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The engine in our bikes does characteristically rattle and tick, but not to the point where it drowns out the pipes of you and everyone around you (unless perhaps your pipes are stock and everyone around you are riding Wings).



He said in his original post that his bike is all stock minus one baffle. Not enough to drown out the ticking at speed.

Whils sitting on the bike the sound of your own bike will drown out everything around you because you are sitting on top of the source. Ill bet your friends don't hear it as bad as you do.

You won't do a valve check till about 12000 miles.

If it bugs you get some pipes and ride.

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