Engine trouble... awaiting diagnosis

[furious_blue_imp]

Until someone posts a video or audio clip of what sound they are referring to, it's premature to think 'oh my god, my bike is making a noise too, it's falling apart !'. Same thing happened early on in the CBR250R forums.. Someone hears some fairing rattling and thinks their bike is ready to explode. Everyone else layers on top of that their pet sound and concludes that their bike is suffering 'the same thing'. All this while no actual sound clip as been posted so the tendency is to think that everyone is referring to the same sound (and imminent mechanical disaster)...

If it were a bearing going bad, based on the few that I've heard, the sound would be so loud that it would be as if someone were striking the engine cases with a hammer, *hard*, not just tapping gently.

I hope that's not what you're hearing !