Hello everyone.
I hope you're all doing well.
I recently decided, after 6 years of riding my beloved 125cc motorcycle, I have become experienced enough for an upgrade. Hence my recent purchase of a Honda Rebel 500. Love that thing!
Bought it secondhand at 8000 kilometers (around 5000 miles). I am now at 14000 kilometers (8700 miles). I just did my first oil change on this vehicle. It's got a parallel twin with DOHC.
THE PROBLEM
I've noticed that a light ticking/knocking noise has started to appear from within my engine.
I want to say they only happen at low rpm, but the symptoms are so unnoticeable (very subtle vibrations and quiet sound) there's no way for me to detect them when riding at speed.
WHAT I'VE DONE SO FAR
Nothing. The ticking was already there before I did my oil change. I do not want to open anything up before getting advice from people more experienced than me. Below a video, which you might want to listen to using headphones:
Click to watch the video (around 5x ticks starting around 0:05 and stopping around 0:06)
WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH
The fact that the ticking noise only begins after warming up suggests the problem has a relation with temperature. Something must be expanding and is then hitting something. Perhaps:
Thanks everyone!
I hope you're all doing well.
I recently decided, after 6 years of riding my beloved 125cc motorcycle, I have become experienced enough for an upgrade. Hence my recent purchase of a Honda Rebel 500. Love that thing!
Bought it secondhand at 8000 kilometers (around 5000 miles). I am now at 14000 kilometers (8700 miles). I just did my first oil change on this vehicle. It's got a parallel twin with DOHC.
THE PROBLEM
I've noticed that a light ticking/knocking noise has started to appear from within my engine.
- The ticking only starts after the engine has warmed up.
- I can actually feel the vibrations of the ticks when seated, notably more on the right side of my body, through my foot and hand.
- The ticking noise is in perfect sync with the engine tempo. I'm not sure at which stroke it appears.
- The ticks come and go in little streaks of about 3-10.
- The ticking noise appears to be becoming more frequent.
I want to say they only happen at low rpm, but the symptoms are so unnoticeable (very subtle vibrations and quiet sound) there's no way for me to detect them when riding at speed.
WHAT I'VE DONE SO FAR
Nothing. The ticking was already there before I did my oil change. I do not want to open anything up before getting advice from people more experienced than me. Below a video, which you might want to listen to using headphones:
Click to watch the video (around 5x ticks starting around 0:05 and stopping around 0:06)
WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH
The fact that the ticking noise only begins after warming up suggests the problem has a relation with temperature. Something must be expanding and is then hitting something. Perhaps:
- Loose timing chain, expanding just enough to start bucking about (+ sits at the right side of the engine)?
- Loose clutch basket (+ also sits at the right side of the engine)?
- Something with valve clearance? I think this one is unlikely since the ticks appear once for every ignition stroke, and there's two cylinders ... which would mean both sets of valves started getting issues at the same moment?... Otherwise, the ticks would be one-off-one-off!
Thanks everyone!
