Headlight nacelle vibration / rattle

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Jun 8, 2013 | 04:24 PM

#11

Uncle G.

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From: Upstate New York

I doesn't really matter. You'll fix one rattle or noise, and a couple of months later you'll be chasing a different noise. Such is the way these beasts are.

Jun 8, 2013 | 05:47 PM

#12

Jake911

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From: Niceville

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Originally Posted by jimbo285

It is actually the cover that covers the upper forks. I don't have one of the road king type one piece nacelles.

I put a thin strip of self-adhesive weather stripping on the trees where they come in contact with the fork tin. Reinstall the tin with blue Locktite. Never rattled again. Now if I could get the headlight bezel to stop rattlin. . . .

Jun 9, 2013 | 04:12 PM

#13

1999evo

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Joined: Jun 2013

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From: Commerce City

my nacelle was making a vibrating noise after i changed the handlebars

i took off the piece that covers the handlebars and noticed a white pad on the inside. pushing the cover piece toward the back of the motorcycle while tightening the cover screws (so the padding is pressed against the handlebars) eliminated the vibrating noise