My New Rancher 350 has a noise also. Had its first one hundred mile service done and reported it too them. Said they adjusted the valve blah blah.. Still makes the noise. ;( Its a very faint noise sounds like a valve to me also. But I guess its normal from what others are telling me.

Generally its bad if the noise is say louder then the actual engine. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] But look at the bright side you would rather have them a little loose then too tight!

Also if its really hot out it could be that too... you never know.. Oil gets real thin blah blah..

 

I bought mine this past weekend, when riding that was the first thing I noticed. Although I'm glad to hear that it's not just my machine, I would expect much more from Honda. Chattering and vibration in the engine can't be a good thing.

 

Check out this website posting from another thread. http://www.highlifter.com/store/leakshield.html
In the case of my AT which is now in the shop related to sever smoke and oil burning (after multiple complaints of chattering), I wonder if this may be related.

 

So is this chattering noise normal or not? It sounds like that everyone else has it as well.