HMMM that wasn't it but thanks..one time my left mirror made a ticking sound which screwed with my head for 2 days.
On Jun 27, 6:34 am, "jason scott" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
