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Old Mar 3, 2012 | 07:17 AM
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I have a 99 twin cam when at idle everything is cool but when you take off there a knock in the bike as you speed up it goe's away. Any one else have this issue. its in back of the motor area no vibrations or nothing happening
 
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Old Mar 3, 2012 | 07:43 AM
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...could be detonation, or 'pinging" as they say. Are you running good high-test gas? It could also be a symptom of a bad compensator. If it's a "metalic rattle" it could even be a bad piston wrist-pin bushing, which would allow the piston to "bounce" off the cylinder walls...seen that before, and oddly enough it was my buddies 99 Twin Cam
 
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