Front brakes clunking sound

[Ltlfeat]

This is my third Valkyrie Front brakes work fine but there is a clunking sound each and every time I use them any ideas thanks

[Valker]

The floating disks are failing?

[hubcapsc]

This might be the first of your Valkyries that has recently serviced clean calipers
with greased slider pins. Front brakes should clunk  ...

-Mike

[Jess from VA]

Pretty common.  

Mine isn't a loud clunk.  Only one of two valks, for a long time, even with proper pad clips and greased slider pins.  

Once in a while, though I don't need pads,  I'll use some mildly corrosive wheel cleaner or S100 and stiff bristle brushes, and scrub the daylights out of them, then hose, then leaf blower.  They always work smoother and quieter afterwords.   Brake pad dust and road crud will make them noisy, sticky and clunky.

[hubcapsc]

From the old Rattlebars faq:

IT GOES CLUNK WHEN I STOP! It sure does! The Valkyrie is equipped with "floating" calipers. The calipers are attached to the caliper brackets (these, not the calipers, are bolted to the forks) by a set of rubber booted pins set in holes. The holes are larger than the pins so there is some free play there. When you back your bike up to turn it around and apply the brake in reverse, the calipers will move to the rearmost position. When you apply the brake at the next forward stop the calipers move to the forward most position and the pins strike the other sides of the holes.. CLUNK! You can see the calipers move if you apply the brake and rock the bike forward and back. When you stop at a red light, the calipers will move to the forward most position then when the bike "rocks back" after being stopped... CLUNK!

I'm glad mine clunk  ...

-Mike

[Ltlfeat]

Thank you all. its an 03 1500CD i bought this one in June this year $4200 15100 miles, now has 22 k