Joined Nov 2001
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Ely, England
NGK versus nippondenso?
i have been running an IXU24 for nearly three seasons. that's three seasons of RACING. i love the plug - it's the biz!
mmm, you say, how many has he used? that's ONE plug in that time! i then ride at swaffham in february when cookeye should turn up.
the bike stalls in the woods and i push just 100 yards to get it out. cookeye gives me a new plug, one of a box of DCPR8E's. the bike starts straight away and of i go again.
i then enter two meetings and the bike stalls at both after a lap but restarts after 20 kicks. it does the same at a third meeting even though i have now changed the SEM unit. i'd made my original SEM last nearly 5 years.
anyway, i can't keep it running with the DCPR8 in. i get sent another one by GGR to go with a new (non-OEM) cap.
the bike is a pig to start and does occasionally stall even with this new plug and ignition.
i'm so annoyed that i'm having this trouble - i buy an IXU24 again even though i want to bleed every serviceable minute out of everything!
IXU24 - no problems at all and starts first time.
for all those struggling. do you have a blue or orange (bad) spark when you KICK?
we are meant to be changing the caps ONCE PER SEASON...
DCPR8E's are old technology. they have an old fashioned broad nose. that means that they can't tolerate as much as an iridium wire nosed plug can.
if you run an '8' and then you thrash it and it gets overheated it actually can't recover. it's like your tongue after eating soup that's too hot. it's had it after that.
overheating can be lean running in just one area of the jetting. it can also be that you overheated it continually in deep mud or when stuck in a rut.
an 8 is a low number plug. it means it is better suited to choke, riding steadily, cooler engine temps, running rich.
if you had a '9' it would be better for thrashing but might dislike starting continually in the garage and always need a run to 'clean it'.
but a quality plug like the IXU24 will expand both areas due to better technology.
but one.
regards
Taffy
i have been running an IXU24 for nearly three seasons. that's three seasons of RACING. i love the plug - it's the biz!
mmm, you say, how many has he used? that's ONE plug in that time! i then ride at swaffham in february when cookeye should turn up.
the bike stalls in the woods and i push just 100 yards to get it out. cookeye gives me a new plug, one of a box of DCPR8E's. the bike starts straight away and of i go again.
i then enter two meetings and the bike stalls at both after a lap but restarts after 20 kicks. it does the same at a third meeting even though i have now changed the SEM unit. i'd made my original SEM last nearly 5 years.
anyway, i can't keep it running with the DCPR8 in. i get sent another one by GGR to go with a new (non-OEM) cap.
the bike is a pig to start and does occasionally stall even with this new plug and ignition.
i'm so annoyed that i'm having this trouble - i buy an IXU24 again even though i want to bleed every serviceable minute out of everything!
IXU24 - no problems at all and starts first time.
for all those struggling. do you have a blue or orange (bad) spark when you KICK?
we are meant to be changing the caps ONCE PER SEASON...
DCPR8E's are old technology. they have an old fashioned broad nose. that means that they can't tolerate as much as an iridium wire nosed plug can.
if you run an '8' and then you thrash it and it gets overheated it actually can't recover. it's like your tongue after eating soup that's too hot. it's had it after that.
overheating can be lean running in just one area of the jetting. it can also be that you overheated it continually in deep mud or when stuck in a rut.
an 8 is a low number plug. it means it is better suited to choke, riding steadily, cooler engine temps, running rich.
if you had a '9' it would be better for thrashing but might dislike starting continually in the garage and always need a run to 'clean it'.
but a quality plug like the IXU24 will expand both areas due to better technology.
but one.
regards
Taffy
