Very rich running!

[Will14]

A spray bottle of water will find any arcing lead.

Could you tell me more please Grog, my bike only needs to see a light shower of water and starts misfiring, let it dry and back to normal the following day

Thanks

Pete

[grog]

Will, start her up, spray away at leads, coils. Youll soon find where the moisture shorting out.

[Will14]

Will, start her up, spray away at leads, coils. Youll soon find where the moisture shorting out.

Thanks Grog, will give it a go, very rare I am out in the rain still need sorting though

Thanks for the reply

[Speedy1959]

I did wonder at the possibility of removing the plug cap and adding an extra layer of silicon tube over the original plug lead..
My thinking was that this "might" make the leaking high voltage less likely..
Plus you could use the silicon in a pretty Pink colour !!!!! 

Joking about the colour but serious about adding another layer of silicon / rubber tubing.

What do you think ?

S.

[grog]

IMO, waste of time Mate. Silicon spray prob better option.

[Speedy1959]

IMO, waste of time Mate. Silicon spray prob better option.

Thanks Grog..
Will try silicon spray befor I next take her out (tomorrow).

S.

[KiwiCol]

IMO, waste of time Mate. Silicon spray prob better option.

Thanks Grog..
Will try silicon spray before I next take her out (tomorrow).

S.

It'll be Pink silicon spray though won't it Si . . .  

[grog]

As a further Speedy. Coils, leads often get build up, stray sparks love it, they like to take the easy way. All leads, connections etc, get them out of plug holes, wash perfectly, brake cleaner or de greaser. then hose off, let dry. Usually all good but a silicon spray is extra armour. Clean out plug holes also, any oil in there, new rocker gasket required.

[Hooli]

I doubt yours will suffer it due to the slightly* lower mileage Speedy, but I once put a smear of grinding paste on the sparkplug washer and wound them in & out a few times as the sealing surface on the head had got corroded. Then I spent a lot of time with a sloth & screwdriver making sure I got it all out again.

Mine ran better after that, I think it was why my plugs kept coming loose for a while. They were tightening down on corrosion rather than a proper surface so not sealing. My habit of running plugs for 50k miles probably doesn't help as the rust from the plugs sticks to the head around there.