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Title: exhaust pipes cherry red
Post by: don on December 28, 2010, 07:06:52 PM

Hi, the two rear pipes on my 86 v65 turns cherry red between heads and muffler.The bike has sat about a year.Gas had stabil in it. I put new gas in, pulled carbs,jets were clean, pulled rear chrome pipe to see in muffler cant see any blockage. Any ideas?

Title: Re: exhaust pipes cherry red
Post by: hootmon on December 28, 2010, 07:59:49 PM

Don
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I think you are on the right track.. blockage is usually the cause of such a condition.. Any chance a mouse went up the pipe and built a nest??

Title: Re: exhaust pipes cherry red
Post by: dgc67 on December 28, 2010, 09:04:15 PM

I would be concerned those two cylinders are running extremely lean.

Title: Re: exhaust pipes cherry red
Post by: silveradocowboy on December 29, 2010, 08:59:03 AM

Quote from: DG on December 28, 2010, 09:04:15 PM
I would be concerned those two cylinders are running extremely lean.

Title: Re: exhaust pipes cherry red
Post by: Greg Cothern on December 29, 2010, 05:03:23 PM

+2

Need to clean the carb jets.

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