I purchased a V Star 1300T about 2 months ago.
I have begun to realize that the trans whine is pretty much standard for this bike.
But it also has a ticking when completly warmed up that varies with engine speed. The hotter it gets the louder the ticking (seems to be coming from the right side)
The dealer is telling me it is an exhaust tick, but it doesn't sound that way to me.
Also, every time I hit a bump in the road, I get a clunk. It sounds like something loose somewhere, like under the tank rattling. The dealer has had to luck finding that either.
Any suggestions from anyone???????  

Correction.
The ticking is from the left side.  

I thought I was the only one. And your right the dealer acts as if it is nothing. I you gone over your 1000 mile mark and had your first sevice? The only thing the dealer said that made any sence was that the oil that is in the bike for the braek in piriod is a lot thiner that what is to go it to it for the rest of the bikes life. I don't think I was any help because i'm in the same boat. I'm glad i'm not the only one hearing the noises.  

I understand that the transmission is pretty normal from all the road tests I have read. But the ticking and the clunk on bumps is driving me nuts.
What kind of noises are you hearing?
Oh, and the thinner oil thing is BS. Typical bike shop.
They really don't want to put forth the effort to really diagnose a problem of give an accurate explaination.  

Same here, same noises clunk, whine and metalic tap that sounds like lifters to me. I purchased a V Star 1300T about 2 months ago also.
The "lifter" noise was more pronounced after the first service. I will be looking into it with my dealer seems to be pretty good guys.  

I have owned a vsstar 1300 about 4 months now and also hear the clunk whin i hit hard bumps the sound is the mono skock underneth the bike bottoming out. as far as lifter noise i havent heard any but i havent had my first service yet so we will see. other than the shock noise i love the bike and its ride.  

I also have a 2 month old VST1300T.  I have heard the clunking as well, but up front.  I checked with a friend who has a Yamaha and he has the same noise, but attributed it to brake pads.  Yamaha has a kit (springs?) that is supposed to eliminate the brake pad clunking problem. So, it could be the pads, but if under tank, something else.
My beef is gears/speeds.  After break-in, it seemed to me that this 1300 does not like 5th gear unless you are at about 110+KM.  It appears to be lugging in 5th at or below 100km, but manual gives a different picture of the gears and suggested speeds/ Anyone else have this problem? Also, slight delay in first when throttling and popping clutch before bike moves and then it really moves?  Anyone else have this delay?  

I am planning on picking up a 1300 tourer for my next bike.  I have read a lot about the noises form this bike, from whining to clicking to clunking.  The clunking is being reported as normal.  I even get that with my V Star 650.  The clicking has been reported,, but may or may not be normal.  Sometimes you are in need of a valve adjustment.  Others have reported that the clicking goes away after they start using a synthetic oil, in fact the whole bike seems smoother.

The lugging is reported by a lot of people who shift at the speeds recommended by the manual.  To begin with a widely reported problem is the speedometer, which appears to be off by 5 mph.  Second, the manual recommendations are junk, and will result in a lot of lugging.  Having no tach really seems to bother some people, but I don't know why.  You shouldn't be relying on a tach to shift.  Instead you should be shifting by feel.  The bike has a rev limiter on it (I am pretty sure), and you should get a feel for where this bike wants to shift, and where you will be power-wise when you shift.  Far too many riders shift when the rpms are very low - too low.  A lot of people I have ridden with assume my bike has a lot more power than it does, simply because I know how to shift where the bike wants it.  I can keep up to a much larger motor with someone who shifts merely because they want that low rumble.  

The clunk is real and is easily fixed with a set of $60.00 Progressive springs..

You can learn all about your VStar1300 here:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/vstar1300/start

Previous 1100 owners complained that they needed a "highway gear", so your bike is a 4 speed tranny plus overdrive.. It's awesome cause you can cruise the Interstate, comfortably, at 85, all day long.. This bike loves the highway..    

Oh, and the progressive springs are easily installed in 1 1/2 hours of ameteur labor..  

I have an '07 1300 that I bought in 4/08 that has the exact same issues.  The ticking just started recently, but the front end clunk has been there since I bought it.  The ticking goes away when I use the clutch.

Plus, there is the lovely clutch rattle when the bike is in neutral (I think that is fixed on the '08 models).  I don't even put the bike in neutral when it is running because the noise bugs me so much.  

Hi,,I have an 07 1300 tourer and it has the same problems...3800 miles and lifters are going wild..If service wasnt so much money it would be ok,,,but 350 a pop...after warm up in neutral you can rev it a little and hear alot of clattering,,,,along with the clutch noise,,almost hard to hear the stock pipes...I hear the dealer will upgrade the clutch to an 08 for free if you complane enough...I guess its a good bike for the money,,wishing service was free...but 10g,wow...a buddy bought a suzuki c 90,,seems better,,self adjusting lifters would make the v-star better  

I have just about 1000 miles on my 2007 V-Star 1300 and I also hear the clunk in the front end.  I have not had the time to try yet but I will be adding a little more fork tube oil.  Many years ago, when I rode much harder than now, I had opportunity to rebuild forks and found that if the oil was just a bit low the front end would clunk.  The clunk happens with the forks recover from hitting a bump.  The clunk happens when the forks are extending back to normal and over extend to their limit.  In the past I found by adding a bit more fork oil the issue was resolved.  

I do my own maintenance and am close to pulling the tank to adjust the valves, etc. and will be checking the oil level in the tubes and either adding a bit more 10W or changing to 20W fork oil.