May be an exagerration - i hope so. I took the bike in with the stock exhaust to be noise tested today. On the EPA form it says im allowed 100DB and that the inspector is to rev the engine to 2625RPM. Inspector had to hook the RPM meter to the spark plug somehow which he had some trouble doing.
He then got me to start the engine and he controlled the throttle. He revved it to the 2625rpm and this is about 75% of the max throttle. Ive never ever revved the bike up that much. It sounded bad. I told him i didnt want him doing this, but he says he was just going by what the EPA said to do.
Anyway. I drive about 50km home down the highway at different speeds , but no more than 100kph. I stop near home to go to shop, then when i go to start the bike back up, theres a big "POP", came from the head/spark plug area. when you turn the ignition on the ticking sound near the fuses.
This also didnt sound good. I managed to kick start the bike, but only got about 1km before she stopped. It sounded like a spark plug, so i went and bought another. She would kick over, but only run for a short while. It seems like a power issue. If you use a turn signal or anything , its straight off.
Any ideas?