Hello all,
Back on July 13th, I started a thread in this forum because I was surprised to find an NGK B5ES plug in my B5 instead of a Bosch. And I read all the replies with intrest. After reading SinghG5 excellent posting , I immediately purchased, gapped to .28 and installed an NGK BPR6ES. I have ridden about 200 miles since then. At first all I noticed was a slightly different power curve and a slightly lower idle. And I thought that it was probably ok. But three days ago an engine misfire was occurring after starting up that went away after riding a few blocks. Also had some occurrences of engine idle dying while waiting at a red light, that had never happened before. This morning, it was hard to start and running roughly so I shut it down and removed the BPR6ES plug and it is fouled out(dry black fuzz). Replaced it with the B5ES. Went ahead and rode to work and back today. Performance is back to quite good. So whats causing the problem? Plug gap? A defective plug? Altitude is 5280 ft., and I am using 91 octane gas from the same pump each fill up.
The NGK website lists BPR8ES as the plug for RE500's. But I'm sure that one is to cool.
The first pic is the B5ES and the next 2 are the BP6ES.
In the back of my mind I am wondering if there is any damage occurring.
I am open for ideas and inviting anyone to comment.
Thanks