MOPED ARMY

This is not your fathers Buick!

Its a two stroke.

...Never... ever.... worry about spooge at the end of the pipe on a two stroke.

I would worry if I saw NO oil.

It shows you that you are getting lubrication.

And they always make poppity pop sounds off throttle on decel.

The only thing that is really important is the plug color after a half mile long honk at wide open throttle... Stop on the spot and pull the plug and check the color and report back here.

Then we will know whether you are rich or lean or what.

The only other thing you are talking about here is the idle settings.

And since I am not specifically familiar with your model....

I can just say to keep fiddling with the (2?) idle screws (mixture and speed).

Check where they are by screwing them in all the way while counting eighths or quarters of a turn for a frame of reference.

Keep fiddling till you are happy.

I expect to ride to the MA Barbeque this spring, 100 miles one way, but I don't know any reason you can't go as far as your butt can stand.

Ron

you might not be able to push that 70cc kit for that long. i have heard they seez up at top speeed. might wnat to take it easy on it

OK... We have a little confusion here.

We are not looking for the color of any metal part of the plug.

The color we are looking for is the color of the ceramic inside the plug....the part of the plug inside of the metal threaded portion of the plug... on a brand new, never used plug it is refrigerator white.

As it runs it should color up from pure white to some shade of tan or light brown.

No part of the plug ceramic on a decent running engine should be black.

No part of the plug ceramic should be "glowing".

And the key is not to pull it out in a big hurry before it cools off.

The key is to shut the engine off as soon as possible after the full throttle run so that idle carburetion mixture doesn't leave a color different from the wide open color.

In other words... run it hard......... get on the brakes and KILL the motor... no idling!.

You can now let it sit for a month if you want (without running) and pull the plug and see how it was running while you were flogging it.

Try it again... Unless you remember the color of the ceramic.

I also want to know how old the plug is.

Damn, you mean I gotta ride it again, Oh mannn :-)

Ok, I'll give it another try looking at the ceramic this time. I can't really say that

I remember all that well. I was just happy not to see oil or junk on the plug.

The bike and the plug are both only 3 months (400+) miles old. Thanx

Would you say it's golden brown? If so, that's the color you want. Just as long as it's not light tan or white.

Sounds pretty good... It can get to tan and be alright.

I like it a little darker than tan or cinnamon (after wide open throttle).

As the weather gets warmer it will go farther away from white.

If it starts to go to real dark brown and wet looking... You could probably go one step leaner on the main... But it doesn't sound like you need to.

And anytime you make any change you should check it again.

Going white means danger of a piston seizure (not good!)