ticking in my 03 kfx400 motor

[kfx400rider03]

I'm pretty sure it is either the valves or timing chain. But i just had the timing chain replaced not even 6 months ago so i dont realy think it could be that, but it sound the same way it did before so I dont know

Any ideas on wut it could be???

[fmftrx300ex]

wht is the sound?
maybe our valves need to be adjusted or shimmed

[yellow400ex05]

hey I'm his friend but to make a quicker reply for him,

he told me the ticking is loud, loud enough to hear over the engine.

[zeus54]

from my past experience with the z's i typically replaced the valve springs with the chain. could be time to replace your springs if so you might be a good idea to have a look at the valves and seats replace them as necessary. check your tensioner if you have the stock one they kind of suck. there are a couple places you can get manual adjusting style tensioners. see if any of this helps

[250exkid]

if you can hear it over your motor take the 30 mins and set ur valves back to spec

[soberagain150]

yeah, my valves needed to be adjusted. thank god i did because i had pretty much zero clearance. the motor becomes a ticking timebomb if you let it b for a while. so get that taken care of dude.