My bike has been sitting, waiting for a wheel for about three weeks. I start it up once or twice a week to keep it in shape, let it idle on choke for awhile and then at idle for a while (til it dies ).
I checked the plugs this morning because that is what made it die on my last time it went. They were pretty bad. I'm not sure if they are "fouled" but I assume they are getting really close. These are about a month and a half old.
Pics:
1, 2, 3, 4.
com/albums/b107/Pretech/P1.jpg[/IMG]
1, 2
4, 3
#1 and 2 were bad. #2 had some oil and gunk on it. #3 and 4 were not as bad.
Now I put some new plugs in. It started right up. I'm used to playing with the choke for a minute. So I let it idle with the choke on at 3k for about 2mins, then lowered it to idle w/o choke. Once it was pretty warm, I rev'd it up a few times. Gradually to about 8k, then blipped the throttle from about 2k to 8k a few times.
Here are the pics after maybe 4 minutes run time:
#1 and #2 amazed me. #3 looked perfect, and #4 was a tiny bit darker.
Questions:
1) What is making my plugs do this? Do I need to adjust the carbs to less rich on #1 and #2? I don't like to do carb work, just don't feel comfortable. If it's easy I'll give it a try. I've taken them apart and cleaned them but thats all.
Thanks,
Sam
I checked the plugs this morning because that is what made it die on my last time it went. They were pretty bad. I'm not sure if they are "fouled" but I assume they are getting really close. These are about a month and a half old.
Pics:
1, 2, 3, 4.
com/albums/b107/Pretech/P1.jpg[/IMG]
1, 2
4, 3
#1 and 2 were bad. #2 had some oil and gunk on it. #3 and 4 were not as bad.
Now I put some new plugs in. It started right up. I'm used to playing with the choke for a minute. So I let it idle with the choke on at 3k for about 2mins, then lowered it to idle w/o choke. Once it was pretty warm, I rev'd it up a few times. Gradually to about 8k, then blipped the throttle from about 2k to 8k a few times.
Here are the pics after maybe 4 minutes run time:
#1 and #2 amazed me. #3 looked perfect, and #4 was a tiny bit darker.
Questions:
1) What is making my plugs do this? Do I need to adjust the carbs to less rich on #1 and #2? I don't like to do carb work, just don't feel comfortable. If it's easy I'll give it a try. I've taken them apart and cleaned them but thats all.
Thanks,
Sam
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