^ That tic tic tic noise you describe is probably a natural sound. I have had that sound since 600 miles when I bought it. I researched it on here and it seems to be the nature of the beast. Its very faint, but always there. I can not assure anything to you 'cause obviously a sound problem can't be fixed here. BUT, I personally feel that you are probably hearing a "normal" sound for this bike.

(This is totally my opinion and addressed to dshakes! I'm no mechanic.... This is just my experience with a low mileage 'hawk.)

 

dshakes,

Not hard at all, even if you jump a tooth somewhere, its easily corrected. Use the maint manual and there is no worry's about ONLY pulling the rear valve cover.

I recommend you check your initial timing carefully prior to releasing tension, so you can be confident it is back in the same place. Additionally it will give you a good dry run on the process... finding TDC on affected cyl, and then # of turns of the crank to get TDC on next cyl.

Please be carefull when reading the "how to's" presented here. there are several "opinions" that really just confuse things to a lessor mechanic... no offense.

follow the APE directions precisely and don't second guess, it will be fine... that is if you go that rout. If you go stock, you will need to fabricate a tool that is spelled out in the MM. If that's a problem, PM me and I'll send you mine, for maybe some shipping... I really don't need it anymore.

Truckinduc is selling some very nice alternatives to the APE's and for cheaper, these are not precision parts and recommend them.

Worst case, if you want to be absolutely sure... pull both covers and remove all doubt, it isn't hard, just a little awkward on the front, it doesn't need to be removed all the way to see what you need, just lifted 3/4" or so.

All that said, they "should" get quieter as the bike warms up... even with low miles, it DOES NOT mean that you don't have one ready to fail, they have failed early on others.

LB

 

This is all well and good but be reminded that the search engine does not recog acronyms. CCT's - no results. Cam chain tensioners gets plenty.

 

"You might see me at Timmys some time. I wear a red Joe Rocket 2 peice suit. I'm the old fart. But don't let the grey hairs fool ya. There's no chicken strips on my tires! "


Yeah Timmy's coffee will do that to ya . Where did you fing any clean pavement to wear down the chicken strips? I haven't found any curvy bits without sand and grit so far this spring. You'll have a hard time spotting my ride with the radar and visible light spectrum absorbing stealth grey paint that came on the '05s. You'll sure as hell here me though...unless yer Yoshis are rumbling too.

-D

 

High mount Yoshi's? Where the heck did you get them? I searched everywhere I could think of and could only find low mount so I went for the Jardines instead. How do they sound? Same as low mount?