Rattle noise on idle

nswizard · May 12, 2017

Hi guys,

when bike is cold or bit warm I can hear rattling noise on idle when clutch lever is not pulled in.
When I pull clutch lever, noise goes off.

Changed oil just to be sure but noise is still there.
It happens on Vmax 1200 1996.

Any reason to be concerned?

Eugene Brad · May 12, 2017

nswizard said:
Hi guys,

when bike is cold or bit warm I can hear rattling noise on idle when clutch lever is not pulled in.
When I pull clutch lever, noise goes off.

Changed oil just to be sure but noise is still there.
It happens on Vmax 1200 1996.

Any reason to be concerned?

Mine deffinately makes a different noise but not a rattle. I just figured it was clutch ingagement or something, kinda like 120horse power being harnessed by however many clutch plates are doing whatever they are doing. Someone help me out here. Lol. I don't know how all that stuff works. But I always figured the sound change to be normal but not rattling.

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davesax36 · May 12, 2017

It usually sounds different with the clutch lever pulled in. Take a video and post it. We'll get you sorted.

caseyjones955 · May 12, 2017

My XVZ1300 does it too, worse when cold. I thought I had a rod just starting to knock, could barely hear it but that was the sound. I was quite relieved when I pulled in the clutch and it stopped.

Jan Bee · May 13, 2017

It is normal.

nswizard · May 17, 2017

Problem was in fuel mixture and too low number of revs in idle.
For now I cannot hear this noise.
Will see what happens.

Bill Seward · May 17, 2017

Get a set of Kerkers. You won't hear anything... Seriously, I thought I had a problem back at around 20,000 miles.. It was the clutch, warming it up and pulling the clutch lever quieted it. 110,000 miles later, it still does it, and nothing broke. You'll be fine.