Hello everyone! New to the forum with an issue i thought you guys might be able to help with.

I have a 06 CBR that just hit 14k miles. When i ride now and engine break (so there is weight on the front of the back) I hear a slight grinding noise. It's a cylindrical causing noise so i think it's something with the breaks of rotor. It only happens on the front and when there is weight on the front. It doesn't happen 100% of the time but most of the time now it does happen.

If i push in the clutch it gets rid of the noise while there is weight on the front. But when i use my front break and break hard i don't hear and sounds with the pad itself, just when there is natural weight on the front end.

Any thoughts?

 

My initial thought is something in the drive chain, front sprocket, chain slide, or chain adjustment.