fabiodriven
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My bike is a 2009 XB12Scg. It's got 18,XXX miles on it. I've had it for about six years now with no major issues. I always try to keep up with my engine oil and primary changes.
I see these threads a lot on the three wheeler forum I'm on, a more familiar area of mechanics for me. I know it's very difficult to explain this over the intranets, but I'm hoping there may be something common than the community might be familiar with and can point me in the right direction. I hope this turns out to be no big deal because I have big plans for this bike upcoming.
I was stopped at a red light today when both I and my friend who was next to me on his bike heard an intermittent noise from my bike at idle. It would come and go, on and off like a light switch. It sounds like kind of a rattle, so both of us thought it was a good chance the exhaust springs were the cause. It sounded like one of those rattling on the pipe. I was able to reach down and touch multiple parts of the bike in an attempt to quell the noise, but nothing I touched seemed to stop it. When I got home, I got off the bike and listened again. It did it once or twice briefly, but not long enough for me to try and track the noise. I shut the bike off to check the oil, which was down but only a little bit. I started the bike back up with a hose on the exhaust to quiet the exhaust note so I could listen to the engine. It didn't make the noise that time. I'm really hoping this thing doesn't need any major surgery right now. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
I see these threads a lot on the three wheeler forum I'm on, a more familiar area of mechanics for me. I know it's very difficult to explain this over the intranets, but I'm hoping there may be something common than the community might be familiar with and can point me in the right direction. I hope this turns out to be no big deal because I have big plans for this bike upcoming.
I was stopped at a red light today when both I and my friend who was next to me on his bike heard an intermittent noise from my bike at idle. It would come and go, on and off like a light switch. It sounds like kind of a rattle, so both of us thought it was a good chance the exhaust springs were the cause. It sounded like one of those rattling on the pipe. I was able to reach down and touch multiple parts of the bike in an attempt to quell the noise, but nothing I touched seemed to stop it. When I got home, I got off the bike and listened again. It did it once or twice briefly, but not long enough for me to try and track the noise. I shut the bike off to check the oil, which was down but only a little bit. I started the bike back up with a hose on the exhaust to quiet the exhaust note so I could listen to the engine. It didn't make the noise that time. I'm really hoping this thing doesn't need any major surgery right now. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
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