28-03-13, 12:27 AM
Was a bit worried it would be the cam chain because I've seen a lot about them on here and they sound expensive and pain to fix. I'm not sure if it is, it does rattle a little bit when I start the bike but its very quiet so im not sure if it's just normal. I have the standard pipes and can too so there's nothing to drown it out, the engine still feels nice and responsive when warm too and pulls hard. The bike has done just over 21k miles.
I only properly removed one plug and just the ht leads on the others, so hopefully nothing fell into the engine on the one I removed hasn't played up since. I will do as you say with the tubing though and blow them through before I remove them. I havent changed the air filter yet or looked at it properly although I noticed the drain tube from the filter does very occasionally drain some fluid if I do too many trips to and from work (2 miles) without going for a proper ride between. I was planning on fitting a k & n when I replace it in the service im giving it in may / june. Like I say the drop of revs at pull away is rare and the bike never stalls just a bit annoying sometimes.
Packie I do plan on using that stuff you talked about in your other thread, sounds like good stuff and I would get the strong one. The rattle at idle is a lot quieter than the one that happens if the revs drop too low so could just be me being lazy with the gear changes and putting too much strain on the engine in low revs. This is my first inline 4 bike so I am pretty used to it now but sometimes probably need to change down a gear where before on my twin / single I could have got away with leaving it in a higher gear. I will look into balancing the carbs and check the tps too although I doubt its that as it feels fine 85% of the time.
I only properly removed one plug and just the ht leads on the others, so hopefully nothing fell into the engine on the one I removed hasn't played up since. I will do as you say with the tubing though and blow them through before I remove them. I havent changed the air filter yet or looked at it properly although I noticed the drain tube from the filter does very occasionally drain some fluid if I do too many trips to and from work (2 miles) without going for a proper ride between. I was planning on fitting a k & n when I replace it in the service im giving it in may / june. Like I say the drop of revs at pull away is rare and the bike never stalls just a bit annoying sometimes.
Packie I do plan on using that stuff you talked about in your other thread, sounds like good stuff and I would get the strong one. The rattle at idle is a lot quieter than the one that happens if the revs drop too low so could just be me being lazy with the gear changes and putting too much strain on the engine in low revs. This is my first inline 4 bike so I am pretty used to it now but sometimes probably need to change down a gear where before on my twin / single I could have got away with leaving it in a higher gear. I will look into balancing the carbs and check the tps too although I doubt its that as it feels fine 85% of the time.