So my bike's been acting up the last month, and practically not running the last two weeks. Initiallly I cleaned the carbs, replaced the air filter, and replaced the spark plugs. And I did it all as described in the haynes repair manual and this website... Then two weeks ago it was very difficult to start my bike, and I was lucky if it would start on a pushstart.
there's my bike parked next to my dirty toyota in the carport
(http://www.photodump.com/direct/97gs500e/bike.jpg)
(notice the water bottle - it was 105 degrees outside)
so I kreemed my tank and replaced the fuel lines last week
(http://www.photodump.com/direct/97gs500e/petcock.jpg)
and cleaned the carbs, again
(http://www.photodump.com/direct/97gs500e/carbs3.jpg)
then I replaced the spark plugs, again (there was only about 500 miles on those).
My bike started right up after this. Does the one on the left look carbon-fouled?
(http://www.photodump.com/direct/97gs500e/plugs.jpg)
So my question is: Since my bike started acting up when I had about 400-450 miles on the new plugs, will it happen again with the newer ones? They are gapped to specs, and are the recommended heat range. I hope to figure this weirdness out.
Anywho, I'm gonna go riding for the first time in two weeks :)
The plug on the left is not carbon fouled - if anything, it looks like it's been run a little lean for a while
Just a guess here...were the plugs gapped correctly? My bike was rough to start when I bought it (7200miles), and just re-gapping the plugs made a world of difference. And they were both pretty close to spec anyway.
Maybe the wires were just not seated correctly? Did you use that grease stuff on them?
OK I am gonna takle a wild guess ... the plugs you pulled out were NGK's ... yea piece of shaZam! ... new looks, total disaster ... Champions ... My new favorite ... my virago also same thing ... pulled NGK's out and put champions in and it immediately fired up and ran ... NGK's ... nothing ...
Cool.
Srinath.
yeah, they're NGK's - gapped at .8mm
Quote from: seshadri_srinathOK I am gonna takle a wild guess ... the plugs you pulled out were NGK's ... yea piece of shaZam! ... new looks, total disaster ... Champions ... My new favorite ... my virago also same thing ... pulled NGK's out and put champions in and it immediately fired up and ran ... NGK's ... nothing ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Srinath.... a new LOW on your knowledge...a new high on your bullshitability.....
Champion plugs ar crap .... you like them due to their $0.79 price
and you can carry a pile of them for when they foul
use NGK or N-D for the jap stuff :roll: :roll: :roll: