Fazer making a noise

[b1k3rdude]

Just bought a Fazer thou a few days ago and Rosen it home 200 miles no problems and was great. Problem now is it has developed a noise today when I started it,

Its sounds like one of two things and both of which are easily fixed -

• Camchain is slack and the tensioner need adjusting - Its likely all you need to do is push the tensioner in a notch, but you might as well check the operation of the tensionor. The howto for this is section 2-11, sub-section 8-6.
  
• The Exup valve rattle - that said you didnt go down to the bottom of the bike with the camera, so didnt hear if the noise go louder.
  
• If it is a tappet, then getting a mechanic to check the valves isnt overly expensive - with the cam cover off he/she will be able to spot/hear which one it is - how many miles has the bike done and when was it last done on the paperwork you go with the bike.
  

One thing I spotted in the video, is the small hose folded over on the r/h side of the radiator. That pipe I believe is part of the carb warming system. Whith that disconnected you will potentially get carb icing in the winter. God knows why the previous owner did that, seeing as they may have been the one who installed the upside down fork mod (thats an R1 front end you have on the bike btw)

Also why are there two jubilee clips on the large hose going from the top of the radiator to the thermostat, there is normally one one.