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Just took my 09 zx6r out to the lot for the first time this year. And after a little riding I noticed something was creaking a little when I was either on the gas hard, clutching it up, or trying a stoppie (really hard braking). I was thinking it might be my cage flexing under the load or something but looking for opinions. Frame was fully braced over the winter and this is the bikes first time being ridden in the lot, and it hasn't been dropped yet. I've ridden the bike hard before on the street, and done trackdays with it and never heard the sound before tonight. Haven't checked or looked over anything because I didn't feel like unloading the bike after getting back, but I'm going to look things over tomorrow. Any opinions?
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Loose cage? That passed through my mind but I had it off earlier in the day and know I had it tight when I put it back on. Maybe it worked its way loose or something. Ill know more tomorrow when I look at it
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I had those noises before. It was a loose bolt on the cage.
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You sure it's the frame? It might be the rear suspension, That gets fouled up all the time on dirtbikes and needs to be greased. Kinda different on a street bike though but worth considering I think.
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I think I found my problem.
When I installed my cage initially I screwed up one of the front motor mount bolts, and used a bolt that went with my frame sliders instead, which is a little longer. I used some washers and thought that was enough, but after re-tightening and looking it over I think the bolt is bottoming out before "fully" tightening the cage. I'm going to add some more washers and see if that solves it.
