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Thanks for the replys Checked everything, all tight and straight On the main stand I can put her in gear, clutch out and go up and down the box no probs, no strange noises, noticed that its easier to get her into neutral when like this aswell. I decided to take her round the block a few times and all is well, then as she gets hotter the noise returns, like a clunking sound and she gets harder to put into neutral. Is it possible when hot the oil gets too thin? Annoying thing is it's only when I'm on the move that I can hear the sound, so it's a bugger to pinpoint it. Spoke to a New Zealander who's had a fair few of these bikes and he reckons that when the oils on the way out the gearboxes can get noisy and harder to shift/find neutral. I dont think theres anything MAJOR wrong(fingers crossed), so I'm gonna book her into a guy with a good rep and just get her serviced and a good look over. Thanks for your advice and time guys

Morning all Just back from a morning run and the bike started to make a strange mechanical noise in 1st and 2nd gear. Most apparent when I was pulling away from lights etc ie going up the box, didnt make the noise when I was going back down the box. I've let her settle for a wee bit and checked the oil but theres nothing amiss there. Chain and sprockets could probably do with getting replaced, but they arent bad, not sure if that would be the cause of the noise. Noise was a very metalic rattling/clanging sound, crapped meself cause I thought it sounded like the centre stand had come down and was banging along the road. Any ideas, advice, things to check? Bikes a 92 XJ600 pre div cheers

Your making me feel better and better about this bike, came with a scottoiler and the alloy is all in tip top condition, including the laquer, forks etc all look brand new if your ever up Loch Lommond way gimme a shout

Hi jinxed thanks for the reply cool, I wont worry about the warm up time , I was just a little intrigued by the way if its been running on full choke for 5 mins, if you put the choke in it will eventually putter out and die, must just take an age to get up to temp (especially in this weather) I'll have to have a good read through the workshop manual that came with the bike and check the levels and work out how I would adjust the action on the selector lever ( I assume thats what you meant might need adjusted) It's ok I didnt plan on putting anything on the rack anyway, might take it off actually when i start fiddling with her, need to ditch the foam grips aswell so I'm putting together a wee list of jobs to do. I didnt look under the gaiters, I know I should have but the bike had a full MOT, and is in about as good condition as 15 year old bikes get I think, I've seen year old bikes looking alot worse, this one really is mint condition apart from a wee scratch on the tank, a couple on the mirror edges and a tiny scratch on the left of the fairing. Fella I bought it off kept it in a little shed so that explains those. It's also been a summer dry use bike only Yeah its not the lightest bike but compared to the gs500 I learned on its not that bad, but it feels a ton faster, just wish I had the weather now, not a fan of this cold wet windy weather and the nice greasy roads we have in Scotland And yeah it was a private sale, £750 which I'm happy with, it's alot of bike for the money and nothing too scary for a novice, oh and it's a bloody good looking thing aswell.

Hi all just bought my first bike yesterday(Sat) its a 1992 XJ600 in red and is bloody mint anyways I have a few questions which hopefully someone can give me some guidance on 1: The bike seems to take an age to warm up before it will happily sit with the choke in, I tend to give up after 5 mins and just go ride it, by the time I get to traffic lights etc its quite happy to just idle away. Is this just the way they are or is there something I should look into? 2: gearbox is quite tricky to get into neutral, on the move it happily goes up and down the box no probs, no false neutrals, no strange noises or any problems at all. It's just when I go to put it into neutral it seems quite reluctant sometimes. Again is this just the way they are or is this out of the norm? guess I had less questions than i though