noises

Apparently clutch basket rumble/chatter, and God awful clunky shifting are just the norm for a 32yr old vmax with 17k milrs. Just had to say this thing shifts with ass punching notchieness. I guess the newer ones didn't have this problem. Just changed the plugs. Felt like bitching after my first...

Put my vmax on the centre stand,this is first time iv'e done this.Started the mother up,stuck it in gear,all the gears select nicely but the noise coming from the middle drive sounds like a load of ball bearings,also a noise i can only describe a battery opperated DIY drill.Am a bit...

2000, stock, 35k miles, So here's what happened..... bike ran fine Friday on the way to work. About 2 miles from work it sounded like I had an exhaust heat shield vibrating some where near the front of the engine. By the time I got to work it was definitely not a loose exhaust noise. It sounds...

I just mounted a windshield on my bike. Of course, I'm hearing things I didn't before. The one I wondering about seems to be coming from the right side of the engine. the noise is a wine that goes up with RPM. I hear it when I go up thru the gears under low load. When I pull in the clutch...