Hello,

Just got my first Harley on Saturday. Have ridden it around 100 miles yet. Today took missus on first ride. She was happy with it.
However, once I brought the motorcycle back to garage and was listening to it, seemed to have a squeaking/chirping noise coming from the front, like behind the breather. It is not clear when the engine is running, but very evident when cut off the engine. Has anyone experienced such a thing before?
(Couple of days back, 10 degree weather started the motorcycle. White cloud of smoke emerged from behind the breather area. Not sure if has something to do with the noise.)

Help!!!

 

Does the chirping happen only at small throttle openings? Seems to me you may be hearing normal intake noise. I had an s&s stealth air cleaner with open cover on my M8 for a while and there was a chirpy intake noise at low speeds and throttle openings. I put the stock closed system back on and no more noise.

 

My 18 Heritage 114 makes squeak when turning it off. Has done it from day one.

 

The engine cooling down will make all kinds of sounds as it cools off.

 

 

 

My 2019 Heritage 114 did the same thing for the first 600 or so miles. Does it only once in a while now. My dealer said it's normal. I have 1700 miles on the Heritage now.

 

Ok, my 107 doesn't make that noise. It is possibly an intake noise though. See if the dealer has other bikes that make that noise. If you get the run-around and want to do your own experiment, you could remove your air filter for a minute and see if you get the same noise when shuttng down.

 

 

Thanks for the follow up