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Old Apr 7, 2011 | 09:04 AM
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on occasion my motor makes a weird noise when you blip the throttle after the bike has been idling a while like at a red light. anyone elses bike do this...almost sounds like it is pushing air out the front of the motor...
 
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Old Apr 8, 2011 | 10:18 AM
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Just might be the cylinder cut out working.....
 
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Old Apr 8, 2011 | 10:21 AM
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it is your heat management system kicking on and off, once it reaches a certain temp, if the bike is sitting in N or 1 with the clutch in, it will cut off the rear cylinder, once you give it throttle, it will come back....
 
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yes, what everyone else said. Or better yet don't blip the throttle!!!! I never really understood why guys do that. I guess they like to hear there pipes.
 
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