I discovered a noise today just by accident that concerns me a little.
2008 AVL Classic. 1,091 miles since bought brand new in December 2010 (Left-over, zero miles, perfect). No off-road, no bad roads, no potholes worth mentioning. i weight 140 pounds.
Today on the center stand, sitting on it, for some reason I pulled up on the handlebars sharply. Really jerked them up hard, let it down and did it again.
I got a very clear metal-to-metal sounding clank sound. This is the first time I have ever heard this sound. I've heard no sounds from the front end at all - ever and the front end is tight on the road, solid as a rock, never a wobble, never a wiggle, never a sound, tracks like a slot car.
Oh, shit. I, personally, have a very bad neck, but now do I have a bad neck on the bike. It's so good on the road and I've never heard this noise on the road, that I can't believe it's something drastic. I Reeely reeely don't wanta have to take the neck apart. I work alone, I'm F-ed up joint painwise and have only done harleys.
Maybe I'll just forget I ever heard it