No additives. Currently running 20-50, was 10/40. What's the "seafoam thing"?
Thanks, Dennis On Jun 21, 1:06 pm, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, first off, it isn't normal. What weight oil ? Any additives ? Maybe > it's an occasion for the Seafoam thing. > > --- On Sun, 6/21/09, yankfroggy <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: yankfroggy <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Intermittent Tappet Noise? > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, June 21, 2009, 3:54 PM > > Ever since I bought my 2003 750 Nighthawk (1.5 years ago at 6400 > miles), It's had an intermittent valve noise. It now has over 10,000, > and after two oil changes it hasn't gotten worst or better. It's odd > to me because It doesn't seem to be related to how warm or cold the > motor is. Sometimes it appears after riding a few minutes rather than > right after starting. It isn't loud but it definately happens almost > every ride. It does seem to vanish after a lengthy 20 minutes or more. > The real interesting and possibly tell-tale thing, is that at idle it > disappears if I lean the bike to the left, but continues upright. I > haven't been real concerned because i understand it can be normal on a > cold engine, but sometimes it appears after a few minutes of riding > and maybe it's time I address the issue. > > Is it an oil circulation issue? These bikes have self adjusting valves > right? Should I be concerned?Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Dennis Yankfroggy Farez --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
