[Bluefox]

tut tut tut

poor woman,so much to learn & so little time

you obviously explained you'd be refitting the originals at the soonest oppertunity,

[yorkylancs]

I found on mine the noise seemed to come from the front left,it wasnt always there but you could defo hear it,almost like valve train noise.Got a mate to rev it while i listened with a big screwdriver on the tensioner housings,could tell the difference between the two.Was the front one,so swapped it for new.Looking at the old one,it looked and felt worn on the shaft area where it goes into the body,but the spring had not broke.My theory is that its best to replace when you first suspect something.A really screwed tensioner will be a lot louder than this...then a world of sh1t!

[chuxsta]

i had and still have a ticking noise.. and after lots of head scratching and oiley roll ups it turned out to be blowing from the rear mid join in the header at the back next to the rear shock..
i need to change the gaskets but its just finding the time to do it..
lazy i know... but thats not to say your ticking is the same...

[yorkylancs]

Probably cct paranoia,every ticking noise gets you going,best just enjoy the ride,turn them cans up and give the busy bodies summat to really talk about...Try A.M next time much better than P.M.

[warby221]

Hi m8
Just reading your dilemma

Seeing how it’s the spring that go’s weak or snaps you could try unscrewing the (think it’s a 6mm bolt) off the back of the CCT and wind it in a little by hand using a small screwdriver just don’t put to much pressure on it if the ticking go’s away it’s probably on its way
Or better still get your hand in your pocket and buy some APE manual CCT hand have some piece of mind

Go on Tim you know you want to

[JohnD]

Now i need another set, can i find the site in USA i got them from? NO, i can not Worked out to about £45 delivered too so was pretty cheap.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/One-APE- ... 0261891771

[warby221]

is that the one your after tim??
$54 a pop for them

http://cbrzone.com/sprockets.html

[Pete.L]

i had and still have a ticking noise.. and after lots of head scratching and oiley roll ups it turned out to be blowing from the rear mid join in the header at the back next to the rear shock..
i need to change the gaskets but its just finding the time to do it..
lazy i know... but thats not to say your ticking is the same...

I'd check Chuxsta's idea first. It very common and easier to check than the CCT. For the sake of a couple of minutes you can rule another thing of the list.

Pete.l

[chuxsta]

i had and still have a ticking noise.. and after lots of head scratching and oiley roll ups it turned out to be blowing from the rear mid join in the header at the back next to the rear shock..
i need to change the gaskets but its just finding the time to do it..
lazy i know... but thats not to say your ticking is the same...

I'd check Chuxsta's idea first. It very common and easier to check than the CCT. For the sake of a couple of minutes you can rule another thing of the list.

Pete.l

what made it a pig to pin point is no matter where you stood and put your ear it always sounded like it was coming from the other side or end of the bike...

the only way i could describe the noise is kinda like when you drop a glass ball on a marble floor,
my pops said right away when he heard it something is blowing,, but putting hands over the end cans caused the bike to stall,, so we thought nope all tight n sealed there,, but there must have been an extremely small hole in the join some where..

only way i found out was while fiddling about i noticed that the exhaust clamp at the join i mentioned had been fitted incorrectly and was doing jack sh1t to apply pressure to the join. so god knows how long it had been blowing there prior to my ownership, but its obviously obscured the gasket cause even with a new clamp on tighter than a corgis butt hole its still blowing..

[Pete.L]

had the same problem.
and you're spot on about the sound always seeming to come from the other side had me circling the bike like I was an Indian around a wagon train.
once the graphite seal starts to brake down no amount of tightening the clamp will bodge it. I found the easiest way to change it was to remove the exhaust studs and lift the header pipe out. Piece of cake as long as the studs haven't seized.

Pete.l

[chuxsta]

one other solution is just run it with out any exhausts on at all,,
will mask the sound of any rattle ticking knocking and maybe even cause blood to leave the skull via your ears...

[sirch345]

If you find that the exhaust is not the problem (I agree with the others, best check that first) it may be a valve clearance issue. Iirc LSM had a tapping noise on his bike from the engine and that turned out to be to big a gap on one of the valves. So it may not necessarily be a CCT problem.

If you check the exhaust out first, if it's not that I'd next check the CCT's (as Warby suggests) if they are OK then I would say it's more than likely a valve clearance issue.

Good luck with it Tim,

Chris.