ABS front brake noise
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Cruiser
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From: NW Ohio
ABS front brake noise
Been experiencing a strange noise on my '12 Street Glide. Whenever the front brakes are applied, I get a clicking noise from the front wheel area. It sounds like when you put a playing card in the spokes of your bicycle when you were a kid, a constant clicking sound. Let off the front brake, the noise goes away. Brakes and handles fine. Rear brake does not do this. Took it to the dealer for the 1K checkup, had them look at it. They claim its normal, that it is caused by the single pin calipers.
If its normal, that would seem to me to be a poor setup, making that noise like that. Anybody else experience this?
Did a board search on ABS noise and got a zillion hits, but didn't see anything like what I'm experiencing.
If its normal, that would seem to me to be a poor setup, making that noise like that. Anybody else experience this?
Did a board search on ABS noise and got a zillion hits, but didn't see anything like what I'm experiencing.
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Joined: Jan 2007
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From: anacoco, la
if i'm at speed, and i hit the front brakes, i get a sound that almost sounds like a bunch of cicadas..... is that the same noise you hear? i got it on my 07, does it on my 2010, and i've heard it from other's bikes as well when they are near me and they hit their brakes.
Cruiser
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 120
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From: Sydney, Australia
Been experiencing a strange noise on my '12 Street Glide. Whenever the front brakes are applied, I get a clicking noise from the front wheel area. It sounds like when you put a playing card in the spokes of your bicycle when you were a kid, a constant clicking sound. Let off the front brake, the noise goes away. Brakes and handles fine. Rear brake does not do this. Took it to the dealer for the 1K checkup, had them look at it. They claim its normal, that it is caused by the single pin calipers.
If its normal, that would seem to me to be a poor setup, making that noise like that. Anybody else experience this?
Did a board search on ABS noise and got a zillion hits, but didn't see anything like what I'm experiencing.
If its normal, that would seem to me to be a poor setup, making that noise like that. Anybody else experience this?
Did a board search on ABS noise and got a zillion hits, but didn't see anything like what I'm experiencing.
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From: Southern California
My brand new 2014 Heritage Softail makes a strange noise when braking, too. I like the description above of it sounding like cicadas - that's pretty accurate. I was describing it as a ticked off duck - quaaack...
I had the front brakes checked by the dealer - they found nothing wrong. Since then, I've noticed that the noise happens only when braking on bumpy pavement, entering a driveway, etc... and being as it's not the front brakes making the noise, I'm pretty sure it's coming from the ABS module located nearby on the front of the frame.
I have a friend who has a 2011 Deluxe - he never noticed the noise before, but told me that a few months ago he heard it, and has heard it ever since. He's not sure what it is either, but he came up with the same theory about the module.
I had the front brakes checked by the dealer - they found nothing wrong. Since then, I've noticed that the noise happens only when braking on bumpy pavement, entering a driveway, etc... and being as it's not the front brakes making the noise, I'm pretty sure it's coming from the ABS module located nearby on the front of the frame.
I have a friend who has a 2011 Deluxe - he never noticed the noise before, but told me that a few months ago he heard it, and has heard it ever since. He's not sure what it is either, but he came up with the same theory about the module.
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