bosco659
Tuned and Synch'ed
I went riding with my friend today who owns a ‘24 V7 Special. His bike has about 500km. I asked him if he had the same noise we are experiencing and he replied he didn’t think so. While riding he pulled up beside me and I heard it. Later on we stopped to talk and I asked him to start the engine. I revved it up a bit and I heard the sound beginning around 2,500 rpm then got louder at 3,000. He said he would bring up the concern at his dealer (different than mine) when he takes it in for the first service at 1,500 km.This sounds like a reasonable plan. Please let me know if his bike sounded any different.
Keep in mind, that his tapper noise could be a little different, due to valve clearances. As long as the same noise is there, even if it’s a little quieter, i would file it under variance and accept it if i were you.
Otherwise it will suck the joy out of the bike for you.
Unfortunately i speak from experience as i had similar problems with my last tv purchases, where small issues ruined the tvs for me.
I now tend to be more on the forgiving side with these issues, as i realized that this did put me in a bad mental spot. But as you can see from my post, this side of me still rises it ugly head on occasion.