Thread: Bike conked out
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Old 28-Jan-2007, 15:26   #5
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Originally Posted by Big Duke 6
I have switched back to the NGK plugs and fitted a new regulator, when I took out the old ones they were as black as a black thing on the electrode bit. Does that mean it's running too rich?

Yep! Check the air filter as well as the fuelling chip - if it's blocked (dirty) the fueling will be starved of air and therefore too rich (in neat fuel).
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