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Here's the thread with cyclerob's theory about carbon blowout I mentioned above:

http://r1150r.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=11017

-Terry

Back in May when I was changing out the plugs I happened to have a pen light nearby and decided to have a look at the top of the piston. It was absolutely caked on with carbon. Eventually I got around to posting here; the two suggestions were techron/seafoam and high speed/highway runs. So I picked ...

lol - thanks for the good advice everyone. Good to see that "blowing the carbon out" is as much valid mechanical advice now as it was when I was getting yelled at by the neighbors when we screamed by on the bikes/quads. I hear ya' towerworker - the Washington State Patrol was all over the ...

Forgot to mention - this is an '04 r1150r.

So during my last ill-fated maintenance job (see post "cylinder head removal"), I just happend to have the pen light nearby when I pulled the spark plugs and decided to take a look into the combustion chamber. Right away I noticed what looked like a lot of carbon buildup - the top of the p...

Ok - so I'll start off by offering up some humor. All four of my right side cylinder head cover bolts are completely stripped. Had a small problem with the torque wrench - it was around midnight and I was rushing to finish up the valve adjustements before leaving for my annual road trip back at the ...