scottatyamaha

Thanks for the help guys. Tomorrow I plan to have the tech sync the carbs. While I got your attention why do you suppose the noise stops with the clutch released in gear? Also I hear a pretty noticable tick as the engine warms up that speeds up with idle. I think it a valve just needs to be adjusted. Is this bike a shim adjustment or a shim under bucket adjustment. Any thoughts on that? Just want to make sure that my tech looks at all aspects. Thanks.

Hey guys new memeber here, I do some posting on other Yamaha forums r6messagenet and r1-forums with some of my other toys. I just picked up a cherry 1986 Yamaha Radian 600! I love the bike, it is a blast to ride and is in perfect condition with only 26k miles on it, not bad for a 23 year old bike. I have rode and owned many motorcycle in my riding career espcially since I have been a salesman at the local Yamaha dealership for the past 10 years. Something about this bike made it more enjoyable than any other bike I have ever rode and put the biggest smile on my face. I have been looking for this bike for about a year now and it fell into my lap! Well to the point. I had my friend/tech look over the bike for me and do a oil change install a new chain and check everything out for me to be sure it was safe. The ony glitch on the bike is at idle the clutch discs rattle pretty bad when cold and still some when the bike warms. As soon as it is in gear and the clutch released all noise stops. I did some research and found out that this was normal problem for this engine, but what I could not find was if it was safe to ride and if it could cause any additional damage by not fixing (I can live with it). Also being new to the older bike scene is there anything else on this engine that I should check out and do for preventative maintanance? Also is there any other problems with this bike that are common? Thanks for the help guys and I hope to learn some and become a contributing member on this forum. Also plan to pick a late model XS when I can find a decent one. Here is a pic of the bike for everyone to see and tell me what they think.