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Time for me to address the 800lb Gorilla in the room.(Engine knock thread) REVIVED!
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<blockquote data-quote="joedrum" data-source="post: 18014" data-attributes="member: 98"><p>i braved the weather today and took the 1100 with 75 1000 cams install for a long ride ....it was cold but clear and clean air that only winter can bring ....i wrap all up in full gear and fullfaced helmet and had no problem enjoying myself ......</p><p></p><p>it would be hard to have any discounts to this modification ....this is one heck of an upgrade .....the motor runs like an angry porche and down low in the rpm it smooth as silk .....at around 3000rpm it hangs solid cruising at the lower end of the cam grind ...it dosnt like to thottle hard from there but it will pull up in rpm with easy pull on thr throttle....at 4000rpm its in its zone to roll on power and hits hard in a sweet sounding power assault that gose to 7000rpm easy ....there just no let down in this zone and realy makes the stock exhast talk ....ive never herd this bike sound like this ....the bike is more like an 70s inline four than a mild manner wing ....i think the 1100 carbs are the big reason its smoothness.....the bike made no engine noise at all ....this was one of the easiest mods with the biggest return that ive ever done on anything ....idont see how i could improve on it... :mrgreen: </p><p></p><p>this mod has led me to some conculsions ...the 83 had some noise in the motor and it was hard to identify what it was ..it was kinda scairy just thinking about what it might be ...but after working on it changing the cams i noticed that two of the rockers smears on them or discoloration and felt just slightly unsmooth ...thers no doutb in my mind now that this was where the noise was coming from ...the cams were rough enough to throw the rocker up off the cam and hit back down ...there was two of them doing it for sure and almost made you think it was a wrist pin or rod or somthing ...but it didnt do it all the time and sometimes it would sound different .....but its obvious that it was all in the rockers and cam ...the valves were all set right but that did not keep it from making the noise.....</p><p></p><p>so im thinking that a lot of the noise that some have in there motors might be the cams and rokers that proper adjustment wont take care of ....cause now the bike is making no noise at all the quietist its ever been .....im liking my angry porche in full dress what a fun ride this bike is now :mrgreen:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joedrum, post: 18014, member: 98"] i braved the weather today and took the 1100 with 75 1000 cams install for a long ride ....it was cold but clear and clean air that only winter can bring ....i wrap all up in full gear and fullfaced helmet and had no problem enjoying myself ...... it would be hard to have any discounts to this modification ....this is one heck of an upgrade .....the motor runs like an angry porche and down low in the rpm it smooth as silk .....at around 3000rpm it hangs solid cruising at the lower end of the cam grind ...it dosnt like to thottle hard from there but it will pull up in rpm with easy pull on thr throttle....at 4000rpm its in its zone to roll on power and hits hard in a sweet sounding power assault that gose to 7000rpm easy ....there just no let down in this zone and realy makes the stock exhast talk ....ive never herd this bike sound like this ....the bike is more like an 70s inline four than a mild manner wing ....i think the 1100 carbs are the big reason its smoothness.....the bike made no engine noise at all ....this was one of the easiest mods with the biggest return that ive ever done on anything ....idont see how i could improve on it... :mrgreen: this mod has led me to some conculsions ...the 83 had some noise in the motor and it was hard to identify what it was ..it was kinda scairy just thinking about what it might be ...but after working on it changing the cams i noticed that two of the rockers smears on them or discoloration and felt just slightly unsmooth ...thers no doutb in my mind now that this was where the noise was coming from ...the cams were rough enough to throw the rocker up off the cam and hit back down ...there was two of them doing it for sure and almost made you think it was a wrist pin or rod or somthing ...but it didnt do it all the time and sometimes it would sound different .....but its obvious that it was all in the rockers and cam ...the valves were all set right but that did not keep it from making the noise..... so im thinking that a lot of the noise that some have in there motors might be the cams and rokers that proper adjustment wont take care of ....cause now the bike is making no noise at all the quietist its ever been .....im liking my angry porche in full dress what a fun ride this bike is now :mrgreen: [/QUOTE]
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