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Re: CB550 - full trottle performance
« Reply #30 on: June 20, 2021, 08:22:40 AM »
Update on this topic, finally jets arrived, I replaced stock 100 by aftermarket 115 (in reality they seems to have size around 133-114). Full trottle acceleration improved. Bike runs smooth on low RPM, I can easily cruise around 2500-3000. (of course battery is no charged wirh headlight on)

Checked plugs for color, it looks to me still lean, especially plug no1 (plugs on the picture are sorted from left). Wondering if I should go one step more wirh jets (120?) or let it be.
Using Shell V-power racing petrol, as this one still has "just" 5% of bioshit (E5). Others are E10 here. Maybe plugs color can be explained also by petrol used?
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Re: CB550 - full trottle performance
« Reply #31 on: June 20, 2021, 09:54:38 AM »
Looking at those plugs , my opinion is you're pretty close with mixture and ignition timing. The plug colours are deceptive because, it seems to me, that your engine is burning a bit of oil. I've also seen plugs get that sort of sheen when someone was using a high detergent diesel engine oil.

Watch your oil level !

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Re: CB550 - full trottle performance
« Reply #32 on: June 21, 2021, 02:29:20 PM »
Bike does not excessively eat oil, there is no smoke coming from pipes too.
Indeed some yes but not much. If you compare photos of plugs I posted before jets change, you can see they were really "white". The only change I did waa jets change from 100 to 115
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Re: CB550 - full trottle performance
« Reply #33 on: June 22, 2021, 07:12:23 PM »
Colour of plugs looks ok, but current fuels don't show this effect as clearly and defined as they seemed to in the past.

You can make an adjustment to the plug heat range though by going upward one number for NGK plugs. What this will do is shorten the heat pathway from the centre electrode to the plug outer material and so reduce the tip temperature, it should show as a darker colour when running and give more margin of safety to the conditions it's running in the combustion chamber.

Unless you've done anything differently than looking at the plugs after a run out they won't be showing that specific area of jetting to give you an accurate reading for the main jet size.
To do that,  you'd have to get it fully warmed and then get it pulling hard in 3rd gear with the throttle full wide open, a long uphill or partly holding a little brake while you do it to make it fully loaded and working on the main jet calibration. 5 to 10 secs then cut clutch throttle and ignition,  then check the plug colour to see what you've got (ordinarily called a plug chop) and assess the affect that main jet size is having.

If it pulls cleanly and runs without flat spot through full rev range it must be very close. You'd not expect that size engine with std intake to run a bigger main jet.

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Re: CB550 - full trottle performance
« Reply #34 on: June 23, 2021, 06:51:26 AM »
Thanks for advices

Your last sentence is still question in my mind - why on full stock bike (only exception is aftermarket air filter element from cmsnl) it runs fine (close to ideal) with 115 jets instead of 100
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Re: CB550 - full trottle performance
« Reply #35 on: June 23, 2021, 07:55:32 AM »
To be able to read plug noses better, add a spoonful of castor oil to the fuel. Smells nice also. :)

 

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