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Howdy, friends,
Yesterday I got the odometer on the Whizzer up to a whole 15 miles total... So I figured it was time to go over the bike to make sure things were OK. I found the usual loose bits and minor stuff. But then I noticed black speckles on the aft end of the front fender, front fork, and forward frame. The source of the oily/sooty deposits was quickly traced to the exhaust manifold / exhaust pipe junction. So, I pulled the spark plug. Sure enough, it was covered in black stuff.
Now, the questions... Is this just the results of the rings having yet to seat in the cylinder so I'm burning a bit of oil, and is normal? Or is it what I've suspected, that I'm still running too rich (even though I have the needle all the way down to full lean)? Or is it something that I've failed to think about?
Any thoughts?
--del
Yesterday I got the odometer on the Whizzer up to a whole 15 miles total... So I figured it was time to go over the bike to make sure things were OK. I found the usual loose bits and minor stuff. But then I noticed black speckles on the aft end of the front fender, front fork, and forward frame. The source of the oily/sooty deposits was quickly traced to the exhaust manifold / exhaust pipe junction. So, I pulled the spark plug. Sure enough, it was covered in black stuff.
Now, the questions... Is this just the results of the rings having yet to seat in the cylinder so I'm burning a bit of oil, and is normal? Or is it what I've suspected, that I'm still running too rich (even though I have the needle all the way down to full lean)? Or is it something that I've failed to think about?
Any thoughts?
--del