When it's hot my bike sounds like a woodpecker!
#1
06-28-2017, 08:39 AM
When it's hot my bike sounds like a woodpecker!
My bike is now named woody! Hello I bought my bike in December of last year. I have been riding it a lot since I live in California. It's been cool and the bike has ran perfectly. Since the temps have picked up here the bike has taken to sounding like a woodpecker at idle. When I stop and it's warm instead of the normal lope it's going double time. It's a 2014 Street Glide Special FLHXS. The only engine mods so far are Vance and Hines slip on's. it's annoying the crap out of me. Anyone else experience this and what did you do to fix it? Thanks for the help.
#2
06-28-2017, 08:43 AM
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#3
06-28-2017, 09:07 AM
Go to the root cause of the heat....it's running too lean and the cat isn't helping on top of that. Address the tune, and you won't have to disable the EITMS.
Our bikes coming out of the factory are tuned way back, for a number of reasons, and tend to run really hot. Once "tuned", the heat issues aren't so prevalent.
Our bikes coming out of the factory are tuned way back, for a number of reasons, and tend to run really hot. Once "tuned", the heat issues aren't so prevalent.
#4
06-28-2017, 10:42 AM
Originally Posted by gipper
Go to the root cause of the heat....it's running too lean and the cat isn't helping on top of that. Address the tune, and you won't have to disable the EITMS.
Our bikes coming out of the factory are tuned way back, for a number of reasons, and tend to run really hot. Once "tuned", the heat issues aren't so prevalent.
Our bikes coming out of the factory are tuned way back, for a number of reasons, and tend to run really hot. Once "tuned", the heat issues aren't so prevalent.
#5
06-28-2017, 10:51 AM
Go to the root cause of the heat....it's running too lean and the cat isn't helping on top of that. Address the tune, and you won't have to disable the EITMS.
Our bikes coming out of the factory are tuned way back, for a number of reasons, and tend to run really hot. Once "tuned", the heat issues aren't so prevalent.
Our bikes coming out of the factory are tuned way back, for a number of reasons, and tend to run really hot. Once "tuned", the heat issues aren't so prevalent.
#6
06-28-2017, 12:12 PM
Well, if it's not EITMS...or if it's not a habitually lean condition...and if it's not a Harley just being a Harley, because they really are noisier than most other engines...I would suggest installing a set of Rock Outs...lotsa information in this forum and in their website. For sixteen bux, you can hardly go wrong, and they worked well for me!
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#7
06-28-2017, 03:49 PM
Well, if it's not EITMS...or if it's not a habitually lean condition...and if it's not a Harley just being a Harley, because they really are noisier than most other engines...I would suggest installing a set of Rock Outs...lotsa information in this forum and in their website. For sixteen bux, you can hardly go wrong, and they worked well for me!
i will check it out. Thanks.
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#9
06-28-2017, 05:00 PM
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It's hunting and that is the way Harley keeps a tad resemblance of the potato-potato with 1000 rpm idle.
My guess is since Harleys fire each cylinder opposite of each other but it's not 270 each time, it's uneven that compounds it needing close to 75 rpm to catch itself.
You need a metric with two crank pins like a Honda.
My guess is since Harleys fire each cylinder opposite of each other but it's not 270 each time, it's uneven that compounds it needing close to 75 rpm to catch itself.
You need a metric with two crank pins like a Honda.
