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Hello guys! I noticed strange knocking sound when clutch is not under pressure. It is coming from left side of the engine, when sitting on bike. I recorded video, hopefully you can hear knocking. Does anyone suggest what to do? i heard that a lot of vfr have this knocking, but since this is recently purchased bike for me, I don’t know what to expect. thanks for your comments IMG_3110.MOV

Hi everyone! I recently switched to a VFR and I'm loving every minute of it. One day I was a bit too eager to get going and... forgot the disc lock. The "inside" part of the disc got a bit bent so I replaced the disc. I did however have to ride the bike with a bent disc for a bit, maybe 30 miles or so. Now with the new disc in place I can feel a knock in the handlebars when I either brake decently hard or go over a bump. Going over a bump only gets one knock but braking makes a rhythmic knocking. Initial reading suggested steering head bearings so I lifted the front up and turned left and right slowly without feeling anything different. I also jiggled everything I could but there it doesn't seem anything is loose. Could it be that I screwed up the brake pads by riding with a messed up disc? Right side (old disc) has even pad wear while the right side, the one I replaced, has one pad a lot more worn than the other. I have new ones on the way anyway but I'm not sure this is the issue. Do you know of any other possibility, or some other test I can do? In short: Started with disc lock in Replaced rotor Knocking sound while braking (rhythmic) and over bumps (single knock) No odd feeling while turning handle Any thoughts or ideas would be much appreciated as I'm stumped and not even sure if it's safe riding :(