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| Hey Hopper; I will try to explain, but it may be subjective.  When I ride, I find that sometimes I do not release the throttle completely when shifting up. This is especially true when I am getting on the throttle hard and trying to get through gears quickly. I found that at times I get a quick pop when this happens. I KNOW that I am the cause and let it be as something I need to work on. As for decel; when I am downshifting, I got into a bad habit many years ago when riding crotch rockets and racing through some fun twisties. In a nutshell, in order to keep the back tire from a quick screech (caused by dumping the clutch on a downshift) when I was racing around, I would give the throttle a quick twist to get the RPM's up. In other words, if I shift from 4 to 3, the RPM's need to increase due to the change in gears. If I am racing around I would find that without a quick wrap up, I would screech a tire and in some cases cause the back end to 'burble' a bit and making 'me' uncomfortable. By giving a quick upshot in RPM's I found that the back tire slowed easier. This allowed the tire to remain at speed but still catch the engine braking. I carried the throttle wrap to my Kaw 1500 cruiser (and all the others in between). I liked the sound of the engine getting louder when I downshifted so I continued the practice until now. Since I realized that I was the main cause of the backfire last week, I now have very little if no backfire on decel. Being at 5280 feet above sea level, I figured the mapping was incorrect for the bike when I got it back from the dealer AND being fuel injected, I was quite disappointed and NOT happy. NOW, I am fine with the small pops every now and then because, as I said, it mostly is my own fault. I would have to agree that this should not be happening on such a modern bike. However, at the same time, it IS a modern bike and the engine computer is most likely doing newer things than I am used to since my first bike over 25 years ago. I hope this helps! Take care and chrome side up! Jim | |||
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| ElroyJ - 2008-09-15 6:57 PM Hey Hopper; I will try to explain, but it may be subjective. When I ride, I find that sometimes I do not release the throttle completely when shifting up. This is especially true when I am getting on the throttle hard and trying to get through gears quickly. I found that at times I get a quick pop when this happens. I KNOW that I am the cause and let it be as something I need to work on. Jim Hey Jim, Amazing what fully releasing clutch has done to my popping problem. Thanks for the heads up on this one! Who woulda ever thought I was the problem. I like the sound of the L2 and know that with the stock pipes I could get by with my old riding habits. If this is the end of my frustration that would be a good thing. I owe you a cold one or maybe even two. Mark Edited by Minnow 2008-09-17 10:40 AM | |||
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| Minnow - 2008-09-17 8:38 AM ElroyJ - 2008-09-15 6:57 PM Hey Hopper; I will try to explain, but it may be subjective. When I ride, I find that sometimes I do not release the throttle completely when shifting up. This is especially true when I am getting on the throttle hard and trying to get through gears quickly. I found that at times I get a quick pop when this happens. I KNOW that I am the cause and let it be as something I need to work on. Jim Hey Jim, Amazing what fully releasing clutch has done to my popping problem. Thanks for the heads up on this one! Who woulda ever thought I was the problem. I like the sound of the L2 and know that with the stock pipes I could get by with my old riding habits. If this is the end of my frustration that would be a good thing. I owe you a cold one or maybe even two. Mark Hey Mark, Anytime! I am glad this information helped another person! I was totally amazed at the difference and how inefficiently I was riding. A cold one on you? Anytime! Take care! Jim | |||
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