Red hot

[dudzinski]

this morning i started my bike in the shed and it was a little dark i noticed that after about a minute of it idling the exhaust close to the engine was running red hot.. just wanted to know if this is normal or should be fixed thanks

 

[DvDRip]

means your bike is running lean and needs to be fixed ASAP. what kind of carby does it have and what motor?

 

[dudzinski]

its the daytona 150 and mikuni vm24 carby..... i think i need to upsize the main jet..

 

[sean01]

they are known to glow the pipe red if idling for awhile...mainly due to slightly lean pilot jetting i have found...however give it a couple of squirts on the throttle it should go away. and remember these engines are air cooled.

but vm24mm is a tad too small for my likings....

we've had v8's on the dyno glow the pipes red, and the fuel ratio was pretty close to spot on...
but yeah it does scare the sht out of you when ya notice it

 

[dudzinski]

they are known to glow the pipe red if idling for awhile...mainly due to slightly lean pilot jetting i have found...however give it a couple of squirts on the throttle it should go away. and remember these engines are air cooled.

but vm24mm is a tad too small for my likings....

we've had v8's on the dyno glow the pipes red, and the fuel ratio was pretty close to spot on...
but yeah it does scare the sht out of you when ya notice it

oh yeah i sht myself...........

 

[sean01]

lol.
also if your riding it and it tends to shoot flames out the exhaust then definitely raise the jets in the carb.