Henry and Lisa Strickland wrote:
> I have a 1997 XLH 1200 and have had a Hyper-Charger on it for about a
> year now. Well about a month ago I installed a set of SAMSON 2 inch
> over/under pipes. At first everything was great and the bike had never
> run any better..Well i took it to Daytona for bike week and while
> sitting in the traffic it started to run like crap...Now the damn thing
> will not idle (I had to run the idle adjustment screw up to about 1500
> rpm's to just keep it running) and it pops and cracks like hell(more
> than the normal drag pipe pop and crack)and now when you let of of the
> throttle it makes the most god-awful popping noise..It sounds like a gun
> going off and flames are coming out of the ends of the pipes...Also the
> Hyper-Charger has smoke coming out of it....Does anyone have any ideas
> as where to start to fix any of the problems?Thanks for any help or
> ideas that you might give
Oooh, I would start with a compression and leakdown test. Quite possibly a
damaged valve. Could also be a collapsed adjustable pushrod, if you have
them.
HogDr
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