Rattling Camchain

[AdamZXR]

Hi guys i have recently this week started with a bad rattle from the cam chain i believe anyways! er i cant take it to the mechanic as i havent been paid yet however. what i'd like to know is weather i can continue riding it even with the annoying rattle? or will it screw the bike? cheers adam

[RedexRobB]

I think potentially the cam chain could jump off a sprocket if the tensioner/blade has broken. I personally wouldnt ride it, only to get it to the mechanic.

[AdamZXR]

hmmm i forgot to mention that it stops rattling when riding lol. any better? cheers

[RedexRobB]

So, it rattles on tick over and then dissapears when you ride it?

Sounds like the cam chain to me, probably just needs a new tensioner blade

[cargo]

Any camchain rattle I've heard appears at a very particlular revs above and below those revs there is nothing to hear.
It does not disappear on riding the bike in fact if anything it's more noticeable..................................

A rattle that is there at tick over and disappears once you ride the bike sounds like it could be good old fashioned and harmless clutch rattle ?

Have a look inside the ignition pick up cover..................is the camchain tensioner fully extended?

Cargo
(So far the oldest man on ZXRworld)

[AdamZXR]

it is rattling at 3krpm anything above that and it stops. hope this helps?