be the cct or it could be my cams are out of time. but i dont know how this could have happened from just dropping it in the grass. anyway, im wondering if you all can help me pin point the cause, or am i just going to have to buy a manual tensioner and see if that fixes it.

thanks, all input is appreciated.

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RE: tapping noise - 9/3/2008 1:10:28 PM

Hurricane rider

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pull your right side fairing, if your cam chain tensioner is the stock unit, that would most likely be the source of the tick/tapping you''re hearing. I recall there was a fix for this, but I dont know what it was exactly. if the valve timing was off, it wouldnt run as well as you''re suggesting.

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RE: tapping noise - 9/5/2008 5:50:41 AM

eweppley

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Does the ticking go away when you get the RPMs up? If it does, then my money''s on your CCT. Splurge and get a manual one that you can adjust to your liking. They are super easy to replace. You may need to get a new gasket for it as well. A stock one will work just fine.

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