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2001 k1200 rs suddenly very noisy during first minutes of warm up.Sounds like sheet metal rattling.Checked around the muffler,nothing seems to be loose.Maybee inside muffler (loose catalytic converter).I am really stumped.Once warm no more noise and the bike runs normal.
The “box o’ rocks” rattle from the gearbox is usually a heavier sound that gets worse as things warm up, doesn’t really sound tinny like sheet metal. I think Lee’s suggestion of checking the header pipe bolts may be closer to the issue, along with possibly removing the exhaust system and shaking it to check for a rattle. There was another thread recently on a brick-K exhaust where the expansion chamber internals (catalytic bits) had come loose and were rattling.
$0.02,
DeVern