Your exhaust is going to get that hot for really only one of two reasons. Either your timing is massively off and you're burning significant fuel in the pipes, or one/both cylinders are so lean that the the fuel isn't doing any charge cooling.
Pull your plugs and inspect them. Be prepared to pull carburetors and clean them or adjust them. Check your pilots, check your idle stop setting. Kurt On Mar 27, 2014 12:58 AM, "NghthwkLvr (NL)" <[email protected]> wrote: > What does that mean? > > Let me explain...My son used my 2007 Ninja 250 the other night for a maybe > 25 mile round trip ride...the bike sat at his aunts house while they took > her car to get dinner...on his way home my bike just started decelerating > and stalled on the freeway about a mile from our house...of course he > called me and I went to rescue him...when i got there, he explained to me > what happened and told me that the pipes coming from the headers were > GLOWING RED when the bike first stalled out...we tried to get it restarted, > and actually did twice...but both times as soon as we got into second gear > it would just stall...we finally got it off the freeway and into a gas > station...figuring it had overheated, we let it cool down for about 30-45 > mins...then tried to start it again...on about the third attempt...a small > fire ignited near the carbs...it went out quickly but at that point we just > decided to walk it home and park it. > > Didn't mess with it yesterday, but went out and tinkered with it > today...it won't start without a jump start...then...it makes a clunking > locking up type of noise...then...it turns over and eventually starts...it > doesn't sound to good and sort of pops/backfires when we give it > throttle...finally got it idling and he took it for quick spin, but only > made it about a half block, before it stalled again. > > My thoughts are that it overheated for some reason...but why? the radiator > has coolant in it and the reservoir is also at level...only thing is I > can't tell if its filling while it running because it won't stay on long > enough....also, there is a small fuel leak from somewhere under the carbs. > > I bought it in Nov. from a young man who said it was his daily 60 mile > round trip rider...and that he had just recently had some carb work done. > > Well? > > -NghthwkLvr- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
