2023 Road Glide ST ticking!
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From: Honah Lee
Looks like your in good hands. But for sure...
Welcome Alex..
Hope you enjoy your ride here.
Only as a suggestion, create a signature
line for your bike, year, model, and all the
code letters.
You can add that bike photo to the signature too.
Welcome Alex..
Hope you enjoy your ride here.
Only as a suggestion, create a signature
line for your bike, year, model, and all the
code letters.
You can add that bike photo to the signature too.
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3rd Gear
Joined: Jun 2023
Posts: 7
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From: Vermont
Well I guess my bikes name is now "tapper"... Couldn't find any issues with any of the parts, everything looked good no wear... Hoping its not internal engine issues. Told to keep riding it and take it back if it gets worse, put another 150 miles on it today sounds the same.
Tourer
Joined: Jan 2023
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From: New Zealand
Well I guess my bikes name is now "tapper"... Couldn't find any issues with any of the parts, everything looked good no wear... Hoping its not internal engine issues. Told to keep riding it and take it back if it gets worse, put another 150 miles on it today sounds the same.
, welcome and sorry to hear your problem with your new bike
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2019
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From: Richmond TX
I hope the dealer also looked at other possible noise sources like a loose exhaust mounting bolt or heat shield. Ticking on a brand new bike would drive me nuts. Lifters are really good oil filters. It may be that after your first few quiet miles a bit of debris made it to a lifter and can't move on. Pure speculation of course.
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Joe Kucinski
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I don`t hear anything on that video to be concerned about, it sounds like normal mechanical noise to me, but I`m not standing next to the engine.
Last edited by Dan89FLSTC; Jul 10, 2023 at 02:56 PM.
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2019
Posts: 952
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From: Richmond TX
I should have listened to the video before I commented. Like Dan pointed out, it doesn't sound that unusual to me. I guess it's worse in real life if the dealer actually did a partial teardown to investigate....