Give the bike motor time to at least get broken in first, at least two gas tanks full...Stop pulling the plug every other ride.
Not only will you render useless the spark plug gasket used to retain compression, you will also excessively wear and weaken the "Chinesium" aluminum spark plug threads in the head...You are accomplishing nothing useful by constantly removing the plug every other ride, but instead setting yourself up for very preventable future failure points.
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That’s the plan, I believe I said I’ll be doing these things when it’s broken in.
Now I didnt mentioned this; I’m only a 1/4 or so tank in so still have a little ways to go. Unfortunately the fuel line popped off and I lost about half 3/4 + of a tank before I noticed and stopped it. Which is why I’m looking to get some more fuel and oil.
As far as wearing out the head/ plug crush washer , it would take a lot more than pulling the plug out a few times to cause any problems with the threads or the “gasket” Spark plugs are removed quite often in the process of building/ testing, repairing etc. even in racing plugs can be removed after each run and put back in if they’re still good ( unless you’ve got a lot of cash just to blow/ or a high end team with endless spark plugs then you’re probably not going to change them every run). I know plenty of people that reuse plugs and even some that clean up slightly dirtier plugs to be reused especially when it comes to more expensive plugs)
I know this is a cheap Chinese metal head but it’s not that bad/ going to get messed up so easily.
I thought back when I said I pull it every other ride, that was misleading so I apologize.
When I said every other ride, I mean more every other/ few riding sessions. I go out for multiple 15-20 minutes rides letting it cool off a little in between, then I put it away bring it out maybe in the evening go for multiple short rides, and then pull the plug and clean it.
It’s been removed twice so far since I decided to clean it and if I hadnt done so it would be close to being a useless fouled plug…
When I first pulled my plug after just a couple laps around my block to get a read on the spark plug it had a good layer of semi moist Oil/ fuel build up that is beginning to foul the plug
( enough that I would estimate the plug would foul out before I’m even through a full tank of gas and would use at least 3-4 more plugs during break in if I just leave it)
So why let a good plug go bad when I can pull it and spend a few minutes to clean off the excess build up until I’m done with break in. I don’t have or feel like spending more money to foul multiple plugs. Thank you for the concern but I know what I’m doing and it’s for a reason.
I appreciate the help trying to find ethanol free gas online but Ive already done a pretty extensive search multiple times at multiple sources. They’re all pretty much dead ends, Yellow pages shows it has search results but the stations listed don’t have ethanol free gas, even “ethanol free locators” show nothing in the area.
I haven’t called every single gas station in town but a lot of the stations that aren’t too far, I drive a truck that gets 12mi a gal and with gas at close to $5 it’s not worth it to go too far.
