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Feb 9, 2021 | 09:31 PM

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CoolBreeze3646

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it’s definitely there after motor is warm/hot because I first heard it at the end of a ride coming down my street, and it was a very distinctive noise that I could hear thru my full face helmet. The motors only got 15000 miles on it what would make a spring break like that ? Soon as I get time I’ll pop the cover off.

Metal fatigue, bad spring, heat treated incorrectly, etc. May or may not be a spring I would also look for witness marks on the valve cover and see if anything is contacting. Could be none of these things, just putting out ideas of stuff to check.

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Feb 10, 2021 | 06:29 AM

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Metal fatigue, bad spring, heat treated incorrectly, etc. May or may not be a spring I would also look for witness marks on the valve cover and see if anything is contacting. Could be none of these things, just putting out ideas of stuff to check.

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