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localyokel
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« on: July 28, 2012, 12:24:57 PM »
Brand new cobras already showing signs of bluing. tickedoff Less than 50 miles on them. The OEM pipes were also blued and the bike only has 4k miles. Is this running too rich? Seems like I smell gas and around town running is boggy. The carbs were rebuilt by Honda just before I bought the bike as previous owner thought the throttle response was not great (had OEM pipes at the time).

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Westsider
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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2012, 12:32:38 PM »
Oem pipes should never blue. If they do you have a mixture problem. How do the plugs look?


If the bike stays running with the choke / enrichening / circuit engaged , after a short time, is not a good sign.  Shocked  T.B.R. head pipes blue also. Smiley
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valk2000
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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2012, 02:45:27 PM »
wont the oem turn blue if the choke is left on?
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Tropic traveler
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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2012, 04:04:05 PM »
Cobras turn blue... It's what they do.  ???
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sandy
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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2012, 05:11:08 PM »
Take it back to the dealer who did the carb work. Sumptin ain't right. Shouldn't smell gas or have blued pipes.
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2012, 05:19:04 PM »
Quote from: sandy on July 28, 2012, 05:11:08 PM
Take it back to the dealer who did the carb work. Sumptin ain't right. Shouldn't smell gas or have blued pipes.

Cobras will all turn blue.........you could still have a mixture problem, but the Cobras will still turn blue if you fix it..............convince yourself that it looks  good, liek POWER...I did, I like th eblud....guess what , after several years the blue goes away
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Brian
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« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2012, 06:29:06 PM »
I have seen the Cobra headers painted flat black. They looked better black than the blue gold. Smelling gas is not good.
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