knocking

Hi so i am new to the yamaha series bikes. I bought mine used at 36000 km. It is a usa bike and i live in canada. So this bike was drove by a lady who basicly let mechanic shops maintain her bike and they did only the most basic of maintanice on it. So i already know and am planing to...

Hi all, So my bike has very rapidly developed a loud knocking sound whilst accelerating under load. I can't replicate this with the bike in neutral, or running it in gear on the stand. I was hoping someone has experienced this before and worked out the cause.

NOTE: I'm updating this thread and getting the broken pictures working again. Standby. This thread details my diagnosis and repair of a cracked clutch plate and the damage it caused. The pieces got munched by the primary gear between the crankshaft and clutch basket. It produced a sound...

Hey everyone. I have been following this forum for a while and just finally registered. I recently purchased a 2004 FZ6 which now has just under 20,000km on it (under 12,500 miles). My last bike was a 95 Honda CB400 so these noises are new to me. I know it has been covered a lot but I need to...