my 2012 Limited did that for about the first 2500 miles. It's 99% gone now. I do have the clunk when going in to first from neutral, if the clutch has been out. Just my 2 cents.

 

Just ease up to it, hold the handle bars firm and stroke the gas tank......Easy boy....whoa now..eeaasy.

 

I am a little curious why anyone would start in gear, other than when accidentally killing the bike while on the road. I never start in gear, whether the bike is warm or cold. As a matter of fact, even when I start in neutral, I still hold the clutch in out of habit.

I do this because when I started riding, bikes only had kick start so the habit of starting in neutral sticks with me. To each his own though...

 

Are you referring to the famous "Harley Clunk"?
I hate that sound too.

What's interesting, is after starting mine in neutral with the clutch pulled in, I back the bike out of my garage and when I get turned around I am on a slight incline w/the rear pointed downward and when I go to put it in gear in first there is no "Harley Clunk"..

What does that say, or rather infer?
To me it indicates a balance position perhaps?

 

Huh huh, he said hard on.

 

resurrect a ten year old thread to quote Beavis and Butthead?

 

Worth every penny.

 

no.....it wasn't.