09-12-2019, 11:21 AM
Hello ,
another question from Belgium. sorry for my english in advance. I know there is a lot written about tics and clicks on the forum and i read all i could find but am still worried...
So last year (november i guess) i bought a Honda cb1100 2013 as my first bike. before i never driven one. I'm as new in motorcycles as i am in forums. anyhow..
i bought the bike at 30.000 km, the first owner bought it at the same Honda dealer as i did and this shop always maintened the bike (as they told me).. i had to go back to the shop at around 36000 for a first check. so i did it around 35000 to be sure (in may), i brought it in the night before. so they call me the day they're working on it and ask me if they don't have to check the valves. i said you tell me. i'm a new biker, learning every day, what the heck did i know about valves. so they checked the valves, chainged the oil, put some new tyres as i asked, etc. a lot of euros
afterwards everybody asked me why the heck they checked the valves so soon.... 
when it came out the shop after the checkup i heard a ticking sound in the motor that wasnt there before at all. it ran smoodly before. i went back and asked to check it and they solved it, no ticking sounds anymore. there was a little ring missing and air was slipping out wich gave the ticking sound. resolved anyway.
a week or two ago i started hearing another tick. so when i start the bike it is not there, but when i ride 5 minutes and she's warm, it ticks. It's one tick, or two. when in neutral, 1st, 2nd, any shift, and i go from 1100rpm to let's say 2000rpms, somewhere in the middle there is one tick. and it's louder when the bike is warmer. i'm now around 40000 km, i checked and noticed there was no oil in it anymore. wich was weird since they changed it only 5000 km ago and honda asks to do it after 6000. And why is the oil gone? i put it in my garage every night, it does not leak on the floor.. so i went to a shop neirby (not the dealer, a yamaha dealer closeby) who putted some 10w40 in it. the tick is still there. i check every day the oil level now, the oil doesnt leave for now..
i decided to drive to another Honda dealer in my region. not where i bought the bike, but less far and they only do Hondabikes. where i bought it they do ktm, yamaha, a lot, and they communicatie strange about valves and such. In the Honda shop where i went this week they also said it's strange they changed the valves so quickly. and they think the thicking sound is an electrical sound. they're gonna change the sprak plugs cause its still the first ones, change the oil filter again, the airfilter also and search where the tick comes from..(donna cost me euros i'm afraid)
you guys any ideas on that one tick? since i'm such a green biker you think their taking advantage of me selling me valve checkups and oil and sprak plugs when they have the chance? or i gotta relax and let them handle it, accept biking costs expirience or money, ignore the tick till my appointment next friday and feel safe when i drive it till then?
thanks in advance!
cheers
another question from Belgium. sorry for my english in advance. I know there is a lot written about tics and clicks on the forum and i read all i could find but am still worried...
So last year (november i guess) i bought a Honda cb1100 2013 as my first bike. before i never driven one. I'm as new in motorcycles as i am in forums. anyhow..
i bought the bike at 30.000 km, the first owner bought it at the same Honda dealer as i did and this shop always maintened the bike (as they told me).. i had to go back to the shop at around 36000 for a first check. so i did it around 35000 to be sure (in may), i brought it in the night before. so they call me the day they're working on it and ask me if they don't have to check the valves. i said you tell me. i'm a new biker, learning every day, what the heck did i know about valves. so they checked the valves, chainged the oil, put some new tyres as i asked, etc. a lot of euros
afterwards everybody asked me why the heck they checked the valves so soon.... when it came out the shop after the checkup i heard a ticking sound in the motor that wasnt there before at all. it ran smoodly before. i went back and asked to check it and they solved it, no ticking sounds anymore. there was a little ring missing and air was slipping out wich gave the ticking sound. resolved anyway.
a week or two ago i started hearing another tick. so when i start the bike it is not there, but when i ride 5 minutes and she's warm, it ticks. It's one tick, or two. when in neutral, 1st, 2nd, any shift, and i go from 1100rpm to let's say 2000rpms, somewhere in the middle there is one tick. and it's louder when the bike is warmer. i'm now around 40000 km, i checked and noticed there was no oil in it anymore. wich was weird since they changed it only 5000 km ago and honda asks to do it after 6000. And why is the oil gone? i put it in my garage every night, it does not leak on the floor.. so i went to a shop neirby (not the dealer, a yamaha dealer closeby) who putted some 10w40 in it. the tick is still there. i check every day the oil level now, the oil doesnt leave for now..
i decided to drive to another Honda dealer in my region. not where i bought the bike, but less far and they only do Hondabikes. where i bought it they do ktm, yamaha, a lot, and they communicatie strange about valves and such. In the Honda shop where i went this week they also said it's strange they changed the valves so quickly. and they think the thicking sound is an electrical sound. they're gonna change the sprak plugs cause its still the first ones, change the oil filter again, the airfilter also and search where the tick comes from..(donna cost me euros i'm afraid)
you guys any ideas on that one tick? since i'm such a green biker you think their taking advantage of me selling me valve checkups and oil and sprak plugs when they have the chance? or i gotta relax and let them handle it, accept biking costs expirience or money, ignore the tick till my appointment next friday and feel safe when i drive it till then?
thanks in advance!
cheers