Emerald Fuel-up Log

2001 Kawasaki W650
Property of chukcha14. Added Jul 20 2023

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Sep 29 2024

As the temperature lowered to below 18c I noticed that The bike would take a long time to warm up and stall right after I turned off the choke and start riding for 200m. To ameliorate the denser air I put the idle screws back to 2.3/4 turns out and installed brand new hotter temperature range (7e) spark plugs. The bike no longer stalls and warms up faster. I see no discernible change in engine temperature. Maybe it warms up a little faster from cold as I ride? I did notice the heat from the engine head did increase a little, but I’m not certain. I hope that hotter plugs will help with efficiency. Time will tell. I feel good that the plugs will fit better to my stop and go in cold weather type of riding. I don’t see any issues with riding on a highway with hotter plugs so far.

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Added by chukcha14 on Sep 29 2024 at 9:02 pm