Fat Boy tire noise?

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Aug 24, 2022 | 10:10 AM

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Doublefelix

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Video? Pictures?

Bad tire, maybe. New doesn't always mean good. Air Pressure? Cupping?

Stalker in a 4x4 following you?

tire pressure is good. No cupping. I need to pay more attention of when I hear it. It may be the tar and chip roads around here. Heck, maybe it is the belt. I dont know.

Aug 25, 2022 | 06:42 AM

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I have a couple of road sections, motorcycles or cages, I think somethings wrong with my tires/suspension until I realize the section of road I am on.

See if you can get an audio and/or video.

Aug 25, 2022 | 09:28 AM

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Think yourself lucky you don't live in one of those cute olde worlde places in the UK with old fashioned cobbled roads ...they rattle yer fillings out

Aug 26, 2022 | 11:26 PM

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LenBoyLo

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Loud tires on FatBoy

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Originally Posted by Doublefelix

Mine are Loud. Sounds like a 4x4 with knobbies.

Make sure you're running correct tire pressures. 38 front, 42 rear if a newer twin cam model. If low pressure present more tire is in contact with the road surface equating to more noise.
I run Michelin II's. Mileage is poor at about 8,000 miles per set but no appreciable noise.

Aug 27, 2022 | 08:17 AM

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I have a couple of road sections, motorcycles or cages, I think somethings wrong with my tires/suspension until I realize the section of road I am on.

See if you can get an audio and/or video.

it is definitely a 2 fold thing. The roads are one part. The second is my belt. How tight is too tight? I can push it up about ¾".

Aug 28, 2022 | 01:18 PM

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There is section with a window and measuring guide built in close to where the swingarm attaches to the bike. Below the belt guard
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Aug 28, 2022 | 01:30 PM

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They can get noisier when in a turn. Rolled over the tread changes from the center stripe. Owned a couple Fat Boy models.

Aug 29, 2022 | 06:28 AM

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They can get noisier when in a turn. Rolled over the tread changes from the center stripe. Owned a couple Fat Boy models.

that is exactly what is does. It also changes when off the throttle engine braking down hill. I'm beginning to think it is normal tire and belt sounds. It's been 25 years since I had a quiet stock bike and it may be just me hearing things that I'm not used to. I'll have the dealer look over tires, wheel alignment and belt at the 1000 mile.