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  • Nicholaschase29
    • Feb 2026

    #1

    no pipes

    will starting and running engine without pipes hurt anything?
  • marvinsc
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    • Apr 2005
    • 15396
    • Murray Kentucky

    #2
    For any Length of Time, Yes. It won't Run Right if it Runs at All Without something to create some amount of Back Pressure.
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    • Guy

      #3
      Yep, it'll hurt your ears!!!

      Running it for a short bit won't do any harm, but the carburation will be way off and it will run lean. Not good in the long term. Why would you want to run a bike with no pipes? It'll sound like a tractor.

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      • first timer
        Forum Sage
        • Aug 2002
        • 3429
        • Tucson, Arizona

        #4
        it sounds more like a ufo
        78 GS1000 Yosh replica racer project, 82 Kat 1000, 10 990 ADV-R, Some dirt bikes

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        • Guy

          #5
          Wow! What kind of UFO's you got in Chicago???

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