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RE: engine or primary noise
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Is the noise a clicking noise? I seem to get a loud clicking when I am at driving at speed on my 2004 1200C, usually after the engine is pretty warm. Almost like a rattling, but nothing is loose, and it does not do it all the time...weird.
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Is the noise a clicking noise? I seem to get a loud clicking when I am at driving at speed on my 2004 1200C, usually after the engine is pretty warm. Almost like a rattling, but nothing is loose, and it does not do it all the time...weird.
HR
does yours come from the left side of the bike? if so, i have the same sound coming from mine. its like a metal vibration/rattle. something along those lines.
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That damn noise! 2008 Nightster.....
I bought a 2008 Nightster about 3 months ago, with about 15,000 miles. V&H Staggered Shortshots on it, with a V&H Fuelpack. All around, it's a great running bike that is very quick, and I ride this whenever the FXSTC feels like too much bike. Like for bar-hopping!
Now I don't hear well, and have two hearing aids I don't wear when I ride, but this bike has a LOUD rattle/metallic noise that I can hear even over the V&H pipes, and if I can hear it, it REALLY must be loud. If I tuck my left leg in tight, right next to the gas tank, the noise is muffled and almost non-existent, but when I move my leg the noise makes it up to my ears.
It's definitely linked directly to the RPMs and seems to diminish when I pull in the clutch, but then again, I back off the throttle when I pull the clutch in so maybe that's coindidental.
I thought the valves might be loose as hell, but the engine runs fine...Heck it's fast as hell....so that doesn't seem right. I then thought the clutch or primary chain was making the racket. I figured on pulling off the primary cover this weekend to have a look around, but figured I check in here first, and I found this thread. Maybe it's just normal for this bike? If so, wow, HD should be able to do better than this! Maybe I need to have a couple of these HD tattoos covered up!
Cowboy
Now I don't hear well, and have two hearing aids I don't wear when I ride, but this bike has a LOUD rattle/metallic noise that I can hear even over the V&H pipes, and if I can hear it, it REALLY must be loud. If I tuck my left leg in tight, right next to the gas tank, the noise is muffled and almost non-existent, but when I move my leg the noise makes it up to my ears.
It's definitely linked directly to the RPMs and seems to diminish when I pull in the clutch, but then again, I back off the throttle when I pull the clutch in so maybe that's coindidental.
I thought the valves might be loose as hell, but the engine runs fine...Heck it's fast as hell....so that doesn't seem right. I then thought the clutch or primary chain was making the racket. I figured on pulling off the primary cover this weekend to have a look around, but figured I check in here first, and I found this thread. Maybe it's just normal for this bike? If so, wow, HD should be able to do better than this! Maybe I need to have a couple of these HD tattoos covered up!
Cowboy