cam chain noise?

[tconroy]

~600 lbs of 1981 GS850G

Too bad there aren't more KC GSer's....

I bought my bike for the gas mileage and apperance but I would like to go bigger if i could find a nice one close,there just arent any.

[bwringer]

Hot stripped tensioner pics in case you haven't seen these yet:

http://bwringer.com/gs/camchaintens.html

These are definitely noisy engines -- once you hear a few other GSs run, you kind of relax about it. With that said, you can reduce a lot of the clanking at idle and low speed by synchronizing the carbs.

My 850 seems to make less noise when I use a good synthetic or semi-synthetic (Golden Spectro) 20W-50 oil. YMMV.