Noisey when starting cold

In the Shed
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Hi fellow riders.

This is my 1st post, great site, I’ve just purchased a VF1000F that’s been sitting for about five years & have just been over it servicing tyres etc. we found it was only firing on the front 2 cylinders the fix was spark igniter, runs well now except for a rattle in the front top of the engine when cold, goes away when warmed up. I’m thinking a loose cam chain maybe, any ideas?

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sorry it’s the rear cylinders that are noisey not the front two, these were the ones that hadn’t been firing,

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Might be cam-chain - they’re always worth checking, but as your rattle decreases when the engine warms up, it’s probably valve clearances…

HTH

Miti

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Thanks Miti, will check it out, was one of the next on my list to check, good to get second opinion.

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Hope the cam/rockers are ok, the rear cylinder cams seems to go first if the surface hardening fails. May even be a sticky tensioner on the rear pot?

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Thanks Scatcher I was talking to a bloke at the pub last night who works for local Honda dealer & he said exactly the same thing on both counts.