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Two wheelers are widely used as a medium of transportation in Asia. The increased competition challenges automotive manufacturers' to deliver the high quality product to the market. Better acoustic performance of vehicle conveys the impression of a superior quality to the customer. The better acoustic performance of the vehicle gives the competitive edge to the manufacturers. This is putting pressure on the automotive manufactures' to achieve the superior NVH performance of the vehicle. In a two wheeler, apart from the power train noise, transmission noise and exhaust tonal quality; the structure-borne rattle noise threatens to achieve the better acoustic performance of the vehicle. Because of the presence of audible structure borne rattle noise in a motorcycle can convey the impression of poor quality to the customer. In this paper, the focus is on experimental methodology for evaluation and elimination of structure-borne rattle noise in motorcycle.