Hi there bikemad195, thank you for joining our forum and also thanks for joining the XT Supporters, straight away.

First of all, now that you are an XT Supporter, I have sent you a private message with a link to the concise official Yamaha workshop manual, its over 460 pages where you can see the complete exploded diagram of the whole bike, chassis engine and every other part. Have a look through that to start with, then please continue this discussion in private with Kev, send him a private message and he will give you full instructions on how to inspect the causes of the noise you are having.

This section of the forum where you posted your enquiry is the "Welcome area" for new members to introduce themselves to the rest of the members, whereas technical issues like the one you are enquiring about are discussed into further details in the sub sections further down from this area.

So I will now move this thread there and I will leave a link for you to reach it for the next 2 days.

But as I've said go and ask Kev how to proceed and he will assist you as much as he can.

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