The Beekeeper
Well-Known Member
Recently I had noticed some noise comming from the engine on startup, it started out like a tick but went away after a few seconds, then I noticed it was getting louder and turned into a sharp metallic rap, my riding buddies said it didn't sound good, I run a handlebar oil pressure guage and found the pressure staying normal, the Max has 37K on the clock, I have put 30K of the hardest miles you can on the old girl, I figured my time had come and I had a wrist pin or rod bearing going south, I decided to drop the oil and filter and take a look, oil looked good and no metallic particles present, I cut open the spin on filter and it was clean also, I got to thinking of somthing I read on the site about the inner tube on the head pipes cracking and rattling, I happend to have a clean system off an 07 I had bought off a local member a few years ago, had my buddy Patrick "Scuff" over and we dropped the head pipes, sure enough the inner tube on the R/H side had broken away, we installed both pipes and cranked it up, I breathed a sigh of relief as the engine roared to life and a throaty rumble was all to be heard!................
unk:..............Tom.
unk:..............Tom.
