It's been going on for a while now. It's on the right side of the bike and I can't pin down where it's coming from, but it's a kind of clicking, clacking, almost scraping kind of noise. It's pretty steady/rythmic with the engine speed. You can hear it more when you're sitting at idle with the clutch disengaged and when you're going a slow speed in slightly high gear.
Engine oil is excellent but I haven't checked the primary oil. I thought it might be a heat shield coming loose but they're all on there pretty good. Any thoughts? If you have any questions or quick tips I'll try them out and get confirmation before I respond. Thanks

 

oh yeah, definitely check the primary oil and then check all the bolts to see if anything is loose in the area you hear the noise coming from.

 

sportster engines make lots of clicky clacky sounds. not sure about scraping though.

 

Next time it does it put your hand on the gas cap. I chased a noise on mine for a while, sounded like a rattle with a slight scrape sound to it. It was, the gas cap was making the damn noise.[:@]

 

I just fixed a clank on mine.

I had to replace a worm clamp on one of my pipes.

No more clanking!

Or is that what you mean by heatshield? lol

/n00b mechanic

 

I had the same thing happen.... same fix...

 

You're talking about the clamps that hold the mufflers on? If so then that actually makes sense to change those clamps. It says that you have to change those after you take them off right? They're one time use only, well I didn't change them, I put the same ones back on after I changed out the mufflers.[sm=oopssign.gif] Well, I'll run the ole dealership and get two of those today I guess. I'll let you guys know.

 

Is it a "Rick James" Funky or more of a "George Clinton" Funky ?

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Just go to walmart and save yourself $20.

They are in the plumbing isle. If your Walmart is the same as mine... there are only 2 sizes. HUGE and smallish. Get the smallish ones.

 

lol. okay walmart it is.