turn it off and on during riding
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From: turkey
turn it off and on during riding
Hi everyone. I own a '97 dyna having only 15kmiles. Somebody just taught me how to make explosions from the pipes by turning the engine off and on during riding. So silly, I have done it, and then something went wrong. Now, one of the cylinders does not work giving a strange sound (like a valve or pushrod strikes). Since, I have no service within 300 miles around, can somebody tell me what to check? Could it be a major damage I made on the engine hardware?
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I have been doing it for sometime, and the shotgun sound coming out was fantastic, it seems that it is now the payday 
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Road Warrior
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I used to do the same thing when I used to drive dump trucks. We'd wait for a car to pull up alongside when they were passing and then turn it off and back on. Fun to watch their reactions when it backfired. But then again, not my truck.
Good luck
Good luck
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My bet is on the exhaust valve. Used to do this when we were young and dumb. Shut off the ignition, squirt some fuel, hit the key, POW, all the raw fuel in the exhaust system ignites. Real cool in the dark. Now, I have seen mufflers blown right off cars doing this and have replaced a few exhaust valves on motorcycles from others doing it when I worked in the shop. Good luck and hopefully you now know this is not a good idea.