Well guys, this day didn’t go as planned at all! What do you think about the Honda Mechanic?…not cool I’d say!

I'm portuguese and I felt really bad for what you past here… So shameful
But apart from this I loved the video and the ideia I'm kinda impressed that you only have 33,1k subs right now you deserve a lot more, keep yourself up you are in a good path

PS: Your bike looks amazing

Hi Marc, I'm from Portugal, and I can say here in Portugal when you go somewhere and ask for help and their first concern is that's almost lunch time, or other excuse rather than solve the problem, don't comeback, just go another place, find another shop, somethimes the not oficial shops have the best people with the best knowlage. I'm sorry that you have to experience this, us portuguese love to help, but there is allways this people.
He first sayd "Now its not making any noise", and didn't care to go further to try to understand what was the problem.

Just to add, 2 mechanics also told me that all si good im imagining things. But then i torn it apart my self and saw that cam tensioner was basicly broken. I bought one and had it replaced.

3 words, nice camera angle.

Definitely tensioner.

Cara sou do Brasil,Eu vejo seus vídeos com legendas,Oque é um pouco chato mas vale apena pelo seu conteúdo,senpre amei motos principalmente as altas cilindradas da honda de apoca como a sua,Parabéns pelo conteúdo.😎👌

change chain

I only saw scooters in his workshop and if he had a work in progress …

Africa Twin is actually HONDA Africa Twin :))

What to do on a motorcycle if everything is ok? Then they put a lot of value on the lunch break, on the mask … you didn't wear the mask even though they wore it – that's a sign of respect and you just showed them that you don't really respect them – cultures and cultures.

Maybe for high temperatures a thicker oil helps – or higher quality.

Αφου σου αρέσει να ταξιδεύεις μακριά, γιατί δεν αγοράζεις μια καινούργια μοτοσικλέτα….

En stop de hele tijd met je handen in je haren te zitten.

Dat kun je zelf toch makkelijk vervangen. Neem aan dat je technisch bent?

ridiculous, I don't have half the gear even riding for weeks across europe North-east-south-north (de-ch-it-at-sl-hu-ro-bu-tk-gr-it-es-pt-es-fr-de) and staying for months around (jul-nov), riding hottest summers and freezing autumns. Well everyone as he likes, no worry. But I'm astonished.

Não entendi muito bem, mais essa concessionária não deu atenção necessária e aquela mulher com aqueles cabelos voando e gritando parecia uma louca não entende nada de motos realmente, espero que consiga resolver o problema do motor mais breve possível abraços 🤗

Inglês a tuga mesmo xD

The Dominator is a good old bike, a very good bike! After this bike i drive the Africa Twin RD07 and now 25 years later, i buyed a new Africa Twin. It will be the best bike ever 😉

Man ! Look for the right side of the page, you visited Evora that is a very beautiful city in Portugal 🇵🇹 regarding the engine, basically the problem is intermittent, when the boss checked the engine nothing wrong happened. The boss said that the engine sound was ok. If the problem is when the engine is heat, then you need to say that to the mechanics. More clear

U need to get a new bike more reliable

Visit Santander,north of spain…my house is your house for a day friend

Schmeiß weg den Bock, die alte Kackdose hat weder a ABS no sonst was… und die Probleme mit der Kiste auf so langen Strecken… wer tut sich das an..

dealers shops are the worst in every brand in portugal.. not just honda

It could be a rocker spring, but realy you can only see this when the cylinder is taken off.

Honda dealership service is a piece of crap.. run from then… Find a good mechanic and you will pay half of the price and will receive a decent service.

Ok

المشكلة في عدم تروية عمود الكلمات بالزيت هناك شوائب تغلق مجرى الزيت وتظهر المشكلة بعد أن تحمى الماكنة

8.54 good camera angle🥰Have you been to Portugal and not visited the city of Nazare where the highest waves in the world are?You have excellent diction, I can learn English from it))

A mechanic needs to hear the noise to understand but by your description I know what the issue is and it's literally a five minute fix for now.
If it gets worse later then you replace the timing chain guides and possibly a new timing chain and adjust the valve clearances. The cylinder head must be removed to replace the timing chain and guides.
But seriously first thing I'd do is adjust the tensioner at the rear left hand side of the engine.
Easy with a few tools.

That noise is the timing chain tensioner and guides loose, they are adjustable on the LHS, adjust it then possibly adjust the valve clearances, not a big drama, with some knowledge you can fix it yourself.
But otherwise get it done by a trained mechanic. 👍

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZoFbG5qRpo

Honda NX 650 Dominator – timing chain – YouTube

That shop owner/manager of the Honda Store should be ashamed . I hope lots of people watched this video and saw how rude and unhelpful he was to a traveller. I wouldn't ask that asshat to check the oil of my Honda. Boycott him please.

Prenditi una trandalp, tutta un altra storia

goat sound…. f… me up…😂🤣

iv had all 4 and i rate motors suzuki s no 1 yamaha no 2 kawasaki no 3 honda no 4 i do ride 70 s80 s bikes my gs motor has less parts in the motor i do build and ride my bikes all over europe for years 75 years young biker

Cam chain tensioner, swap the auto with a manual one adjustable.
And of course you should start to think replacing the cam chain in a near future, have done that job but keep the manual tensioner

I agree with most comments that it more than likely is a cam chain tension issue iv had same thing on Hondas iv had in passed and once a valve is noisy stays noisy but do check oil top if it needs some oil good luck 👍🏻

I am ashamed as a Portuguese and as a moto rider. Hope you keep going without trouble. Safe rides!

I´m from Portugal, and as a motorcyclist can tell you it´s nothing new. Motorcycle dealers here are straight cunts.

Clássico tuga… péssima imagem para o concessionário e para Portugal.

Report that garbage dealership to Honda, the woman was giving you dirt the minute you arrived, any country that takes 3 hour lunches are lazy worthless a–holes get out of that place you have just saved me a lot of pain and anger, a place for any adult man to shun. Regards, James, CANADA

The motorbike is almost 30 years old, you should not take it touring anymore because it's in a worrisome condition. A touring motorbike requires good air conditioning and liquid cooling the further the engine travels, the hotter the engine, so engine parts will tire and wear out quickly . My advice is to just buy a new motorbike if you have money from YouTube, brothers.

Hi Mark. I was the exactly same problem on my Dominator. It was a pain in the ass until I found the origin of that noise. I it a loose valve seat! And probably the on on the right exhaust valve. It's a documented problem that happen some times. It stats from nothing and making noise some times went the engine is hot, and becoming more frequently as time goes on. Went the engine is cool the head and the valve seat get tight and the noise stops until it get hot again. The only solution it to disable the head and put new valve seats. Hope it helps you

It always goes away when mechanic listens to it. Fact of life. Just wait till it totally fails, then fix

Hi. you need to change the cam chaine tensioner.
The person couldn't help you because is a small garage and I may not have right tools or knowledge.
I do apologise for the way that main dealer Honda in Évora behaved, not really helpful, that's not the way Honda work in Portugal, you should complain to Honda Portugal.

I'm Italian but I'm leaving in Portugal for study reasons! And i understand one thing ! People that works how mechanics in audi, bmw, Mercedes, Honda ect know nothing on motors and mechanic! I went in a Audi machanic store to change a light … 8 mechanics looking to a machanic changing the light and lots of cars to do …. 4 hours for a light change, ha had a battery problem and after 2 times that I went with this problems they all 2 times said that was no problem ! They rejected the request to do a diagnostic … And after a real discussion they changed the battery and i said i would not have paid because the car did the check the week before ! In this country nobody want to work and if they work … Works very very bad !