That's so much better

Carbs balanced, seems much smoother and more powerful, although they
weren't that far out (max about 10mmHg). The suspension seems less solid
too, with the oil changed and the springs the other way up. Still seems
stiffer than I'd like but hey ho.

Now all I have to do is to fix the rattling baffles in the exhaust.

 

It doesn't take much. They're balanced, or they're not, it seems. And
of course, it makes a considerable difference to the 'feel' when all
the cylinders chime in together, rather than when they feel like it.

No adjustment available?

Pah. I finally traced my Bandit rattle, which sounded, to be frank,
pretty terminal. Related to rpm rather than roadspeed, not noticeable
at idle, but immediately so on blipping the throttle or pulling way,
frequently when changing up at urban speeds. It came to me when I was
changing the can - the link pipe between collector and can is
double-skinned ... well, it was.

The inner pipe has detached at both ends from the outer and rattles
like a demented football fan on acid. I can't think of a way to get
the inner pipe out and throw it away, so it'll be a tricky little
welding job at both ends, or possibly one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/140524565744

 

Interesting. "We make these ourselves". I bought silencers for the Pan
Euro from them, very pleased with them I am.

 

None at all. Well yes there is - sort of. There's a plastic spacer
sitting on top of the spring under the top cap. I could take them out
and shorten them, which I might do when I find some suitable material
to molish a new spacer from.

That sounds roughly like my problem. Frasers said it was the baffles
but having had the silencer off and shaken it I can't locate a rattle
there. It sounds more middle to front end of the exhaust system. Front
wheel has started squeaking now. Jeez!

 

Plastic drainpipe usually works well for that, *but* you need to
identify which bit of the suspension's making it stiffer than you'd
like first. Shortening the preload spacers will make the initial stroke
a bit softer, but it will also increase the sag which could make it
feel a bit wobbly, & won't solve the problem if the forks are
over-damped.

It's well worth trawling bike specific forums for this sort of thing.
You won't be the first person to have the problem, & there's a good
chance a known fix exists.

 

Is this the noise you were getting quite distressed about after I put
that engine in, the one I could hear but didn't think was to bad at the
time?

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

No, that's not that one. That's a different one entirely. That one's
related to roadspeed.