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So my SCR has developed a weird issue. Sometimes when I’m decelerating, and I get down to a slower speed and almost stopped, I hear a clicking from the transmission or front pulley area. It’s speed dependent, not rpm dependent. If it starts making the noise and I kill the motor it still makes the noise until I’m stopped. It’s intermittent, but appears to happen when I slow down rapidly. However I’ve also heard it briefly when pushing the bike around in the garage.
I put the bike on a lift and removed the sprocket cover, but I see nothing wrong. Rotating the wheel with the bike on the lift doesn’t reproduce it. In fact it happens maybe 30% of the time when I decelerate hard - it’s not something I can reliably reproduce.
I’m not sure if it’s because I’m unloading the rear suspension, the front sprocket bearing is bad, or what. I have the belt adjusted a little on the loose side, 9mm deflection at 10 pounds on the gauge with the bike on the side stand. (Spec is 6-8mm). The belt deflection is still 1cm (10mm) when the bike is on the lift and the suspension is fully extended.
It’s actually pretty loud. Almost embarrassingly loud. If you’ve ever tried to start an 80s virago, the noise is as loud as that horrible starter gear smashing about. But rhythmic according to speed instead of the virago’s frenetic bang-crunch-whirr-bang.
Any ideas? I’ve found a few posts from XV950 owners with the same problem, but nobody ever figured out what it was or put forth a resolution.
~2000 miles, recent oil and filter change (15w40) and the bike was quite hot.
Charles.
I put the bike on a lift and removed the sprocket cover, but I see nothing wrong. Rotating the wheel with the bike on the lift doesn’t reproduce it. In fact it happens maybe 30% of the time when I decelerate hard - it’s not something I can reliably reproduce.
I’m not sure if it’s because I’m unloading the rear suspension, the front sprocket bearing is bad, or what. I have the belt adjusted a little on the loose side, 9mm deflection at 10 pounds on the gauge with the bike on the side stand. (Spec is 6-8mm). The belt deflection is still 1cm (10mm) when the bike is on the lift and the suspension is fully extended.
It’s actually pretty loud. Almost embarrassingly loud. If you’ve ever tried to start an 80s virago, the noise is as loud as that horrible starter gear smashing about. But rhythmic according to speed instead of the virago’s frenetic bang-crunch-whirr-bang.
Any ideas? I’ve found a few posts from XV950 owners with the same problem, but nobody ever figured out what it was or put forth a resolution.
~2000 miles, recent oil and filter change (15w40) and the bike was quite hot.
Charles.