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Good Evening, I was riding home yesterday stopped at a light. I was sitting in first with the clutch pulled in, the bike went “CLUNK” and turned off. I thought it stalled, but when I went to turn it on again the starter didn’t even crank and all the lights shut off. I tried to bump start it but to no avail. I checked the fuses and all were fine. I had the starter relay replaced last year and put a new battery in as well. The battery’s voltage is fine. When I go to start it now it just clicks. If I put it in neutral and pull in the clutch it will intermittently make a buzzing noise coming from the battery box region. not sure if it would have something to do with the valves or stator. The bike hasn’t had a valve adjustment for I would assume 20,000km. the bike is sitting at 60,000km I believe. Any insights? I suspect it may be a charging system issue but the fact it will not bump start is sort of leaning me towards the valves…

Hi guys, I have a 2002 VFR 800 with 68000 miles. I had the CCTs replaced 8000 miles ago with manual CCTs. The ticking noise went away and everything was fine. Last 3 weeks, I noticed that my hands would get numb after riding on the highway for an hour. It happened every time. I didn't take any note of that but I did wonder why the engine had more vibration in the past few weeks. Today, I rode about 40 freeway miles and when I got to the exit near my house, I noticed a very loud clacking noise. Like Ducati dry clutch sound.. First thing I did was check the oil and it was fine, then since I was about 2 miles away from home, I kept riding with the clacking noise. Note that the noise is only audible at idle or low rpms. Then when I was half a mile away from home, I lost all the power from the engine and it failed to start. I managed to keep it moving by starting with my hand on the throttle. I managed to get home with the bike and that last half mile was weird because it didn't sound anything like a V4 engine anymore. But i got home smoothly. I suspect that the cam chain has jumped off.... Note that I replaced it 8000 miles ago.. What should I do guys?