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Foolwithadui
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Hello all, sorry to bother you, but I have a strange problem with my bike. I recently purchased a 2 stroke bicycle from some guy on Craigslist, who claimed it was newish. I'm assuming it's stolen and had s**t s**t kicked out of it, because Craigslist. Butt problem is that after running fairly perfectly for a week or so, one morning I went to ride to class and it just wouldn't start. After class I went and looked at everything I could think of (that's not much, I'm not super experienced with smaller engines) head gasket flawless, clutch fine, carb fine, air filter not clogged, little fuel shut off thing and tubes and filter all fine, magneto fine and power wire not shorting, kill switch cdi and spark plug fine (but not great. Stock, and wouldn't hurt to change the plug) but when I had just about ran out of ideas, someone said to try it without the exhaust. I didn't trust no exhaust, so I just took that little cap at the end off, and lo and behold it runs! There's nothing like blocking the exhaust or anything though, so why would it not work like this? I would much prefer the exhaust back on, as I prefer to try and keep at least a somewhat low profile. TLR. Runs without exhaust silencer, but not with it, and I'd prefer it with it.