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28-06-12, 05:18 PM
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Kill switch backfires - what damage will it cause?
....... if when riding along and you flick the kill switch so the bike gives out an almighty backfire?
the reason i ask is one of my work colleagues admits to doing this and thinks its great fun!!! didn't want to say anything but did ask him if it could cause damage and he wasn't sure? any ideas oh mighty org?
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28-06-12, 06:20 PM
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Re: what damage will it cause....
Can't see it causing any issues, all it's doing is turning the engine off surely?
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28-06-12, 06:29 PM
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Re: what damage will it cause....
single biggest cause of reg/rec failures isn't it?
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28-06-12, 06:42 PM
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Re: what damage will it cause....
I do this all time
 nice big bang with 8inch flame . My bike seems fine. And ive done it over 1000 times
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28-06-12, 07:10 PM
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Re: what damage will it cause....
I love Joe Marcon.
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28-06-12, 07:13 PM
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Re: what damage will it cause....
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28-06-12, 07:27 PM
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Re: what damage will it cause....
blows the wadding out the exhaust .... and if its a carbon can causes excessive heat which eventually will blow a hole in it
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28-06-12, 07:35 PM
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Re: what damage will it cause....
He sounds like a bit of a
 surely it can't do it much good.
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28-06-12, 08:51 PM
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Lots of fun
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28-06-12, 09:13 PM
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Re: what damage will it cause....
- ditto -
Good, innit. Some people need to grow up ( gracefully ) ps: better with carbed bikes.
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