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When I pull away from standstill, she seems to have a tendancy to make a bit of a grinding, struggling noise. I can't think how to describe it better without being able to listen to it and then immediately post. Sound like anything fairly common, or even better, something that I shouldn't be worried about at all?

sounds pretty terminal.

















ill take the bike off your hands though!!

Sounds like a shot wheel bearing to me. Get each end of the bike in the air and give the wheel a turn, see how it sounds.

RedexRobB wrote:Sounds like a shot wheel bearing to me. Get each end of the bike in the air and give the wheel a turn, see how it sounds.

or a fecked chain/sprockets

or dragging brakes

or a shagged clutch

or a wobbly gearbox sprocket

or a small rodent trapped in the swingarm

zimm wrote:or a small rodent trapped in the swingarm

ROFL.

I'll check out all the above points. Thanks chaps.
Mind you, I would hope Elliot's had checked all the above points when they serviced her, so hmm.