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Old May 11, 2021 | 08:56 PM
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Hey everyone, new here, recently acquired this 2013 fat boy lo. I’m just wondering if this is normal sounding, it seems to run fine and sound good on ride but I can’t help but feel like the motor sounds a little off. I’ll leave a video, it bugs out briefly at the end.
 
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Hey everyone, new here, recently acquired this 2013 fat boy lo. I’m just wondering if this is normal sounding, it seems to run fine and sound good on ride but I can’t help but feel like the motor sounds a little off. I’ll leave a video, it bugs out briefly at the end.

Ummm... could be my old ears, but I didn't hear anything out of the norm...

What is is that you hear, that you believe is abnormal....???
 
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Ummm... could be my old ears, but I didn't hear anything out of the norm...

What is is that you hear, that you believe is abnormal....???
it sounded like a light rattle coming from primary, turned out the tensioner in there was over tightening. Was chain rattle. I couldn’t get over it, I took it to have it looked at.

all in all worth it, it was due for 20k all around , needed a back pad as it was shot and tires also. So mostly preemptive stuff.
 
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