I have a '01 Bonnie. What I've noticed that that when I'm accelerating, especially on level or uphill grades, that I get a knocking noise. The noise increases with increased speed. So if I'm at a stop sign on the bottom of the hill and accelerate, I hear it and then as I accelerate to higher speeds it increases in frequency.
The noise sounds like the noise the clutch makes on engagement. NOT a loud metallic knock, but a kind of "chuch, chuch, chuch". As if my keys were laden with 20 other keys and were swinging and hitting against the fork (but this wouldn't happen under acceleration).
I recently bought this Bonnie so I'm a bit wary of riding it further. It's had about 200 miles put on it by me so far. It runs fine otherwise. I recently took some slack out of the chain, however, I'm not sure whether the noise existed prior to adjusting the chain freeplay or not.
Any ideas?
The closes thread that approximates my problem is this: http://www.triumphrat.net/twins-technical-talk/175510-strange-rattle-cam-chain.html
The noise sounds like the noise the clutch makes on engagement. NOT a loud metallic knock, but a kind of "chuch, chuch, chuch". As if my keys were laden with 20 other keys and were swinging and hitting against the fork (but this wouldn't happen under acceleration).
I recently bought this Bonnie so I'm a bit wary of riding it further. It's had about 200 miles put on it by me so far. It runs fine otherwise. I recently took some slack out of the chain, however, I'm not sure whether the noise existed prior to adjusting the chain freeplay or not.
Any ideas?
The closes thread that approximates my problem is this: http://www.triumphrat.net/twins-technical-talk/175510-strange-rattle-cam-chain.html