SO I am just sitting here, wondering -- On the 1800 is there any maintenance or adjustment to be done on the timing chains?
My 1300 died an untimely death last february when the timing chain jumped many teeth and put the motor 180 out.....prior to that I had posted a link on the forum to the noises I had and was assured by everyone who listened to it that the noises were normal.
The 1800 has its own sets of noises etc.....I do seem to have a noise that SOUNDS like it could be a timing chain, way down low in the motor, very intermittant and seems to happen mostly when warmed up/hot.....kind of like a metallic clinking noise.
It could be internal, or it could be the exhaust expanding/contracting (like when you shut it off and the exhaust makes all sorts of cool racket as it cools).......
The bike had only 2k miles on her when I got it and now has just under 8k.......so pretty sure that whatever I am hearing is (I pray) normal....
I have all the other usual noises I have seen people post about the 1800 bikes.......gear whine, top end tapping, clunk in 1st gear, etc etc....I am ok with mechanical noises, but this bike has so many, want to make sure I am not overlooking something....
That said, I do not want to miss any maintenance on the timing chain if there is any......
Anyone know?
My 1300 died an untimely death last february when the timing chain jumped many teeth and put the motor 180 out.....prior to that I had posted a link on the forum to the noises I had and was assured by everyone who listened to it that the noises were normal.
The 1800 has its own sets of noises etc.....I do seem to have a noise that SOUNDS like it could be a timing chain, way down low in the motor, very intermittant and seems to happen mostly when warmed up/hot.....kind of like a metallic clinking noise.
It could be internal, or it could be the exhaust expanding/contracting (like when you shut it off and the exhaust makes all sorts of cool racket as it cools).......
The bike had only 2k miles on her when I got it and now has just under 8k.......so pretty sure that whatever I am hearing is (I pray) normal....
I have all the other usual noises I have seen people post about the 1800 bikes.......gear whine, top end tapping, clunk in 1st gear, etc etc....I am ok with mechanical noises, but this bike has so many, want to make sure I am not overlooking something....
That said, I do not want to miss any maintenance on the timing chain if there is any......
Anyone know?