my 86 nh 700sc sounds like it has a lose cam chain but if i put my foot on the muffler it stops. make sure your muffler is not causing the noise. ----- Original Message ----- From: "yankfroggy" <[email protected]> To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 7:05 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Intermittent Tappet Noise?
OK I'll try the seafoam additive if you reccomend it. Any ideas as to why it goes away when bike is tilted to the left?. Thanks again, 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
