Tinkling Sounds

chihuasbigdog · Apr 2, 2009

Diesel said:
I have this EXACT noise seems from the same place. Upper end, left side. Ive been trying to locate it but its hard to ride with your head next to the motor...

i ve been hearing this also for the last 4 rides!!! exactly what is described here!!!!

mine at high rpms, cant find the "VIP SECRET INTERNAL BELL INCLUDED WITH THE BIKE" yet!!! :angry: :angry: :angry: on weekend I will tear up the whole sh** looking for it.

chihuasbigdog · Apr 2, 2009

Slow Vince said:
CHIHUASBIGDOG,

But not tonight. It's about 8 F. and light snow...

PLEASE, if you come up with something, put it on the forum!

You bet !!!
dont think its the primary, and nothing to do with it. 15 days ago I changed my final drive belt, and in the SURGERY doing it :lol: , I take down all the primary and carcass. First, the primary was loose and of course with noises coming from down there, I adjust it and BINGO no sounds.... Im mentioning this, cause the FUCKIN TINKLING was before and after I ve adjusted the primary!!!

think is something in the upper front.... MY HEAD NEXT TO THE TANK FOR ABOUT 4 MILES CANT LIE!!! :bang:

keep you informed.

reloaderbmg · Apr 2, 2009

still have not found my noise yet.
one churp i had was the lower tank mount, [ p. o. s. ]
made a new one now its gone,
still think the tinkle is in the heads some where,

BrianLo · Apr 4, 2009

I have the same thing, seems like it may be coming from the ignition cover? :skep:

chihuasbigdog · Apr 24, 2009

chihuasbigdog said:
think is something in the upper front.... MY HEAD NEXT TO THE TANK FOR ABOUT 4 MILES CANT LIE!!! :bang:

keep you informed.

I HAVE FOUND WHERES THE TINKLING IN MY DOG!!! :whoop:

TODAY RIDIN, THE TINKLIN GETS WORST. MY HEAD SIDE TO SIDE, UP AND DOWN LOOKIN FOR IT.... I WAS PISSED SO I GRAB THE TANK AS A REFLEX.................. THE TINKLIN STOPS!!! ( I THOUGHT " NO, I CANT BE THAT LUCKY") SO, I PUT SOME MORE GAS AND WHEN THE TINKLING STARTED AGAIN, I GRABBED THAT PIECE OF ...TANK FROM THE FRONT AND PULL IT UP........ THE TINKLING STOPS AGAAAAAAAAAIN !!!

I EVEN DID THIS A THIRD TIME, AND IT WAS TRUE!!! I FOUND IT, I FOUND IT!!!
TOMORROW ILL TAKE AWAY THE TANK AND SEE WHATS LOOSE THERE.

MY 2 CENTS, MAYBE CAN HELP SOMEONE TOO (TO STOP THE VOICES!!! :loony: ).

Gas Man · Apr 24, 2009

BrianLo said:
I have the same thing, seems like it may be coming from the ignition cover?

Well your ignition cover? You mean your cam cover? Cause your ignition is under your seat.

chihuasbigdog said:
I HAVE FOUND WHERES THE TINKLING IN MY DOG!!!
TODAY RIDIN, THE TINKLIN GETS WORST. MY HEAD SIDE TO SIDE, UP AND DOWN LOOKIN FOR IT.... I WAS PISSED SO I GRAB THE TANK AS A REFLEX.................. THE TINKLIN STOPS!!! ( I THOUGHT " NO, I CANT BE THAT LUCKY") SO, I PUT SOME MORE GAS AND WHEN THE TINKLING STARTED AGAIN, I GRABBED THAT PIECE OF ...TANK FROM THE FRONT AND PULL IT UP........ THE TINKLING STOPS AGAAAAAAAAAIN !!!

I EVEN DID THIS A THIRD TIME, AND IT WAS TRUE!!! I FOUND IT, I FOUND IT!!!
TOMORROW ILL TAKE AWAY THE TANK AND SEE WHATS LOOSE THERE.

MY 2 CENTS, MAYBE CAN HELP SOMEONE TOO (TO STOP THE VOICES!!! :loony: ).

That's great. Before you pull your tank. Open your gas cap and check the little metal overfill tube in the cap neck. That has a weld and comes loose allot on these bikes. If that's it. You have a few options.

call BDM and see if they will help to get it welded back.
JBWeld it in place so it don't rattle
cut it off below the filler neck

Realize that it doesn't go anywhere on our bikes (Cali bike maybe). The plug under the tank is the other end of that tube. Hence it goes no where.

