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Old Nov 19, 2007 | 11:20 PM
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Just picked up my bike Friday from the HD shop,Had it in for oil leaking on Primary and valve stem seals.All warranty work.When I took the bike out for a ride I noticed at 58mph. -62mph.I can her the engine valves making a rattleing noise that I didn't here before.Is this normal ?Like to get some ideas before I take it back. Ideas
 
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 06:20 PM
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Took it back to HD shop today,They took for a test drive and said all was fine,Valves reconditioned thats why you can here them a little more,
 
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 06:52 PM
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Mountainman, every Harley I've owned has had some valve noise. It must inherent in the design. It is annoying, but I pretty much tune it out. Probably stems from the push rod design. Most other brands use overhead cams to operate the valves.
 
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