So.. I need a change of shorts...

[Derick]

Worked on the magna today. Gave into failure and I decide to reassemble her. It's been a few weeks since I started the thing, so I wanted to get it put back together and try and start it up. Well got all the polished pieces re-installed just fine, and I was weary to start it because I had to rewire the START/RUN switch, so I was expecting the worst (even though electrical is my forte).

Start, Start, Start, Start, Start

Nothin.

Start, Start, Start, Start, Start

Nothin.

Start, Start, Start, Start, Start

Nothin.

Start, Start, Start, Start, Start

BAM!!!!!!

ACK!

Yeah, shotguns rang out like a bell, I grabbed my nine, all I heard was shells. (80s music lovers will catch this)

So I presume the fumes just built up in the pipes, but yeah, not a fun experience. Especially when you're already on edge about the electrical.

[LDYAPXR]

OMG! 80's Flashback! Where the H is my Aquanet and my Black bracelets! LMAO! Ok DB, no 80's flashbacks without ample warning, you could really hurt someone like that! D*mn! Don't you know better? My poor kids are freakin' because mom is bustin' a move in the computer room! Not a good sight in her jammies and no make-up. LMAO!

[Francious7]

Fallin. I would have to say it's a Vanilla Ice reference.

Paul

[GRYDE001]

80's !!!!!!!!!! You mean that Vanilla Ice CD I just bought is outdated. Quess I'll stop riding around with it turned all the way up. Maybe I'll go see if that new MC Hammer is out.


:werd:

[LDYAPXR]

Make sure you look for the new Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam too! Shenanigans!!!!!! http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/bsflag.gif

[Lezbert]

Yeah, shotguns rang out like I bell, I grabbed my nine, all I heard was shells. (80s music lovers will catch this)

Ice, Ice Baby... Hee! "Word to ya mutha."

My Shadow Spirit backfires now and again on startup. Scares the crap outta me, so I know how you feel! ;-)

[sanglant]

lol! I did that with my car once. Cranked it over, nothing. Fiddled with it. Cranked it over, nothing. Bear in mind, this is a 1985 Olds Cutlass with a small block 383 Chevy engine and a centirfugal supercharger on it that ran high 11's on street radials. It wasn't exactly stock. Crank it over some more, nothing. Finally, I figure out my idiot "helper" friend is playing a joke on me and has hit the ignition disable switch. I turn it on, and have a complete brain fade. Crank it over, it fires, and literally blows the seams on the back of the mufflers! **BOOM** RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE. It's funny now, but at the time .... :redangry3

[JHUG]

OK... Im definately a babe o' the 80's. But Im stumped on the reference. Tell me! Help! Its killin me!

Dont make me start posting Michael Jackson lyrics to get all up in yo head!!

[LDYAPXR]

C'mon, LOL! Vanilla Ice, Ice Ice Baby and for the record(Record, what are those??? LOL) NO MJ references on the board unless they are pre-Thriller! LOL

[MarcS]

Hmm, now, how can I make my bike backfire intentionally? That would be a fun way to deal with tailgaters ... !

[LDYAPXR]

What a great idea! Share when you figure it out ok? :twisted:

[dalan]

Hmm, now, how can I make my bike backfire intentionally?
Buy a Volusia! ;-)

I think regular trailing-throttle backfiring is a standard feature of these bikes. Sounds just like a gun. I've gotten more or less used to it, but sometimes it still scares the crap out of me if I'm not expecting it.

One of these days I'm going to disable the &^%@#!! PAIR valve to make it stop.

[sanglant]

What a great idea! Share when you figure it out ok? :twisted:


If it's carbed, just flick the kill switch off to cut the ignition for a few seconds while you hold the throttle open, then flick it back on.

[fantasma]

I thought VI was in 91.

[MtnMan]

If it's carbed, just flick the kill switch off to cut the ignition for a few seconds while you hold the throttle open, then flick it back on.

This does work but be craeful it can blow a hole in the exhaust :redangry:

[badnoodle]

C'mon, LOL! Vanilla Ice, Ice Ice Baby and for the record(Record, what are those??? LOL) NO MJ references on the board unless they are pre-Thriller! LOL

Whoa, whoa, whoa. No matter how weird the Gloved One was, is or will be, Thriller will always be super awesome.

Why?

Vincent Price uttering the immortal words "The funk of 40,000 years." Really, VP by himself is enought to register any song on the awesome scale, but that line just pushes it right over the edge. :)