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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 02:49 PM
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I just bought an 06 XL883 with 6000mi. for the wife. I took it for a short ride today and noticed a noise I havent heard on my Lowrider. When going down the road there is a rattle type noise coming from I assume the primary. When I pull the clutch all is quite. This is the first sportster I've ridden and I'm not sure if this is normal or not. Any replies would be very helpful.
 
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Maybe loose primary chain? Might want to post over in the sportster forums though.
 
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get a primary chain tensioner for your setup, if it doesn't already have an auto tensioner in it. It will help.
 
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Next time try putting this in the Sportster forum rather than the Dyna forum.

Adjust your clutch and primary chain, change your primary fluid.
 
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