Fellow motoholics,
03 serk, 22k on bike. Lots of upgrades. Yesterday, took wife to breakfast and a 180 mile ride. When we got to the mountain resort town I noticed a loud chirp coming from the front of the motor. It disappears as motor noise drowns it out with rpm's.
Coasting at idle, clutch in it's still there. Slight drag on front brake while coasting and it's still there.
Just changed the primary oil and checked chain tension. Cold it was about 5/8 of an inch.
I do have the GP system third bearing but from what I could see of it, it looked fine. Oil looked normal with no abnormal parts stuck to the magnet.
I do notice that on startup, the front mcr is hanging open a few strokes longer than usual.
Do the mcr's have a service requirement?
All theories and guesses apprciated!
I may pull out the compression test kit tonight and see if I've got equal #'s on both cannons.