Finally got my bike running after winter storage. when i bought it in the fall it had a light rattle/tick which seem to come from the right side (on bike)of the bike.
now that i got it going again, as i let in run and get things moving again. the Rattle seems more rougher now. kind of rattle, tingy. seems tosmooth out a little when i adjust the throttle control speed screw, but never goes away
Any ideas what i'm looking at?

 

Sounds like your Cam Chain Tensioner. They are know to go out on our bikes. You can pick up a manual cct on ebay for under $50.00. They're not that hard to replace also. Not sure what the dealers would charge you, probably don't want to know!

 

i read about these CCT in another post, but i'm not really sure what to do with it

 

If you don't have a repair manual yet, get one, it's almost a must for our bikes. That manual wil tell you how to check and replace the CCT. The one the comes on the bikes from the factory, adjusts the tention on the cam chain automatically, but over time it will go out of wack. Since then they have come out with a manual one that is much, much better. Once installed it will take away that ticking noise, and if you hear it come back, you can adjust it yourself until the ticking is gone.

 

I have the repair manual. I will check it, now that i have an idea what to look for

thanks

 

manual cct viola:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CBR-F...spagenameZWDVW
auto cct viola:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/95-CB...spagenameZWDVW

 

i changed mine two weeks ago, i went with the oem cct, but everyone says' to use the manual cct. the oem was two allen bolts off stuffed a paper towel down the hole carefully scraped the old gasket off with a flat head screw driver pulled the paper towel out put the new tensioner on with the gasket no goo(dunno if it needed it but no leaks so far) torqued it down pulled the pin put the cap on and bam! no more tick

 

i haven't looked at the manual yet, but is there away to test if original can still be good, or is it, when it is done, it's done,
How much was the new OEM one Sproutf3?

 

from my understanding when their done its toast, i think i paid maybe 55 all together with the gasket, from the dealer

 

thanks again.