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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 01:22 PM
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My 02 Wide Glide makes a chirping sound when i cross bridges with cement barriers can be very annoying.Any ideas what might cause this.I was thinking baffles or rubber between carb and intake???
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 01:29 PM
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I am subscribing to this thread, my bike has a strange noise like that too, going to be on the lookout for a quick fix or at least something about it...
 
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Check the rubber snubber on the frame for the jiffy stand
 
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This subject comes up occasionally. Usually - but not always - a chirping sound is caused by a dirty drive belt. I clean my drive belt with warm soapy water and the wife's tooth brush. Chirping stops, but the wife's teeth kinda get a little funky looking. Not a bad trade off in my opinion.
 
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also grab ahold of your intake and wiggle it... if it moves at all tighten it up... i hunted a noise for the longest time and that ws it... do you have an alarm on that bike? could be a lose wire as well casueing the alarm horn to make anoise
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by rh8234
.....I clean my drive belt with warm soapy water and the wife's tooth brush. Chirping stops, but the wife's teeth kinda get a little funky looking. Not a bad trade off in my opinion.
That's funny spit!!!
 
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I had a chirping sound when I got out of the throttle. Tightened the drive belt and it went away.
 
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This subject comes up occasionally. Usually - but not always - a chirping sound is caused by a dirty drive belt. I clean my drive belt with warm soapy water and the wife's tooth brush. Chirping stops, but the wife's teeth kinda get a little funky looking. Not a bad trade off in my opinion.
Too funny!! my drive belt was cleaned when the new rear tire,new brakes and new axle was installed last week.
 
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I had a chirping sound when I got out of the throttle. Tightened the drive belt and it went away.
Ty.. I'll check it again even though I just had a new tire, brakes and a new rear axle installed last week and the belt was cleaned as well.This has been going on since I got the bike in 09.I only hear it while riding at a steady throttle across bridges.
 
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Originally Posted by JRK5892
also grab ahold of your intake and wiggle it... if it moves at all tighten it up... i hunted a noise for the longest time and that ws it... do you have an alarm on that bike? could be a lose wire as well casueing the alarm horn to make anoise
Ty will check that..
 
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