snake oil? pulstar plugs

[tch@peoplepc.com]

Hi all. I just took one of my bikes (a new 2008 Kawasaki KLR 650 with 400 miles on the clock) out of storage -- I filled the tank with fresh gas and added Stabil back in November. It ran well at that time. Today, though, it wouldn't start or idle unless the choke was full on, and it ran poorly -- backfiring, stalling, and etc. Sooooo, I drained the gas (leaving about a gallon in the tank) and added a full 16-ounce can of Seafoam gas treatment. It took about 2-minutes for the bike to begin running normally again -- no running only on full choke, no backfiring, and full power. BTW, the gas that I used in November was from the same batch that was used in several of my other bikes with no ill effects. IMHO, Seafoam is the best carb cleaner that I've used to-date. It sure beat partially disassembling the carb to spray/blow out the pilot jets, and etc. Perhaps I just got lucky because the KLR 650 has only one carb but, for the Vmaxer's out there, I'd try this approach before the "Shotgun Technique" of removing the A/F mixture screws/vacuum diaphragms/squirting jets with carb cleaner/blowing them out with compressed air. If the simple add of Seafoam in high concentration fails, then by all means, use the "Shotgun Technique". If that fails, pull the carb racks and do a complete disassembly and cleaning -- with Seafoam. LOL. TC ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com

[stmilum]

I found more information at the Pulstar website. All their plugs have a 14mm thread and the KLR requires a 12mm, so the Pulstar plugs are out for the KLR. However, they have a product for motorcycles named DirectHits that snaps on top of a non-resistor plug to produce the high power discharge spark of the Pulstar plug. The plugs are pricey at $25 and the DirectHits is pricier at $35. Ouch! Anyhow, has anyone tried any of these in their cars or bikes? As a related aside, I was wondering why we need resistor spark plugs. Here's your answer - http://www.motorcycleproject.com/motorcycle/text/plugwiretech.html> http://www.motorcycleproject.com/motorcycle/text/plugwiretech.html Steve in Niceville