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Old Apr 15, 2008 | 09:23 AM
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I know this prolly has been discussed to death, but I did a search couldn't find the answer to this:
I was riding the angeles forest this last weekend , beatifull ride BTW, and on the way down the bike was pretty much slowing on gear going down pretty much on third , anyway everytime I let go thethrottle to slow down, clunk, pushthrottleagain another clunk, feels like there is a play, not too bad it's just there, and more noticable at lower gear, is this normal? note it was a very hot day too.
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Old Apr 15, 2008 | 10:02 AM
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Probably the noise is coming from the primary chain.

 
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Old Apr 15, 2008 | 10:32 AM
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Probably the noise is coming from the primary chain.

I thought that maybe the case, is this normal though ? just did the 1000 miles service about 200 miles ago (glendale Harley) dothese people adjust hese things properly or not?
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Old Apr 15, 2008 | 10:33 AM
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Sounds like primary chain to me also, might need to check the tensioners, they have had some issues with the tensioners.
 
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