Clunking noise from the rear end

[Jarno]

Hiya!

For a while back my '98 GS started to make this weird clunking noise when I was accelerating & banking at the same time, say for example when turning to a crossing street.

I couldn't figure it out; nothing was loose, my chain and sprockets are in quite good shape etc... and they're well-adjusted, so it wasn't about them.

It stopped outright when I got my toolbox out and removed the rear wheel. All the bearings & stuff are nice'n snug, nothing was loose, nothing seemed wrong.

I'm a bit annoyed about that even if I didn't actually *do* anything on it, it still went away... I'm just hoping it won't come back anytime soon.

Any ideas?

[groff22]

I had a problem with mine where i heard knocking or slapping sound behind me, ended up I had lost a screw... It was a screw that holds the mudguard plastics (or whatever it's really called) on.... Located right behind the licence plate that connects somewhere behind where the toolkit is stored...

[Venom]

Could it have possibly been yout toolbag under the seat?  Did you remove it to take the wheel of and then put it back in?

[scratch]

Sounds to me like it would have been (we're conjecturing here, after all it's after the fact, and you probably fixed it) a loose axle banging the chain adjustment plates into the swingarm. The only other thing I can think of is the brake caliper being loose, or the brake stay arm. What about your front brake caliper and axle? Or, did you check the countershaft and sprocket?

[bcutrufelli]

Try loosing some weight fatty  :lol:
sorry just could resist