Ratteling

[westwoodyou]

Hello all,

I was hoping for a little help with a rattle. I just bought a 97 katana 600 that has 9500 miles on it. The engine sounds perfect at idle and when reving it up. When I take off I start hearing a rattle around 15mph, it get;s a little louder up to 60mph (have not been faster than 60 yet). I thought it was a lose chain when I bought it, but I adjusted that. It sounds like it's comming from the left side, but can't find anything loose. Any ideas?

Jack

[HemiKat]

I had this strange rattle that I couldnt figure out for the life of me. The one day I had to use my spare key... Turns out it was my keychain bouncing off the triple trees.

[Wild-Bill]

Don't discount the keys possibility. I've worried myself over the same thing. Other possibility is that you've got a loose heat shield on the exhaust. Are you running the stock pipes?