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I turned my bike on this morning, only to be greeted by one almight bang which blew the side pannel off the bike. I have not tried to start it again as I am not sure if my insurance will cover me for exploding bikes. Anyone got any idea what could of caused it. I have just got my bike back from the dealers last week after being taken out by a`car. I have rode the bike three or four times to work since then and had no problems. But this morning Wow, no problems going to the toilet now.
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Re: my bike just exploded
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Did you use any throttle when starting it? Sounds like you blew your airbox!
Learning from my mistakes... again and again.
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I did use a bit of throttle as it was a bit frosty this morning and the bike did not start with the turn of the key. I thought it might have blew the air box. But boy was that some bang.
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Big Bore
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Never use the throttle when starting. Use the choke if needed.
Check your airbox, it may have a crack or bits blown from it.
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity" - Robert Heinlein
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Worn Saddle
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Have the dealer warranty the work, especially since they just had it.
A word to the wise is not necessary. It is the stupid ones who need the advice.
Pat
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I guarantee you blew the airbox, mine did the same thing, after using throttle on cold start (insert stupid here). I ended up replacing with Freak kit.
'05 TBA, Freak/152.5 mains/48 pilots/Gutted Shotguns/AI/Custom rear hangers-Chain Guard/Sport signals/Ness Mirrors/Kury pegs/Driver's Backrest/LOTS OF CHROME!
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Did you also leave the petcock open. I never start my bike with the fuel on. I wait until the bike has started and then turn the fuel on.
Tom
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)
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yup been there done that...it IS covered under waranty (well mine was)
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3/4 Throttle
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05 TBA Mulberry/Silver, Thunder Bike pipes, K&N single Filter, 132 main Jet's, Snorkles Removed
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Maybe the first thing Big Poppy warned me about when I got my TBA was to never twist the throttle before starting. Being a dutiful friend, I never questioned his advice and never twisted the throttle but did choke it and did turn on the ignition for a few minutes to let the pre-heaters work, as he also suggested.
Your graphic description of what can happen only makes that Big Poppy even larger than life...and a millionaire,too.
SteveB
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Never use the throttle when starting. Use the choke if needed.
Hmmm, my bike has never been able to start unless I give it a tiny bit of throttle! 
Even with the choke on, it still needs a teeny weeny bit of throttle.
Now I'm really worried!! 
Mole
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Big Bore
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"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity" - Robert Heinlein
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Should be Riding
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Quote:
Hmmm, my bike has never been able to start unless I give it a tiny bit of throttle!
It may be as simple as turning your idle up a little.
Soren
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The first time that happened to me I had just filled the tank and was preparing to leave the gas station. Scared the crap out of me when I felt that explosion just under the family jewels.   I shut down the bike and checked not just the bike but you know what  I had cracked the airbox but it was covered under warranty. A week or so later I discovered this site and was told "Never crack the throttle." It hasn't happened again in 24,000 miles and almost three years.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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That's natures way of telling you that your bike really wants a Freak! http://www.newspeedmaster.com/html/airbox_removal_kit.html
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Quote:
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Never use the throttle when starting. Use the choke if needed.
Hmmm, my bike has never been able to start unless I give it a tiny bit of throttle!
Even with the choke on, it still needs a teeny weeny bit of throttle.
Now I'm really worried!!
Mole
Same with me. If it's cold, the bike will not start w/o some throttle. It will just grind and
grind until the battery gives out. Angelis keeps telling me I need the "Freak" also, but just haven't had the extra cash.
"Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour can double your vocabulary" Author unknown
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Loquacious
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Quote:
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Hmmm, my bike has never been able to start unless I give it a tiny bit of throttle!
It may be as simple as turning your idle up a little.
Soren
I agree with Soren. I can dial my idle down to around 800, and it will idle smoothly and sound good, but for hot engine starts, 800 / 850 RPMs is too little fuel for the Triumph twins.
An idle of around 1,000 or 1,100 may sound too high to the ear, but should eliminate the need to add throttle to hot starts.
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Blew my airbox last summer, kids been sitting on it twisting the throtle prettending to be me I guess..hehe
Geeez what a bang, I think they ran for cover in the next county.(Run Forrest RUUUUN)
I got a new one on the warranty, but I had to clue the old one togheter to be able to ride the week it took the wendor to get a mehcanik freed up(they wouldnt let me do it myself)....the lid was in 5 pices
Noone can hear you scream of joy in your helmet..so please do when riding and fealing free..
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