knocking

hello experts, need an advice cuase i going to get nuts. the last week i hear a knocking when my engine becomes little warm on i idle, it is definetely not the fcr rattle. when i engage a gear a letting the clutch lever the knocking goes away, when i ride and open the throttle all sounds...

hey guys just got a 85 vmax with 5000 miles on it. it hadn't been ran in years. got it running and I beleave it has a rod knocking. is it worth fixing with such low miles? or should I look for a used motor?

I am really frustrated, are carbs so difficult to deal with or am I having the I.Q of a house plant ??? Here's my story, my bike was never running as should and recently it backfired so I decided to take the carbs off for the zillionth time :) I made sure that carb cleaner would go in every...

I'm posting this for a friend of mine that's not on the forum. Engine is a 1500 tourmaster with probably 15-20,000 miles on it. He's got a knocking noise in the driveline he says. Only when in gear, any gear, and the rear wheels turning. Also say when in nuetral, engine off, on the...

Lately I have been having some problems with my bike, I just replaced the battery and I saw I need to add some coolant, no biggy. But when I started it up and let it sit this evening I was listening to it and I heard a knocking. I got down to the side of the bike and the knocking is defiantly...

Hello all. I posted a few times last summer about engine trouble. I have finally got the carburetors clean and roughly adjusted so that the bike runs fairly well. Now however, there is a rather distinctive knock coming from the bottom end when the bike is idling in neutral. When the clutch lever...

Tonight I decided to change my oil and after I did, I put the bike up on the centre stand and put it in first gear and then in 2nd to see if it shifted any smoother with the amsoil synthetic. When I let the clutch out in 1st gear and just let the tire spin, I can hear the driveshaft clunking...

Does anyone elses VMAX make a sort of knocking sound during idle? not very loud but definetly a light mechanical thud in the idle ? hard to explain but I just noticed it, and I just picked this Vmax up today so Im hoping all is well :ummm:

Well I guess the engine is coming out. Was riding Saturday on the Blue Ridge Parkway and came through a section of curves and rolled on it pretty good coming out of the last turn, that's when it started. Was knocking pretty good so shut it off and coasted into a overlook, that's where I spent...

hey there all, I have an 06...and I noticed today over some heavy cracks in the road, the front forks seem to knock. To verify I sat on the bike with the front brake locked and " rocked " back and forth pushing down and pulling up on the handlebar and it is definately knocking. I usually run my...