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What is the risk of turning the engine with the kickstarter without the sparkplug in?
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[QUOTE="reelrazor, post: 867794, member: 54546"] No. A fouled plug still allows the spark energy to ground, that's the problem, the spark doesn't jump the gap it finds an easier path. Letting the spark energy ground is the issue. When the wire is just left hanging, the spark energy cannot find a ground path so the charge in the capacitor/s in the ign module([b]C[/b]apacitor Discharge Ignition) does not get released. Capacitors fail due to heat and repeated cycles and are engineered to perform x number of cycles in their life. Not unloading the capacitor develops more heat and breaks down the element in the capacitor. You will most likely get away with operating the ignition without a spark ground path if you are doing it occasionally. Some bikes will give you about thirty cycles and you are DONE-go buy an ignition. Some won't give you that(BMW's). Some are pretty indestructible. No matter what, it is bad practice and if you do it long enough, and work on enough bikes you will eat a cdi or two. [/QUOTE]
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What is the risk of turning the engine with the kickstarter without the sparkplug in?
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