I know i have read it somewhere on this site before, but i could not find it. Is a backfire when slowing down a lean or rich condition? Thanks

 

From what I saw on some other posts, it's rich

 

So more air and less fuel would make it rich? The reason why i asked was i got bored out riding today so i propped open a corner on my airbox to see what would happen. This is when i got the backfire.

 

Backfire means it's lean. More air leans out the motor.

 

i thought i was told if it was backfiring out of the exhaust it was rich???????????

 

I was thinking the same thing as Quadfather, that it was lean. Then one of my friends suggested that it was rich so i thought i would get on here and find out the answer. Thanks for the replies

 

It from a lean condition.Most people correctly think, its unburned fuel in the exhaust, but how it gets there, seems contrary.
This is from the mikuni website


"It is normal for many high performance exhaust systems to moderately backfire or pop when the throttle is closed from mid-to-high rpm. In fact, one should expect a well-tuned high performance engine to "pop" and "crackle" when the throttle is closed at high rpm.

The popping is a result of the air/fuel mixture becoming very lean when the throttle is closed and the engine is rotating well above idle speed. It is also necessary that the exhaust system have rather open mufflers.

Why This (normally) Happens:

1) When the throttle valve is in the idle position, fuel does not flow out of the main system (needle, needle jet, main jet). Fuel is only delivered to the engine by the pilot (idle) system.
2) The combined effect of the closed throttle and elevated engine rpm is to create a fairly strong vacuum in the intake manifold. This vacuum, in turn, causes a high air flow rate through the small gap formed by the throttle valve and carburetor throat.
3) Under these conditions the pilot (idle) system cannot deliver enough fuel to create a normal, combustible air/fuel ratio. The mixture becomes too lean to burn reliably in the combustion chamber. It gets sent into the exhaust system unburned and collects there.
4) When the odd firing of the lean mixture does occur, it is sent, still burning, into the exhaust system where it sometimes ignites the raw mixture that has collected ---- the exhaust then pops or backfires."