So, last time I had the carb apart I put in a 55 slow jet As it turns out or seems atm a 55 is a little too much. Seems to run ok but tickover still a bit erratic Anyway, see if you can answer this If I leave it ticking over and then switch off the fuel, it seems to smooth out and the tickover...

On my XL600VV there is 2 vacuum pipe attachments on the fuel tap. The one forward to the front wheel is the correct one to attach the vacuum pipe to, correct? If so, is the other one left open? Looks strange and there is a hissing coming from it when it is ticking over.. Seems not correct...

Hey guys please help me, I have been using my Transalp 600 1998 for about 600 miles now and it has gradually developed a ticking noise coming from the engine. i checked the oil level the other day and it was 0.5 litres less than it should have been which is 2.2 litres. could i have done some...

Hi all, i'm new to the forum ! My problem isn't a new one... I've read about it loads on here.... well i think so anyway. Its an extremely annoying ticking tapping sound, loudest at 3000rpm. I only bought it 3 months ago (89' ta red and white, 52,000m) it had the sound when i bought it...

Hi guys I am new to all of this forum business but i have bought an XR 250 1995 (Jap import with electric start). It had a really loud ticking noise so i stripped her down, found the camshaft and followers to be knackered. £500 on parts later i have changed the camshaft, followers, oil pump and...

Hi everyone, i have a honda xr 125L 07 and a couples of months ago the engine started making a horrible ticking sound from the top end, i have stripped the top end and my dad ground the exhaust valve in due to it not sealing properly. Once i had put it back together everything ran smoothly...

The 94 Dominator I bought has had a hard life and I am ticking the jobs off one at a time before I even go near the engine. I fitted a Honda SLR front wheel on and caliper but its got to come off again coz when I checked the fork oil there was hardly any in the forks. I have some 10W 30 fork oil...

Seeing John's post about the carb on his R80 reminds me of a question I have. When I got the bike it would only run on one pot when cold so I stripped the carbs and cleaned everything out paying special attention to the choke circuits and now the bike starts on both cylinders from the off. The...

hi all, Just looking for some advice with my 2004 xr 400. The bike is a pig to keep ticking over when started from cold, but once warm will tick over lovely. when the bike is ticking over it misses, in some cases almost dies but will then pick itself up again. when riding the bike and...

I just can't help myself. I must be spending too much time at work and not enough time on my bike. So some chap decided it would be a good idea to take a swim in the River Thames and disrupts a bunch of toffs out for a paddle in their boats and gets six months in jail. Maybe he should have...

Hi Hello to all! Just got myself a dommi had the problem with tickover upped pilot jet now sorted! Now when it's ticking over its fine when handlebars are straight but when you turn them left or right The idle slows down an it's cuts out? I took the throttle cable off totally and it makes no...

Only four days to go........... let the ticking begin :blob7:

hello All, When braking on the engine i hear a light ticking from the engine. The second I use the clutch the ticking is gone. Almos has the light sound as the clicking from the fuel pump. I don't hera it at idle so only when rolling off the throttle untill i squeeze the clutch. Any ideas? Is...

Hi everyone! I'm owner of Honda SLR 650 from two weeks. Now i'got problem with suspended sound coming from engine. While i riding on each gear with the revs about 1,5 k up to 2,0 k maybe 2,5 k (On each gear), i'm able to hear ticking from engine (from cylinder maybe). But there is no ticking...

Hi everyone, Me and my dad noticed the other day that my bike was making a loud ticking noise from cold, but since then i have noticed that it is also making the noise when hot. My dad adjusted the valve clearances when i first get the bike, but he adjusted them wrong, to 0.10 and 0.12mm...

Whenever I took my 650 TA off its centre stand (engine off), I can hear some ticking sound from the front end of the bike. The sound also appears when bike running at low gear. I am sure it is not from the engine. I have check all fasterners and they seem to be reasonably tight. So now I...

just noticed today that at tickover, there is a quiet ticking noise coming from the engine. I had this on a Deauville a couple of years ago. Anyone know what it is. Is it the carbs?

About a year and another africa twin later here i am again complaning about engine noises. When i bought my second AT, rd04 this time it had a ticking noise that seem to get faster with reving the engine so i asumed it was the valves. Got a friend to set them in the midlle(0.15 and 0.20 i...

I usualy can ignore it and as i had it for the past 15k miles now and it hasn't got any worst i'm not to worried about it but somebody has sugested that it might be the cam chain tensioners. To refresh your memory the noise is a sort of ticking, rateling noise only when the engine is at normal...

i can hear this ticking noise, more like a ratle noise from the left side of the engine but the strange thing is it only comes on when the engine is at normal runing temperature and it goes away when at 1500 revs and above. if i go for a longer run and the temp drops to the second line from...