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My 2016 is ridiculously noisy at idle and there is a "gronk" at low speed take off. Noise quiets down when clutch lever pulled, but there is still some rattling. What does cam chain rattling sound like? Is some noise normal? So I guess I'm gonna join the party on this fix. I have to buy the basket. Repairing from scratch may be above my tech abilities. I have 70k miles on the bike. I realize I can measure the plates to see if they're in spec. Would you all just buy the basket and clutch kit and be done with it? Also need to get that fancy tool @dazzler24used. Dan

Baffle is in. It sounds good, just too loud. Not harley straight pipe loud, but I'd like it a little tamer. Just ordered the db killer. I'll post my thoughts when I get that installed. The headers are a clean look and I like the looks of the 300mm can. Not into the looks of the larger cans. Stock pipe is like a piece of furniture. An eyesore. The Leovince is a good looking exhaust.

Last swing arm removal I forgot about being careful with the bearings and had them falling out of the relay arm. Got it back together, and had a local shop order everything. Took a few weeks for everything to arrive. I dropped off the swing arm and relay arm. All bearings, spacers, collars and seals were replaced. It was ready the next day. I had ordered a new master link. Chain and sprockets are good, but had to remove chain to get swing arm off. All back together. Rode it to work. All good. After washing it today I was using some Plastx on the chain guard and noticed the guard was loose. Great. I must have reversed the two different size collars. Fixed that and now it sits. Not sure for how long. Kind of cool and wet here. Not sure how long bearings are supposed to last, but I had that yellow plastic coming out last time. If not careful bad things happen. Bike has 70k miles. I'm good for another 70k or more.

Another option is Norwest Suspension in Idaho. https://www.norwestsuspension.com/ A while back I was going to send my forks up to Terry, but I received an email or text stating he was no longer in the business. Maybe somebody took over the shop. Website is still up though. He did good work. Sent my Nitron shock up to him for servicing. Dan

I installed a Blaster X a few months ago. Check the parking lighting fuse. I have a 2016 and it's located underneath the right panel. Manual shows on the right bank on top. I had the same issue. It worked and then it didn't. I triple checked everything, plugged old light back in. Nothing. Then decided to check all fuses. Not sure why that on blew. Replacing that fuse fixed the issue. Dan

@2and3cylinders I would choose a longer 300mm oval or tri-oval if you want to keep the noise down. I have the 300. It's loud. I wear hearing aids when I'm not riding and I think it's loud. I wear ear plugs when riding so the noise doesn't bother me. The neighbors may have a different opinion. I may consider the extra silencer. Didn't realize that was an option. Dan

As an aside, I'm deeply jealous of places where test rides are a thing. They just aren't here, at least for new bikes, even as a long term rider with a clean record, and being a repeat customer. There's demo days, and if you can stumble across one it's awesome (recently had a KTM demo day where I got to ride a new 1290 Super Adventure) but outside of a specific vendor demo day at an event, it's pretty much not a thing anymore. I have to clarify. I didn't test ride, I rode the MT10 at a demo days event. Just me and one guy from Yamaha. I also rode a Super Tenere and a Vstrom 1000. The dealer carried both Yamaha and Suzuki. I bought my FJ a couple of years prior at the same dealer without a test ride. Test rides weren't happening at any of the dealerships in the Sacramento area. There's a dealership in Roseville that sells Ducati, Triumph and BMW. They had group demo rides every Saturday. No limit. I thought I was interested in the 850 GS, but it wasn't for me. Wasn't interested in Triumph and Ducati was too expensive. Actually the maintenance costs make me hesitate. Anyway, I just read you put a deposit down on the MT10. Defintely a hooligan bike. Congrats!!

Meanwhile, there's an new MT10 sitting at a local dealership looking like it needs a home. Hmmm. Test rode one for about 30 minutes a few years ago. Just me and the lead guy. I liked it. Front wheel comes up easier than the fj. I leaned forward on it more which was uncomfortable for me. Nothing bar risers wouldn't take care of. I don't have numbers but I think fuel mileage has increased. I'm not buying for fuel economy though. Dan

Had rollers falling out. Got them back in. Going to replace everything back there. All parts are ordered. Watched some videos and realized way above my paygrade. I'll bring swingarm and the relay arm to shop and they'll replace it all. Not cheap, but worth it. 70k trouble free miles so far. I've had the swingarm off several times and spaced out this time. I know to be gentle back there cause I had yellow pieces falling out last time. This time I did everything bad. Rag, finger and then packed with grease. Then a pile of rollers. Then remembered this thread.

Old thread with great info. I forgot to be gentle with those bearings. I stuck a rag and my finger in there and packed them. When the rollers started falling out I remembered this thread. Oops. Back together, but need new bearings. How are these bearings removed? I had the seals out, but didn't want to delve deeper until i had the parts. Dan

Forgot pics.

Finally broke down and bought some side cases. All of the zippers on my third tail bag were worn out. The zippers were all broken. Tried waiting for a set of used oem. New ones are pricey. Ended up with Shad. The size is perfect for my needs. I ordered from Amazon trying to save sixty bucks compared to direct from Shad. Amazon sent me a top box. Bummer. I would have kept it if I thought I would use it. Not for me. Sent it back. Ordered from Shad. They discounted 10%. I already had a conversation going with somebody from Shad. He wanted to know why I was ordering the bracket kit and no cases. Anyway it's all good. I had led tail lights, so I removed those and installed a blaster. Also bought some Roadsmart VI's from Cycle Gear. On sale for $295.00 for the set.

Wondered how the Atlas was doing for you. Have my eye on one. Read about the owners on advrider forum. Dan

+1 on the K-Tech Piston Kit. Had that and springs installed by a shop in Sacramento. A very noticeable improvement.

Sound is pretty similar to the BW. I wouldn't want it any louder either. When I was younger I had Kerker pipes on the two Honda 750 SS. I was a teenager and loved them being loud. Also had Denco expansion chambers on an H1 500. Liked loud back then. Not so much now. I forgot which pipe you had installed. I looked it up at the time. A little more than I wanted to spend. I had a ding in one of my headers, otherwise I may have opted for the Scorpion a few here have installed.