11-09-14, 01:41 PM
(11-09-14, 12:32 PM)Paul link Wrote: You could take the starter gear and clutch cover off and see if anything's loose.
I once forgot to change gear and looked down at the clocks and I was in the red zone. As far as I can remember the rev limiter (if it's got one) didn't kick in.
They definitely have a rev limiter. It cuts the power at around 14,000 until the revs drop down to about 12,500 and then the engine comes back as I found out over taking a bus (badly :lol) Hitting the limiter isn't going to cause any damage. If you were holding the throttle wide open for an extended period then yeah maybe but not just hitting it once and then back down. Paulfzs can you get a video of the noise? If not you should probably bring it to a mechanic and let him listen to it