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FFS Shadow went down again. She is okay but the bike is scuffed. Busted indicators and bent foot peg. I’m fighting a losing battle trying to keep her bike tidy. To fast in the wet and hit gravel going around a roundabout. I not happy with her she knows better than to take those sort of risks, just stupid. silly bloody bint I have a spare indicator lens for the front don’t know the extent of the damage to the rear as to weather I can fix it or if she needs a replacement. I have spare foot pegs. Crash bars and exhaust I can paint. Those pics are all I have. Will see the true extent when she gets home.

two tier kier can help.

Place a screwdriver on various parts of the engine and put your ear to the handle.

Yes it’s a trait of owning a hyper bike

I will when she gets back later.

True, it was shock

I would definitely pull the sprocket cover, might be something silly like a stone in there.

You used the f word.

I'm of a bit of a quandary what to do about it really, I can get a low mileage motor for it on Ebag for £300 to £400 and swap it over in an afternoon. In the condition it is in the bike itself is only worth £1100 to £1500 if there were no rattle. Never going to be worth paying anyone to fix it and it would not be done just like that, especially this time of year. And I can just imagine the grief and pressure I would get from Shadow if she was off the road for any period of time. While I reckon I could strip and fix whatever it is, it would not be quick and the price of Honda parts is daft. At a rough glance for a cam chain tensioner assembly is quite spendy. I have told her to keep riding and let me know if it gets any worse.

You can't , he's flounced again ............

And down the tone goes

Piece come off of the cam chain tensioner , it wouldn't be the first time it's happened on a Honda

Yeah, that’s what he has in mind.

That' a pity, I have always liked the look of them. Interesting small and light bit of kit. Spendy though but they look very well made in the flesh. Somebody will buy the name and outsource to some chinese factory and start banging them out ala Benelli, Reiju, Moto Morini, Fantic, BMW, KTM, Husky, and prolly many more. China will become the new Japan in time.

Fuck me he has set his sights low then I'm sure he could pay someone much younger and attractive to do him.

Will have a look for a stethoscope, good plan. I think it's coming from inside the engine casing but will have a look at the front sprocket nonetheless.

The problem is he wants to do you.

Broken tooth on front sprocket bouncing about? Stethoscope would help you, I bought one years ago from Machine Mart, saves me a lot of time. It is often hard to pinpoint rattles on a bike as the engine noise masks where the rattles are coming from.

There really is a cabal of you lot obsessed with Bum Chummery on here. No judgement, you do you

Since February 5th so coming on for 5 months.

Ok then brains trust can you help me identify this rattle. I serviced the bike last week and all went as it should. Sounded as sweet as it always does. Any way Shadow came home last night with a rattle after around 300 miles. I in paranoia stripped the valve cover and checked them, they are still spot on but I reset them just the same to be sure. I was worried one may have back off. Anyway after a couple of minutes when the bike comes off fast idle the rattle starts again. As far as I can tell the cam chain is under tension. The inside of the head is spotlessly clean as is the oil. I was thinking clutch but pulled the lever in makes no difference Anyway have a listen and see if any of you can make out what it is. Shadow denies any abuse and I want to believe her but

Yes they’re mega popular down here and elsewhere in Europe. Great value for money and they’ve been around for a few years yet with no major faults as far as I’m aware of. I love fast, powerful bikes but if truth be told I always end up feeling like a passenger on them and rather inadequate as I just cannot get anywhere near their full potential. With a smaller capacity bike you feel like your riding them……….another reason why I kept the FZ6N, it’s got more than enough power to go ballistic when you feel like it but it takes a bit of effort. Mind you, I’d still have a Busa……..

How long has it taken to lose three stone?

Bumming faster and not having breakfast afterwards ?

Ok, in a purely platonic way, I will answer your question. I am moving more and eating less, just like the Dr advised me to do.