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does an exhaust pipe that is halfway closed cause any problems for the engine?
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It will make your engine run rich, if it's not flattened to much, your ECU (electronic control unit) will adjust the fuel air mixture, and all that will happen is you will lose some HP. If the restriction is to much for the ECU to adjust for, your motor will run like crap, and you will start fouling spark plugs.
Worst case scenario, it probably won't hurt your motor, but if you start flowing unburned gas past the valves you might get an explosion that could blow your exhaust pipe apart, and start the bike & you on fire.
I loaded up the engine on a motor home I had once & filled the exhaust with raw gas, when that baby blew it ripped the entire exhaust system off, and I swear it felt like the motor-home lifted off the ground. luckily it didn't start on fire.
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