| Author | Message | ||
     Tq_freak |
First question, when I shift from 1st to 2nd and vise versa I am getting a loud Clunk, it has always done this from day one but it seams to be getting louder, I just changed my primary oil and adjusted the chain hoping that would help but its still there? Second question, what would be better (or worse) running from my house to the dealer, about 25-30 miles, with an open air box and muffler but no race ecm or running from the dealer to home with the airbox and Race ecm but no muffler yet. reason I ask is im just goin there to get the tps reset and Im wondering if I put the muffler on before I go or after I get home. what would be best for the bike? thanx ahead of time | ||
| Buellfirebolt31 |
First of all your bike is, whether you deny it or not, a Harley. The tranny's will clunk. mine does it as well as everyones i rode. and second you want to have nothing ot all because when you change the tps u will have to do it again with the pipe or the ecm, it doesn't matter. brad | ||
| Diablobrian |
1st: I think even the 06+ trannies have a 1-2 clunk. Seems almost like an H-D trademarked sound. for the 2nd question: I'd run the airbox/filter and put the pipe on after getting the tps reset if I had to choose between the two scenarios. | ||
| Earwig |
Have someone follow you in a car w/ the tools/jack and do the muffler in the dealer's parking lot.  | ||
| Rr_eater |
Tranny agreed. Ecm do not agree. If you have the TPS set to an ECM, and even if you remove it from the bike for long periods of time, you DO NOT nead to reset the TPS, as long as you have not adjusted or changes the throttle position at all, when you reinstall it. You could easily ride the bike to the dealer, only having put in just the ECM, get it reset, and ride it home, to complete the rest of the parts installation. This is by far the safest way to do it, as at very worse, it would run a bit too rich, but worst thing you could hurt then would be a set of spark plugs. Just remember, after you finish installing your parts, you will need to ride the bike at a steady 3-4000rpm for at least 10 minutes for the AFV to reset itself to your pipe and airbox. I did just this the first time I swapped mine, and suffered no ill with it. YMMV Bruce | ||
| Lovematt |
I find that shifting "slower" so that the lever pops into neutral and then pops into second one single movement works best...there is almost no clunk when this is done. However shifting from second down to first is still something I wait until nearly stopped to do. | ||
| Tq_freak |
thanx for the answers everyone, I know that is still an H-D and the noise doesnt bug me now that I know its normal, the thing already sounds like someone threw a hand full of wooden marbles in the rocker boxes so what is a clunk too  . And with the ecm Im not to worried if I foul a set of plugs, I was more worried about running it lean if I went with the muffler first with no extra fuel | ||
| Midknyte |
Wooden marble sound indicates a loose primary chain - check that out to be sure. |
