Tapping noise from engine

[Clay]

Bloody bloody bloody.
Got back from a ride on Friday and when I pulled my ear plugs out and gave it a rev I heard a new tapping noise that I've not heard before. No noise when idling. It's something in the motor.
It pissed down for about half the ride but I don't think that would have made a difference. Bike has about 52,000ks on the clock and is stock standard.
Any ideas would be welcome.

[kenmoore]

Do you have manual tensioners ?

Could be a blown exhaust gasket,

Valves require shimming

A sound clip might help

[Clay]

Thanks Kenmore. I'll try to get a recording but I'm slightly afraid to start it.
Original tensioners. New ones sitting on shelf next to bike. Been putting this job off as lazy.

[kenmoore]

Ah,

Do the tensioners.

Hopefully that will sort the problem.

While your in there check the valves.

[davo231481]

Jul 15, 2019 17:23:08 GMT 10 Clay said:

Thanks Kenmore. I'll try to get a recording but I'm slightly afraid to start it.
Original tensioners. New ones sitting on shelf next to bike. Been putting this job off as lazy.

Did you replace the ccts and did it fix the noise?

[Von Nudenut]

If it sounds like dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot it’s probably Morse code and someone is trying to get your attention