Combat
Junior Member
My bike started making this strange noise. The best way a can describe it is to say it sounds like a tazer. I notice it more in the lower gears, especially when she's winding down, but that may be just because I can't hear it when the engine is running high. I'm not very knowledgeable about engine mechanics but I do understand the basic parts and how they work; I know just enough to be dangerous lol. My fear is that the ticking sound is the pistons smacking the valves for some unknown reason. She's running fine and all. She has full power through the entire RPM range, acceleration is normal and smooth, throttle response hasn't changed, she's not smoking, And she doesn't jerk or skip. As far as I can tell there is nothing wrong with her but that noise really concerns me. What do you guys ( and gals ) think about it? Anyone else experience this? One thing that I can say is that I changed to 87 octane a few weeks back but our bikes are rated for that so I hope thats not causing a problem.
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