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Elmono
| Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 10:35 pm: |
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When I ride by any solid object, I hear a metallic clicking sound in my exhaust echo. Nothing loose externally. Is this normal valve noise? Thanks, Chad. |
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Blake
| Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 07:31 am: |
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Hire an exterminator, your Buell may be infested by rabid fire breathing voles. Lots of metalic clicking emanating from a Buell. Exhaust echos are not reliable indicators of exhaust sound. I notice a metalic note sometimes too. I think it is acoustics playing a trick is all. ![: )](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/clipart/happy.gif) |
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Blake
| Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 07:32 am: |
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Prudent thing to do though might be to check/verify the integrity of all exhaust support hardware and bracketry. |
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Cereal
| Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 07:49 am: |
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My S1 does that too, but I thought it was due to the hole in my supertrapp near the mount! |
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Gundog
| Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 09:23 am: |
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I use ear protection every time I ride. With the Buell, the ear plugs help a bit to maintain my sanity. Otherwise, every little noise could drive me nuts. But it's still a great ride! |
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Captainkirk
| Posted on Friday, September 29, 2006 - 12:55 am: |
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Might be your lifters. Mine "tick" after the motor gets good and warm; this is normal and nothing to worry about. |
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Djkaplan
| Posted on Friday, September 29, 2006 - 08:12 am: |
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I used to have a metallic tick while my bike was warming up. It would start about a minute after the bike was started and continue for about three minutes. For years, I thought it was a lifter making the noise, but when I reinstalled my header after polishing, it went away completely. It was apparently an exhaust leak where the header mates up to the exhaust port. |
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