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i always thought that fireballs came from unburned fuel that passed through the cylinder and creating the explosion in the exhaust from running rich. Kinda hard to believe its running lean and shooting fireballs.
this is just how i would explain it from how i understand this stuff, might be totally wrong... but there is always unburnt fuel when you close the throttle, if your running rich there will be more of it but it will cause your exhaust temps to be lower and not burn, if your running lean your exhaust gas temps will be high enough to cause ignition when the unburnt fuel reaches the air outside of the exhaust
oh alright, I've always heard that running lean could mess it up, didn't realize it had to be extremely lean to do it. Im assuming bikes dont have any emissions gadgets like cars do, so is it all basically exhaust and how your bike is running?
some bikes have more than others. harley's, for example, have closed-loop systems. most jap bikes are open loop, and the FI system can only compensate so much.
Originally Posted by Del La Sol 1320
this is just how i would explain it from how i understand this stuff, might be totally wrong... but there is always unburnt fuel when you close the throttle, if your running rich there will be more of it but it will cause your exhaust temps to be lower and not burn, if your running lean your exhaust gas temps will be high enough to cause ignition when the unburnt fuel reaches the air outside of the exhaust
that's a damn good way of putting it. you're about spot on.
Originally Posted by Yamamaha
i always thought that fireballs came from unburned fuel that passed through the cylinder and creating the explosion in the exhaust from running rich. Kinda hard to believe its running lean and shooting fireballs.
see above. backfiring, especially on deceleration, is usually a lean condition. but i understand why people would automatically think otherwise.