Vf1000f 1984 bad engine noise

I was going on a race, I gave full trotting and lost half power and the engine started making a bad “knocking” noise(engine sounds good when idle)

https://youtube.com/shorts/kpSXsuDy69A?si=OJ71OGN9PonWSlqq

Anyone know what the problem could be?

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Possibly thrown a big-end bearing….there’s not much load at idle hence not much noise.

Your youtube vid won’t open for me..:thinking:

Smithy.

Oil pressure is very low at idle on these I believe, if it was a crank bearing I think you’d hear it at idle? Maybe something came loose in there? Strange that it doesn’t knock all the time…