Hello again,
Purchased this bike new in April and am up to 1369 miles now. Fuel milage has not been as high as other forum members report, I have not gotten over 60mpg. And really that's great milage compared to the Jeep I drive. And my apologies for the numerical mix up on the sparkplug gapping, it is .028 thousands of an inch.
I checked a couple of things last night as suggested. I removed the air filter and it is pretty clean, no crankcase oil smudging. The sidestand switch is connected at the sidestand but I found where the switch leads are unplugged from the wiring harness.
The connectors are held together with a plastic tie strip, behind the battery box (came from the dealer like that). By the way , can anyone tell me what the empty green connector is for inside the electronics bay/tool box?
So I cleaned the BPR6ES plug, rechecked the gap and reinstalled it. And I got about 6 blocks from my house and the engine started misfiring and then died. I coasted into a parking lot at a local bar.
The patrons on the veranda were ribbing me about riding in on such a quiet bike (some Harley's in the parking lot). So, I went in and ordered a beer. Most of them liked the styling of my B5 and didn't know Royal Enfield was still around. Heard some bad things about English electric systems. More joking when I told them it was made in India. I found the NGK B5ES plug in my pocket when paying for another glass. I went out and changed plug and the engine started right up. I drove over to the auto store where I had bought the BPR6ES two weeks ago. After telling them what had been happening, they exchanged for a new plug with no problem. They checked the gap, and set it for .70mm, they have metric tools. And as it was their closing time
they came out and had a look at the B5 while I changed the plug again. No problems on the ride back home. It was only about a mile. Engine ran smoothly.
I will take a longer ride this evening and test it out.
I am hoping the problem was simply the one bad spark plug in that new box of NGK plugs.
And when you ride a Royal Enfield , your always going to meet new friends.