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Elmono
Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 10:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

When I ride by any solid object, I hear a metallic clicking sound in my exhaust echo. Nothing loose externally. Is this normal valve noise? Thanks, Chad.
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Blake
Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 07:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hire an exterminator, your Buell may be infested by rabid fire breathing voles. joker

Lots of metalic clicking emanating from a Buell. Exhaust echos are not reliable indicators of exhaust sound. I notice a metalic note sometimes too. I think it is acoustics playing a trick is all. : )
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Blake
Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 07:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Prudent thing to do though might be to check/verify the integrity of all exhaust support hardware and bracketry.
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Cereal
Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 07:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My S1 does that too, but I thought it was due to the hole in my supertrapp near the mount!
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Gundog
Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 09:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I use ear protection every time I ride. With the Buell, the ear plugs help a bit to maintain my sanity. Otherwise, every little noise could drive me nuts.
But it's still a great ride!
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Captainkirk
Posted on Friday, September 29, 2006 - 12:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Might be your lifters. Mine "tick" after the motor gets good and warm; this is normal and nothing to worry about.
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Djkaplan
Posted on Friday, September 29, 2006 - 08:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I used to have a metallic tick while my bike was warming up. It would start about a minute after the bike was started and continue for about three minutes. For years, I thought it was a lifter making the noise, but when I reinstalled my header after polishing, it went away completely. It was apparently an exhaust leak where the header mates up to the exhaust port.
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