Hey folks I have a rattling sound coming from the tranny/rear cyclinder when the bike is on its jiffy stand. Its an 08 Electra Glide. The sound responds in intensity with the rpm of the motor. RPM's up then sound is a fast rattling and louder and when RPM's are brought down sound is lower and less rapid. Sounds like a marble bouncing around in a tin can. When you stand the bike up and engine running the sound dissappears.

Also with bike on jiffy stand and clutch pulled in bike being in neutral sound is there but when engaging clutch and putting bike in gear the sound goes away. All of this testing is with the bike on its jiffy stand..

Any help or directions would be helpful. Thanks in advandce to all those that might have some input on this.

 

Sounds like a compensator. Do a thread search on compensators to see if others have had similar sounds. Does it change when you pull in the clutch. Does it bang hard on start up?

 

look for loose hardware on the floor board


Mike

 

brake pedal arm possibly

 

Do a search for Neutral rattle....

Trucky911

 

It could be anything from a broken shoe on a tensioner (critical/fix asap).
I once had a loose chrome cover on the end of a starter that had my head scratching for a few weeks (road king).
Another time a friend was missing the bolt on the front cylinder that holds the support of the horn (the bridge between cylinders that horn attaches too).
I will just guess a piece of tensioner.