My son just called and him and his friend were riding after school today and his friends 00 RM80 started having sparks come out of the silencer. He said there was not a lot of sparks but the odd one every other turn or so when he got back on the gas. He also said the silencer can seemed excessively hot compared to the rest of the pipe and engine. He also stated that he thought it smelled kind of strange but couldn't put a finger on what kind of smell he thought it was, the silencer was also smoking for a short period after he turned off the bike, kind of like a gun barrell after it's been fired he stated with wispy smoke rolling out.
The bike is an 00 RM80 that appeared to have almost no hours on it when he bought it last week (no paint worn off anything including the suspension/linkage pieces) could this be as simple as the silencer packing burning up? Or should he be looking at it more seriously? They called because I won't be home from work for several hours and they wanted to continue to practice tonight but are afraid to run the bike now for fear of damaging something.
The bike is an 00 RM80 that appeared to have almost no hours on it when he bought it last week (no paint worn off anything including the suspension/linkage pieces) could this be as simple as the silencer packing burning up? Or should he be looking at it more seriously? They called because I won't be home from work for several hours and they wanted to continue to practice tonight but are afraid to run the bike now for fear of damaging something.