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Old 04-21-2017, 08:54 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by rwl6935 View Post
Yeah, I meant .05 and yes, I was on the compression stroke.

The bike made the noise before I even touch it and definitely runs better after I gapped the valves. The valves had negative lash, so the bike was losing compression on the compression stroke. Like I said, it runs great with the exception of what sounds like piston slap at around 2500 rpms on up.

That sucks !

One thing about these bikes is nothing isn't really consistent.
Hopefully it isn't a bad wrist pin, but it wouldn't surprise me..

I hope it's nothing major for you.


 
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