Help identifying a noise
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Cruiser
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Help identifying a noise
Went on a short ride this evening, and when I got back to the house I noticed my engine was louder than normal. I heard it first when I got off the bike to open my garage, when it was idling. It's kind of a 'clacking' noise if that makes sense. I haven't noticed it before. Anyone have any ideas? This is a crappy cell video, I know. You can best hear it from about the 5 second mark(right before I give it a little rev) through about 15/16 seconds. It was hard to capture because of the bass of the pipes and the normal engine noise.
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No, still running regular oil. Bike has about 2700 mls. And only mods are slip ons and xied's. I did check the oil when I got in the garage. It was a little frothy, but looked to be at a good level.
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I'll check again this morning. After I installed these slipons I checked over, and over to make sure I had no leaks. Had one at the muffler joint, but got that resolved. As far as where the pipes mead the heads, I did everything I could think of to check: closed up the end of the pipes, used smoke, just listened... I looked and don't have any soot around those areas. I'm fairly confident there's no leak, but still not 100% sure I guess. I've ridden several hundred miles since the pipes were changed and yesterday was the first day I heard anything. From what I can tell, it seems to only happen at idle, not when throttle is applied. I plan on taking it to the dealer, just don't wNt them to hassle me about the pipes/xied. Trying to get a little insight first
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