Bike louder after valve adjustment

 

I adjusted the valves on my Suzuki Marauder 250 (the gaps were wider
than norm so I tightened them up) and the bike seems to be louder than
before. Not the metallic sound though, but a deeper sound of the engine
overall. Should I be concerned or is there a reasonable explanation for
that?

Thanks.

 


Yan wrote:

A reasonable explanation would be that the valves are opening a bit
more, and the result is that the engine is simply running better....
--
Rayvan

 



Or the valve noise was so bad it masked a shagged bottom end and now it
doesn't :-)


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Beav
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another could be that he adjusted them when they were not at the
lowest point on the cam.
sammm

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I don't know about the cam because I couldn't see it, but I adjusted
the valves in the TDC of the compression stroke, just like the book
says.