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Immediately I noticed my idle became lower after a few miles. OK, I adjusted it.
Been riding the bike in the 100f heat watching my Temp gauge. It will average 240/250 (head Temp) running but at a stop light the gauge can and has pegged. No problems.
Been around 500 miles now and last week before I left my daughter's in the high desert, (about 10* cooler there) I checked my plugs. Still a touch rich but not too bad. I put in some B7ES's I carry with me to see if it cleans up. 4800ft so it's not a fair assessment. The exhaust note changed but it doesn't seem to run any hotter.
I did notice when I went to add oil, the level hadn't dropped. Normally I'd have to add 1/2 QT but didn't have to.
It's been almost a week now and I'll check my plugs in the morning. I don't like the idea of hotter plugs in the summer so I will clean my Split Fire plugs I bought a year ago when I had the fouling problem. Did a valve job and put in B8ES's to gauge how it would run.
I have the stock 1015 pistons and reused the rings with a light hone when I put them in. I expected a little oil burning and it did.
This oil may have stopped some of it but not all.
I'm impressed.
Question; the lower idle means more compression or less?
I'm going to be 61 - 10/01 and don't like changes or surprises. You know, old dog....
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Like I said, I'm slow to change but when it works, it works.
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Hope you realize that plug temperatures don't affect the engine running temp.
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I just told my daughter to use it in her car.
Once again I'm impressed.
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I'll use it again after I swap the heads on my KZ1000 later this month.
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Yeah I still have that last big 4 or 5 gallon bottle of the Castrol GTX that I know will only use in my 97' truck or 05' SUV.swest wrote: I don't like changes but I didn't, they did and didn't tell us. That's the "new normal".
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No more in KZ.....
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