Spark Plug Cleaning

freddie1105 · Jun 19, 2020

freddie1105 said:
in my poorer youth. i used to burn over a gas stove then emery cloth in the gap. never used a wire brush. now i just buy another pair.

don't need the whole plug clean. just the gap. get the mixture right and it will clean itself

Flatspot · Jun 19, 2020

When I was running my nitrous Hayabusa the earth electrode was supposed to be sacrificial and would burn off completely during a run if the fuel supply was insufficient. However, that didn’t stop it running despite no electrodes. Sadly, it would also burn the exhaust valves out at the same time

kerinorton · Jun 19, 2020

Fast Eddie. I never had a problem with the bike after that. Most of its riding was around Christchurch. Very flat and limited to 30 mph. [ where you couldn't get away with going a bit over.]

The last rally ride id did before the lockdown, I had left the bp6es plugs in the Norton. No trouble. OLD WIVES TALES STILL PERSIST IN MODERN TIMES.

Dereck

Triton Thrasher · Jun 20, 2020

Myford said:
Back in the late 60s early 70s when my brother and I were still at school, we were messing around with clapped old 2 stroke Villiers engined bikes up the woods, they regularly oiled the plugs.
Now our old dad had a lodge plug cleaner, that he'd probably inherited from his dad. this consisted of something that looked like the old metal cigar tube one used to get, but it was full of straight wire strands about 4 inches long, you screwed the plug into the open end and shook it. It was excellent and I wish I still had one, ive occasionally looked on ebay but never seen one.
Terry

Sounds not too difficult to make.

Triton Thrasher · Jun 20, 2020

In

kerinorton said:
I had left the bp6es plugs in the Norton. No trouble. OLD WIVES TALES STILL PERSIST IN MODERN TIMES.

Dereck

Why didn’t you fit ones two grades hotter?

Was it because of the old wives’ tales?

Spark Plug Cleaning

freddie1105

Flatspot

kerinorton

Triton Thrasher

Triton Thrasher

Similar threads