a tick?

[myevo8urv8]

my bike makes a ticking noise on the left hand side. wut is this. do the valves need adjustment?

[Mr. Jeff]

put a pipe on it then see if it still does it.

[The Reaper]

Probally the copper gasket if you took you pipe off to do your exhaust. Look for white marks around it.

[95gsx]

check oil levels as well

[myevo8urv8]

it still does it with the pipe. i never took the manifold off. oil levels are good. its done it since i got it when it was stock.

[95gsx]

I know yamaha's have a factory tick. yours might not be factory but it could be there from factory. I would suggest a valve adjustment.

[myevo8urv8]

hmmm. how much would that run?

[95gsx]

around 400 is what i've heard. never had it done

[myevo8urv8]

cool thanks. i might have to have that done. thatnks for the advise.

[01F4izzy]

ya just go into star city and talk to them about it. it might be cheaper than that i dont know.

[myevo8urv8]

well idk about going to star city. i live in HOmaha so ill check out psp, full throtle, and a few others.

[95gsx]

+1 on not using star city. just take it to a bike shop.

[Mr. Jeff]

brandl cycle

[triumph955i]

Psp does good work from when I had my current and previous bikes in there(95 Suzuki 750, 03 TTR 225, 85 RM250, 89 honda125, 00Triumph daytona). Always seem to be a bit expensive though. Maybe I'm just cheap but I hate paying labor costs. Especially for something I could have done myself.

[95gsx]

what did you have done. i know triumphs are a lot for services since they are "rare"

[triumph955i]

it was my dads when he had the work done on it. Wasn't anything too involved tho. I think it was just fluids and tires maybe. I was at PSP about a 2 weeks ago and I was supprised that they dont carrry the daytona 675. Its a pretty popular bike I thought, maybe there just isnt much market for it I unno.

We go to Breeze Cycle now. They specialize in Triumph parts and service. Still expensive but they can get parts much much faster than any place else. But they are the ones that told me to total my bike..... :x

[The Reaper]

Guys don't be scared of starcity. Brian Gorman and Travis are good people to deal with. Just talk to them.

[jaceface]

naw, had a salesguy try to fuck me before..... he didnt give a shit about me til i started bad mouthing them on scr, then my phone rang................ never had em do any mechanical work though.... motorcycles are the easiest things to work on, just in a tight spot

[01F4izzy]

Guys don't be scared of starcity. Brian Gorman and Travis are good people to deal with. Just talk to them.

ya ive really had nothing but good experiences with starcity. the only thing that was kinda bad is that my 03 was a little high priced, but oh well.

[95gsx]

I have only dealt with the parts counter but they are helpful i think the sales men are just "douche by position" because on talked to me for awhile then when i bought a bike elsewhere its like i don't exist so up his.

[The Reaper]

I am only speaking for the service guys and Mark in parts.

[triumph955i]

I think its usually just the nature of a salesman. They dont make shit for money without commission. Last job I made 6 bucks an hour with 1% of sales. But if you are sellin 2 grand over a 4 hour shift you made 11 bucks an hour. Granted I wasnt selling motorcycles or cars but same concept. I have run into some good salesmen though. I flat out told a salesman at Psp that I already have a motorcycle and wasnt interested in buying one here and he still stood around and talked with me about bikes for 20 min until I had to leave. I agree though some can be assholes and I am in no way justifying their asshole-ness (if thats a word) by working on comission.

Damn I get off topic really easy.... :mrgreen:

[95gsx]

well you know thats a given when you walk into a place where they work to expect them to try and sell you something. But one there will chat with me for hours about bikes and this guy who was just cleaning bikes just said eh when i said hey. which was totally uncalled for. I know hes a good salesmen but he's always been that way ever since i didn't buy from him. sore sport

[triumph955i]

true. maybe hes just bitter.

[01F4izzy]

well you know thats a given when you walk into a place where they work to expect them to try and sell you something. But one there will chat with me for hours about bikes and this guy who was just cleaning bikes just said eh when i said hey. which was totally uncalled for. I know hes a good salesmen but he's always been that way ever since i didn't buy from him. sore sport

which is funny because he will bullshit with me for hours lol. and yea josh mark in parts is a good guy too, after jason left hes the only one i deal with.