Glad to hear your bike's back home.
Can you be a bit more specific about the noise it was making? Was it a tappet-like clatter, and did it begin suddenly? Was it much worse when the engine was warmed up to full operating temperature? Was there metal coming out on the drainplug magnets?
My own bike is going back to Watsonian Squire today. I've been assured that
whatever the problem is it will be mended!
Sounds like a result, but there'll be no rejoicing here until that bike is back home and running like it should - I've been here before remember......
This time I'm having to pay my own delivery & collection costs. It aint cheap and I'd like to think the engine is going to be properly stripped down and the problem
actually fixed this time!