I bought an '05 1220c with 7000 miles on it. When I shift up or down it seems to make a clunking noise. Since this is my first Harley, I don't know if it's normal or not. The bike runs great and shifts fine, just clunks when i shift.

 

Harley's are surpose to shift like that, that way you know it goes in gear.

 

If it's shifting OK, I vote for perfectly normal. Every HD I've ever known clunks into gear. :-)

 

They clunk, If it seems a little extreme you might want to check your gear oil level and believe it or not it's just as easy to change it. Do you know the last time it was looked at or changed? Drain it out the bottom and then fill it back with 32Oz's of recommended gear oil right in your little primary chain inspection cover. If you have a service manual you can also check your chain tension while your at it just to make sure.

 

The dealer changed the oil and filter and the transmission oil before I picked it up. I have put about 800 miles on it in the last month. Thanks for the responses and I guess they go clunk. I can live with that.

 

I actually enjoy the clunk. It's the sounds of a good, hearty gear mesh

I remember reading another thread about this somewhere and someone commented they'd spoken to one of the HD engineers at a MoCo event who said they intentionally leave the clunk in the trans, though I suppose I need a cite for that to be taken seriously

 

Heh, heh...I'd worry if it weren't clunking.

 

mine clunks into first and second but into neutral and every other gear its very quiet and smooth.

 

Oh yea, the clunking is part of the Harley experience. no other tranny does this in my experience.

rode a v-rod recently and one of the many reasons I didn't like it was trying to figure outif I was in gear or not. very little feedback through your foot when shifting.

nothing better than sitting in neutral at a light, then banging it into first: clunk, go!

 

Supposed to clunk when it shifts, just don't neglect the Transmission oil changes and it'll be fine.