| Author | Message | ||
     Elmono |
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. | ||
| Blake |
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.  | ||
| Blake |
Prudent thing to do though might be to check/verify the integrity of all exhaust support hardware and bracketry. | ||
| Cereal |
My S1 does that too, but I thought it was due to the hole in my supertrapp near the mount! | ||
| Gundog |
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! | ||
| Captainkirk |
Might be your lifters. Mine "tick" after the motor gets good and warm; this is normal and nothing to worry about. | ||
| Djkaplan |
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. |
