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Maintenance & Technical => KX100 / KX85 / KX80 / KX65 / KX60 => Topic started by: GRARA on December 21, 2014, 10:23:09 AM

Title: KX80 blowing sparks from exhaust
Post by: GRARA on December 21, 2014, 10:23:09 AM

When i was behind my son yesterday i noticed the odd spark coming from his exhaust???
His bike still runs as it should....
Anyone else seen / heard of this before???
Thanks

Title: Re: KX80 blowing sparks from exhaust
Post by: Foxx4Beaver on December 21, 2014, 10:30:34 AM

has the expansion chamber ever been cleaned?...
I had a CR125 back in the '80's that did that before, and I found cleaning out the pipe of old deposits, and repacking the silencer nice and tight cured it.

Title: Re: KX80 blowing sparks from exhaust
Post by: alward25 on December 21, 2014, 10:58:48 AM

packing blowing out, especially if someone used home insulation to pack it

Title: Re: KX80 blowing sparks from exhaust
Post by: bens87braap on December 21, 2014, 11:14:56 AM

yup my 125 shot sparks from the pipe it didnt have any packing lol

Title: Re: KX80 blowing sparks from exhaust
Post by: Brute on December 21, 2014, 03:31:54 PM

What has been said. Clean it first.

Title: Re: KX80 blowing sparks from exhaust
Post by: GRARA on December 22, 2014, 08:39:32 AM

Thanks guys,i will clean it and re-pack it. :-D :-D