Hi everyone im new here this is my first post, im from new zealand and have just purchased a second hand uforce 800, i know this is the 800EX/800 Zforce forum but these machines have the same engine plus this forum has more traffic as the z8 is more popular, anyway back to the U8 i purchased only a week ago it had a slight tick under idle but nothing that i thought was a major and it had only just arrived back from its 1000km full service this machine has 13,474kms on it and had a sound service history, 13 in total. this is half the reason i didnt worry about the ticking,i took it for a test drive and it went fairly well it was quite pleased with how it drove and didnt blow any smoke had a bit of a touchy throttle which didnt really bother me. so i purchased the machine two days later i noticed most the grease points were dry so i jacked it up and check for play in the bushes, all of them were shagged in the front i then proceeded to check air filter which was packed to the brim with sand dirt and mud but thank god it had a unifilter on it as what i could tell only a small amount had passed through the engine, the inner foam filter was still clean. now remember this machine had apparantly been in for a full service and i had a service sticker in my cab of the uforce saying serviced 31/3/16 next service due 14,500kms. so i rang the guy i purchased off and we agreed on a small refund to cover the worn parts and to help with a full service i was about to arrange with our region CFMoto dealer which i meet up with just yesterday to trailer my U8 back to his hometown to complete a full once over so we could commence regular maintenance. on first start up he didnt like the idle at all and said worse scenario could be a rebuild least could be cam chain tensioner. so im absolutley gutterd right now. since then the guy i got it off has admitted that it wasnt a full service and just the engine oil and filter done, which the dealer has told me will void the machines warranty because of incomplete/incorrect maintenance. but my machine is only 8 months old and is still under the factory 15,000km warranty?? does this sound right to any of you guys with cfmoto experience?? plus has anyone encountered this engine noise before?
cheers
Dean