What did you do to your Street Triple today?

[ANZAC]

Originally Posted by Scottyyy

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Valve check Scottyyy?

How were the settings and did you have to shim?

[Scottyyy]

Originally Posted by ANZAC

Valve check Scottyyy?

How were the settings and did you have to shim?

Nah, I changed out my valve cover gasket...but I should have checked the valves too. I'm pretty sure my valves are fine, although my bike ticks a lot louder than normal lately on warm up. I'll probably just have the shop do that when I hit 24k. I don't trust myself enough. Plus, my reasoning for not doing a valve check was that I wouldn't trust myself to do the adjustment if something wasn't in spec...meaning I would have to put it back together and ride it to a shop anyway lol. My gasket was leaking and everything seems perfectly tight, so I threw a new one on there and tightened everything down properly...hopefully no more leaking. I'm really anal about my bikes and it drives me nuts when things aren't right.


Speaking of my bike being loud (probably should have learned how to check the valves)...does anyone else have a rather loud ticking sound coming from the engine when the bike is first warming up on a cold day? As you can hear by the end of my video, it goes away when it's warm enough. Yes, I have enough oil in the bike...but maybe the cold temps make the exhaust valve starve of oil until the viscosity is low enough that it can be properly lubricated?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoRM3qySB-8

[Tronix]

cam chain tensioner...

[Neanderthal]

lol.... I think Scotyyy just sold the APE unit he had on hand? Not laughing at you Scott, just for you if this is the case.

I think all the 675's make some noise until warm, hard for me to tell from his video - hopefully someone more knowledgable about this will confirm if Scott has an issue or not.

Scott - nothing wrong with recognizing your limitations - a good service tech is worth establishing a working relationship with. From everything you've talked about with me - I think having a qualified second set of eyes look over your bike would be a good idea.

[Scottyyy]

Originally Posted by Neanderthal

lol.... I think Scotyyy just sold the APE unit he had on hand? Not laughing at you Scott, just for you if this is the case.

I think all the 675's make some noise until warm, hard for me to tell from his video - hopefully someone more knowledgable about this will confirm if Scott has an issue or not.

Scott - nothing wrong with recognizing your limitations - a good service tech is worth establishing a working relationship with. From everything you've talked about with me - I think having a qualified second set of eyes look over your bike would be a good idea.

Lol yeah...I did sell the APE unit I had. I was really hurting for money and selling that unit right then was perfect because I didn't have enough $$ for my bike insurance that was about to be taken out. Also, if the tensioner does need replacing, I'm probably going to go with an OEM unit again just since it would be one less "aftermarket" thing on the bike for if I were to sell the bike down the road.

And yeah, if my bike needs engine work or a check up, I'm most likely going to bring it into a shop next time since I don't exactly know how the bike is supposed to be when in it's prime since I bought it pre beat-up.

[ANZAC]

Thats the cam chain for sure

I had my valves checked at 12k and they were just fine. A couple of exhaust were just a little out of spec - so minor shimming done. Just take care of your engine and don't beat the living day lights out of it.

[Scottyyy]

Lol awesome. Well I guess I know what I will be ordering in the near future...again haha.

On another note...I'm putting my bike back together and I seem to have found a connector without a mate? Am I going crazy or did I lose a connection somewhere? Is there supposed to be a connector under the tank not connected to something?




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[Neanderthal]

Exercise extreme care when re-securing the tank, so as not to pinch the wiring. When you lower the tank into position, sort of wiggle it side-to-side at the same time, keeping an eye on the wiring harness. They really crammed a lot into such a small space with all the relays, ect. Also make sure your little rubber blocks are setting on the frame welds (2 of them).

[Scottyyy]

Thanks for the advice. Don't worry though, I've done it a few times before already. I had to hook up my cheap signals a while back, I've had to replace the air filter, and I will be putting new signals on the bike in about a week or so again as well haha.

[Tronix]

Originally Posted by Tronix

cam chain tensioner...

Ya Tronix I agree its the cam chain as well, thanks for replying first. wtf