I almost had a seizure looking at TK's avatar

The CCT thing with Honda bikes is IMO overblown - people replace them but it's not actually necessary. A little (or more) cam noise on a Honda is normal - you'll still get 100k plus on this motor.

 

OK ANYBODY THAT EVER TOOK OFF CCT HOW DID U TAKE OFF THE 3RD BOLT THE ONE BY THE FRAME????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????

 

PM sent stunt.

 

Mine seemed to get a lot noisier too, but when the shop had it changing the steering head bearings, they heard it too, totally checked it out and didn't find anything wrong or loose. I have around 25k on it and it still seems to run fine.

 

If its a constant rattle, could be valve tick. I have the same issue.

 

My bike has the top end rattle as well. What is a CCT exactly? How much does it cost to replace?

 

okay, okay, I admit that I did not do my research on this one. I found that CCT is cam chain tensioner. However, i still dont know what it does and what damage it can do?????

 

Not much damage. Our bikes tend to rattle anyhow. How many miles ya got on it?

 

28K

 

At that milage i would say its possible its getting sloppy. Generally the noise starts around 4k rpms to around 7k or so. Should be a bit of a rattle, or light chain slap sound from the bottom right side of your gas tank as your sitting on the bike. Again though, even if its a bit loose and rattling lightly, you should not experience any loss of performance, or get any damage till you replace it.