Opinion on spark plug

[c-m]

Probably the worst images ever, its best my camera would do.

What's your opinion on of this plug here

https://www.eastcoastlacrosse.co.uk/carl/Image385.jpg

https://www.eastcoastlacrosse.co.uk/carl/Image383.jpg

https://www.eastcoastlacrosse.co.uk/carl/Image386.jpg

cheers
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[MaybeGuy]

Carbon Fouling

Dry, black sooty deposits leading to misfire and weak spark. Caused by an over-rich fuel/air mixture, faulty choke operation or blocked air filter.
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Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[c-m]

I tried looking in the manual and online, but none of their plugs really matched the colours etc.. of mine.

Its a mixture of colours ranging from light tan to deep black.
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[matmanmarsh]

Yep looks like carbon fouling to me
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[FreshAL]

An in focus pic might help. Can you set your camera to "macro focus" mode for close-ups?

On my Sony Erricsson I press '7' when it's in the camera mode, and get a little flower icon in the display.

[MaybeGuy]

the examples show in manuals are of extreme cases just to make it obvious.
yours wont look a lot like the manual ones, its the slight signs you need to look for. yours are slightly black on one side which would suggest carbon fouling.
try tightning your plug a bit more after cleaning it. air getting around the plug would cause this.
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[c-m]

that was using the macro feature lol, bloody nokia n80.

Should I lean off the mixture a little then?
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[Finglonga]

Carbon fouling . . . Straight from a Text book. My first thoughts is its running rich.
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[Trixie]

Deffo looks like the mixture is too rich. Try making it a little leaner and doing a plug chop till you're happy with it.
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[garyd]

Make sure the plugs are the correct heat range ,air filter is clean ,if they are correct then adjust the mixture,you havent been "messing" with jets/needle/clip position,etc??its definately rich

[Walloper]

1) Plug fault: Carbon Fouling.
2) Photo fault: User Error
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[c-m]

cheers walloper

I haven't messed with jetting or anything. the plug is an BR8ES (well the iridium version anyway) and is correct for my bike.

i'll lean it off a touch and see how it is
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[Evo]

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