CCW tha Heist

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Originally Posted by itrguy

Hey is anyone else having any issues w the Battery?? I took off my batt box to paint it, and the batt was all swelled out on the ends, yesterday the batt started acting up, so I called Bob and left a msg to see if they cover that under warranty?? Unacceptable as far as Im concerned! Shitty China Battery!!

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I had to replace my battery last week, blew a cell at the end. i just replaced it

Heist out in Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM40SDrGDyA

Not a Heist but another of the CCW family making itself known. The Ace mod looks great and is sporting the same motor as the tha Heist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulKmcO5LDrk

This is the same bike that took 3rd place in a dirt track race in Cleveland OH against bigger bikes sporting 60 - 90HP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COoP7PdwzJc

After several months of drooling over this bike and finding the best price I purchase a 2011 model from Harley Davidson Los Angeles last week. First Heist sold at a Harley Dealer in southern California and possibly all of California.

This is my first bike ever, and I rode it home the 38 miles to my house. I had gone to DMV the morning before and picked up my permit, went to the dealer and purchased the bike. Because it was the first it wasn't prepped yet so I had to wait a day.

What an experience riding home. Loved every minute of it!!! The guys at Harley were great, gave me some pointers, let me ride it in the parking lot to get comfortable and called me 2 hours later to be sure I made it home safe.

I wouldn't recommend this to just anyone, I've been around atv's, atc's, minibikes and bmx most of my life. So I was fairly confident.

Anyway I have put 50 miles on my bike in the last week around town. Plan on commuting to work after I'm fully licensed next month and taking a safety course.

So now I have a question: when I start to throttle to higher speeds I get a loud clank from what seems like the gas tank. It sounds as if there is something smacking up against the tank. It is not consistent at all and only occurs at around 40mph sporadically. I have gone over the bike to see if there is anything that is loose causing the clank and all appears fine. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to figure out what this is or experience with this type if noise?

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Much appreciated and I look forward to being part of this community.

David

DVA, (David)

Welcome to the forums and congrats on the scoot she is a bute. I think you are the first in SoCal there are a number of other Heist Riders up in NoCal. The Heist is a great Bike and moreso for being a first bike.

I must say that the dealer was pretty cool for calling and checking upon you it's a nice touch.

I commend you on taking the Motocycle safety course, even with some experience it will prove helpful.
I invite youth also check out our Facebook group Khttps://www.facebook.com/groups/ccwthariders/ lots of riders on there and a few from CA as well.

Now on to your question the clank you mentioned it happens at over 40mph does it sound like something hitting the tank or the inside?

Again welcome and great introduction

Gardo

Sweet, first one in SoCal!!! Love it!

The dealer was very cool, wants me to keep them posted on the bike, how it does, and come back to them if there are ANY problems whatsoever. They are very interested in moving these out the door and capturing a slightly different market.

They also were very complimentary on CCW sales and service team, mentioning that they used to be able to communicate directly to the top brass at HD by name and can no longer do so, and it was nice to be able to at CCW.

Gardo, I have followed yours and others post here over the last couple of months and truely appreciate everyone's entries, photos, clips, your bike and especially everyone's willingness to offer help.

As to the "CLANK", I couldn't really tell you if the noise is coming from within or outside the tank, I'm not even sure it is occurring at the tank. It is difficult to anticipate it, listening and looking while riding. i know this isn't very helpful but any input would be appreciated.

David

David,

Lets do some trouble shooting. Does the clank happen when shifting? Is the front fender on tight?

Check the front and back brakes there is supposed to be a barrel nut on the floating caliper on the front and back. Check if they are on there. I may have a pic somewhere if you need one

Hey Guys, My bike sometimes makes a similar noise. Its more so when Im in a higher gear at low RPMs, accelerating hard. I thought it was maybe the chain hitting the rear fender and dismissed it, however I kinda think the noise is coming from the trans area?? Lets figure this out!

No that's def the chain hitting the fender. I forgot since I put the new chain on that it used to do that when it would scretch.
Would makesence that that's the no ice being heard. He'll we all have pheard that sound at some point

Best way to tell is check the rear fender and look for the chain marks, it's a known issue with that 2 ways to fix it. 1 align the rear tire again or 2 upgrade to a 428did heavy duty chain

Well, I guess the marred fender at the near the bottom of were the chain returns would potentially indicate this as the source of the clank?

It's sporadic, not only during changing gears, etc. etc....

Guess I'll check your two options out and get this taken care of. Hope thats it. I'll keep you posted, thank you.

David