random rattle and clank from cylinder head

[vintageracer888@yahoo.com]

any after market plastic available for the klr ?? fenders, side panels etc... thanks, scott

[zrod@hotmail.com]

Hey, I've got that same noise!!! And I've never taken out my spark plug in the 15000 miles since new! Wadayamakadat? Don't be surprised if you still have the noise!!! HAAAARRR!!!!! Rod

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, cactus_reese@y... wrote: > For the last month I'd been hearing this clank and rattle from my > cylinder head area that had me worried. I'd asked other people if > they could hear the noise and they all claimed everything sounded > normal to them. It didn't seem to affect engine operation but when my > carburetor diaphragm let go, I was motivated to take things apart and > see if I could track this problem down, too. When I got the tank off > and looked at pocket on top of the cylinder head, I found the > culprit. It was a marble sized rock bouncing around by the spark > plug. It's amazing how attuned we get to detecting abnormalities in > the way our bikes should sound. > > -Bryan