BrianLo · Apr 24, 2009

Sorry, meant coil cover... will look into it further next week when I do the 2500 mile service and finally install a bunch of goodies (HID, oil coolers, Scorpio alarm, Cruise-Mate, forward control extensions, Dyna beads, oil pressure gauge).

Gas Man · Apr 24, 2009

Check the 2 mounting bolts that screw into the top of the heads and the big bolt that goes thru the frame under the tank. They are all known for coming loose and should be part of your regular checks.

Gas Man · Apr 25, 2009

As I said... there is a little metal tube in there.

Not that it realates to your issue but I cut it down for my new gas cap, just to ensure we're talkin about the same thing

The metal tube is spot welded to the raw metal filler piece in the gas tank. But the weld breaks loose and then the tube starts rattle agaist the filler piece.

Thought maybe a picture follow up would help.

Raywood · Apr 25, 2009

Gas Man said:
Realize that it doesn't go anywhere on our bikes (Cali bike maybe). The plug under the tank is the other end of that tube. Hence it goes no where.

Just a bit of info:

The tube is a vent that goes to the Charcoal canister on all Kalifornia sold bikes. Mine had it but most remove all that canister crap. In Kalifornina it's a C.A.R.B. (California Air Resource Board) requirement that all motor, gas, oil and air gets routed to the canister.

Guess it's cheaper to make all tanks with the tube and most of you see that's it's just plugged unless you have a Kalifornia model!!

On my bike I have a black plastic tube coming from that fitting opposite the Petcock and I just route it back behind and under the oil bag. Guess I should plug it but then I would have to get a vented gas cap! I did the same with the carb overflow that went to the canister and now just goes to the ground like the rest of you have.

:cheers:

Gas Man · Apr 26, 2009

Ok, good to know. I always thought it was an overfill drain or somin. Either way its not used by many...right.

chihuasbigdog · Apr 27, 2009

Gas Man said:
As I said... there is a little metal tube in there.

The metal tube is spot welded to the raw metal filler piece in the gas tank. But the weld breaks loose and then the tube starts rattle agaist the filler piece.

Thought maybe a picture follow up would help.

as always Gas Man, you're fu**in right!!! i mean, did your bdm had AAAAALL the issues and you fixed em??? OR HOW THE FU** DO YOU KNOW SUCH THINGS !!!

were these issues the reason you have change to HD??

my tinkling is the welding that went loose bro!!!! as I dont have any BDM dealer nearby, im gonna check for someone to weld it back.

THANKS !!! AAAAA++++++ :lol: :lol: :lol:

Gas Man · Apr 27, 2009

Nah, on this one I have been around here and its happened to others including a michigan boy Alhall.

Yeah, certainly some of these are the reasons why I switched. The more R&D a company does on their bikes, the aftermarket stuff, ect... the better the product. But I won't get into that again here and now.

If you have a set of 90* needle nose pliers you may be able to get in there under the filler neck, bend it inward and out of the way. Won't hurt much after that.

bmich · May 8, 2009

I have an 09 Wolf...my first BigDog...and noticed the noise described above. It seems to be more noticeable once bike warmed up, and when running between 30-55 mph...when you back off the throttle you can really hear it. I agree it is on the left side. Service folks at local BDM dealer said BDM motors are loud and just something you get used to. Not sure I am buying that.

Gas Man · May 8, 2009

Which dealership? Maybe somebody can give input on that dealers creditability.

big daddy · Jun 11, 2010

FOUND THE NOISE!

Hello,
I have an 09' K9 and as soon as I turned 1,100 miles, I started to hear the most annoying tinking squeak that I had ever heard coming from some where on the left side of the bike, it was driving me F@#king nuts.

while driving down the road one day I trying to find the source when I noticed I could turn the top motor mount bolt under the tank by hand. When I tried to tighten it up with hand tools, it would tighten up a little but the bolt and nut would still spin. Once I did that while goin down the road I could feel the bolt vibrate at low speeds under power, as soon as I let off the throttle it would stop and the noise was gone. We took it off with an impact wrench, put on new loctite and tightened the hell out of it with an impact and poof the noise was gone, THANK GOD.

maybe this will help. :up:

roadwarrior · Jun 26, 2010

I had the same noise and it was driving me nuts

Open your fuel tank and look at the vent tube which is welded in a hole in the filler

The weld had broken on mine and the vent pipe vibrates in the tank and it made the noise you described

Dealer removed the vent tube as Big Dog authorized this procedure.

Now there is no more noises

Hope this helps

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