read my plugs!

[doconabike]

what do you guys think? I thought it looked good as per http://www.verrill.com/moto/sellingguide/sparkplugs/plugcolorchart.htm but its nice to get some verification

 

[tkent02]

Need to see down inside the plug.

 

[doconabike]

 

[Adler]

looks lean to me... but I dont know anything...

 

[four_shot]

I'd say it looks good to a touch rich. Is this a plug chop, or was this at idle?

 

[rustybronco]

It looks just like what I would expect a plug from a stock '850 to look like.

now where are the pictures of the other three?

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

That plug looks OK to me.

FWIW:

How To Read Your Spark Plugs
(Everything you ever wanted to know about reading your spark plugs, but were afraid to ask.)

http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/tech_support/spark_plugs/faqs/faqread.asp
http://www.dansmc.com/spark_plugs/spark_plugs_catalog.html
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/maintenance/sparkplugs.htm

More technical/racing articles about plugs:
http://www.4strokes.com/tech/sparkplg.asp
http://www.4secondsflat.com/Spark_plug_reading.html
http://www.dragstuff.com/techarticles/how-to-read-plugs.html


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[GabrielGoes]

sorry to jack this thread but is there any way to recover wet/black plugs?

 

[BassCliff]

sorry to jack this thread but is there any way to recover wet/black plugs?

Burn them with a propane torch? When I was a kid, the corner gas station had a little sand blasting machine that we could clean our plugs with.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[tkent02]

Get your bike running correctly and put them back in. Withing a few miles they will look fine. They will still be the wrong plugs, but they'll look fine.

 

[JEEPRUSTY]

Burn them with a propane torch? When I was a kid, the corner gas station had a little sand blasting machine that we could clean our plugs with.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

we used to cook two stroke snowmobile plugs on a wood stove
i swear its true.

plugs is cheap buy new ones

 

[Graham]

we used to cook two stroke snowmobile plugs on a wood stove
i swear its true.

plugs is cheap buy new ones

That's a new one. Did you salt and pepper them or just roll them in flour?

 

[raistian77]

Well, I read em. Was a short read and to be honest I prefer Stephen King.

 

[tkent02]

we used to cook two stroke snowmobile plugs on a wood stove
i swear its true.

plugs is cheap buy new ones

Some folks buy new cars when the old ones get dirty.
I don't.
Same with plugs, if they are worn out, replace them. If they just have a little goo on them, they go back in.

 

[doconabike]

Hi,

That plug looks OK to me.

FWIW:

How To Read Your Spark Plugs
(Everything you ever wanted to know about reading your spark plugs, but were afraid to ask.)

http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/tech_support/spark_plugs/faqs/faqread.asp
http://www.dansmc.com/spark_plugs/spark_plugs_catalog.html
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/maintenance/sparkplugs.htm

More technical/racing articles about plugs:
http://www.4strokes.com/tech/sparkplg.asp
http://www.4secondsflat.com/Spark_plug_reading.html
http://www.dragstuff.com/techarticles/how-to-read-plugs.html


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

Thanks! those plugs were from idle not plug chopped. I'll pull off the other 3 and look for any differences

 

[Guest]

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Plug looks okay, if not a tad rich? Run the bike hard for a few miles then pull the plugs. I used to run Split Fires and I can't find them any more. I'm using NGK racing plugs now and they seem to be working just fine. They seemed to burn just right. You can get a plug sand cleaner at Harbor Freight. Just don't blast them stupid, just enough to clean lite deposits.