TOAK the Thread Of All Knowledge IX
#481
05-17-2017, 08:16 PM
Club Member
Metal on metal man.
Might be a lifter or valve issue, but the heads were machined and rebuilt when we did the top end.
It kind of sounded like the way a car does when it's under load and doesn't have high enough octane gas, but more harsh like if that makes any sense. I guess because it was so close and not under a hood.
The bike runs like a raped ape since the build, but I figger on riding it to CA next year and just want to make sure all is OK..
Might be a lifter or valve issue, but the heads were machined and rebuilt when we did the top end.
It kind of sounded like the way a car does when it's under load and doesn't have high enough octane gas, but more harsh like if that makes any sense. I guess because it was so close and not under a hood.
The bike runs like a raped ape since the build, but I figger on riding it to CA next year and just want to make sure all is OK..
#482
05-17-2017, 08:16 PM
Seasoned HDF Member
I always say let it develop Tracy. Hope it's not a wrist pin clip or something in the lower end. A lot can be seen by cutting the filter open.
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#485
05-17-2017, 08:22 PM
Seasoned HDF Member
Sinch up those exhaust flanges. See if the floorboards are hitting the pipes. Loose pipe shield.
#486
05-17-2017, 08:22 PM
Might be for the best to do just that Lou. He guarantees his work so maybe I'm just worrying too much. That's the only time I have heard it, but it was a BAD sound to me especially after I had just forked out the kind of money I did.
#487
05-17-2017, 08:24 PM
No man this was absolutely in the #1 cylinder. Hell I was damn near riding Apache style hanging over the side of the bike listening to it.
#488
05-17-2017, 08:25 PM
Club Member
I'd be checking pushrod adjustment first maybe give them a hair more tension , keep hearing it pop a lifter block and check the rollers. You hear it at an idle too or just under load ?
#489
05-17-2017, 08:28 PM
Seasoned HDF Member
