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  • Russell Taylor
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    26/12/2008 at 3:53 am
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    #2848

    What does it mean when you push the start button on a 1200RT and you hear a big bang, followed by a wheezy noise from the left cylinder head? 😕 😕 😕 😕 😕

    Dave Ross
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    26/12/2008 at 4:53 am
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    #11550

    Hmmm, it means there is a problem :-D. Have you checked if both throttle cables are correctly in the housing by the throttle body? Spark plug missing or incorrectly installed? Oil filler cap missing? It's be something really simple and stupid. The sort of thing that happens to me all the time. Some one once said, that if you hear hoof beats, think horses not zebras, unless of course you're in Africa. I always think zebras myself :-).

    Russell Taylor
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    26/12/2008 at 9:10 am
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    #11551

    For the record, I rode to a gas station, filled up, went to restart the beast and the mighty bang happened.Oh darn.

    Dave Ross
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    26/12/2008 at 9:18 am
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    #11552

    Well, that's pretty much beyond me :-). So did the bike run again after this? Maybe you got some bad fuel.

    Anonymous
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    26/12/2008 at 9:07 pm
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    #11553

    So we're working on “The Big Bang” Theory… and hypothesising what it all means.

    Russell Taylor
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    27/12/2008 at 9:38 pm
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    #11554

    JUst googled the Big Bang theory. Nothing of any help there.

    Russell Taylor
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    27/12/2008 at 9:40 pm
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    #11555

    ……………….other than to learn of The quark epoch. Possibly related to the spark plug, but I'm not sure.Ho hum, interplanetary mechanics.

    David
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    28/12/2008 at 5:14 am
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    #11556

    Leaking fuel injector?Valve clearances too tight?hopefully it is still under warranty?

    Dave Ross
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    28/12/2008 at 5:17 am
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    #11557

    Sounds like it is his company vehicle. We still don;t know if it was a one of bang, or the final bang.

    Russell Taylor
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    28/12/2008 at 7:12 am
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    #11558

    Yes, company vehicle. Funny, when the bang happened it sounded like a shotgun going off, and everyone in the bust gas station forecourt ducked for cover !!

    peter.trub
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    28/12/2008 at 8:37 pm
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    #11559

    You have experienced an ignition malfunction  😀 Loud bang like shotgun would be backfire. wheezing is old age  😮 or compression by pass. Take 2 Asprin and put the bike on a trailer then proceed to the Doctors 😉

    Russell Taylor
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    05/01/2009 at 2:25 am
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    #11560

    Okay, just back from the doctors.The loud bang was a backfire, although it sounded like it came from the engine, not the exhaust. The wheezing arose because the backfire blew the fuel injector out. Yes, BLEW THE FUEL INJECTOR OUT.So the RT is back on the road, all I have to do now is wonder when it will happen again.Sigh.

    peter.trub
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    08/01/2009 at 9:35 am
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    #11561

    Told ya so  😀 If it happens again get the injectors checked. Could be a leaky one. Mean time ride and smile  😀

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