After a 120 mile ride I heard a knock one so loud infact I could hear it over the headphones I was listening to my Ipod on.I want to make sure it was not a figment of my imagination I rev it up knock went away but it came back at low rpm and idle so took bike out of gear still knocking so I switched off and coasted to station.I waited on rest of group gassed up restarted no knock.I rode 50 miles home slow,normal and balls out still no knock.WTF??Anyone got any ideas?
What kind of knock? Where did it come from...left side or right side?
Metallic sounding? Bad gas don't normally knock at low rpm or idle, that would be more likely under acceleration.
One thing I learned working for H-D is get as much info as you can from the customer (you guys).
Example:
acceleration or deceleration?
tick, knock or bang?
left side or right side?
as soon as you started riding or after a while?
does it do it in all gears?
clutch engaged or disengeged?
any work done recently, if so...to what?
Kinda like motorsickle CSI! Your bikes talk to you, you just have to learn to speak motorsickle!
If I was working in a shop, I'd be askin the same questions but charging 60-80-100 bucks an hour shop labor.
If the EHC is causing any noise, it's because the studs broke off on the back.
About the only sounds an EHC can cause is a beeping horn due to low battery or a nice loud backfire through the exhaust becaust the ignition got temporarily interrupted.:2thumbs:
