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Brighton, TN | waiting on pins and needles! |
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San Antonio, TX | Welcome. Let us know if you have any questions about your Vision.
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Cruiser
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| SO whats the part#for E3, NGK DCPR6E iswhat my bike has .Will try E3 if i can get them. |
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | TRELL - 2011-09-28 11:40 PM
SO whats the part#for E3, NGK DCPR6E iswhat my bike has .Will try E3 if i can get them.
the E3 part number is (E3.36) I know because im holding the sparkplug in my hand from when i had it in my 2008 vision. I had NO problems with these plugs at all.. i believe i ordered mine from of all places, amazon.com. |
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Tourer
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| We love to rehash things here. Real data is always appreciated . |
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Cruiser
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Albuquerque NM | I'm sure that I will have many questions, I'm coming a from 96 sportster 1200 that I've put over 60K on so this is one big jump in the bike world for me. |
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San Antonio, TX | The Vision is a big bike but for the most part does not ride like one.
Like an old instructor drilled into my head....Practice practice practice! Find an empty parking lot and watch the "Ride like a Pro V". This video has helped many make the transition to a larger ride.
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Visionary
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| I used NGK Iridium spark plugs on many hd's and never felt any power increase or better gas mileage.
I'm sure there is a benefit but can't tell it by the seat of my pants.
I doughy if you feel any thing but your brain will tell its good cause you all ready programed your brain to do so. |
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Iron Butt
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Orlando, FL | Bring it on Gr8punkin!
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Iron Butt
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Anderson, IN (48mi NE of downtown Indianapolis) | Some car guys I know say Pulstar is snake oil. However, they cannot produce any data to support their claim. I would love to see back to back test data to prove one way or the other. |
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Cruiser
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| I am not a fan of changing plugs for power but I can't argue with less soot on the pipes. |
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shakopee , Mn | I think we should be exploring the use of cow magnets again.
Only us seniors will remember when they were going to give us all 50mpg.  |
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Bluff Park, Alabama - God's Country! 2011 PW VV | vicguy - 2011-10-07 11:52 PM I think we should be exploring the use of cow magnets again. Only us seniors will remember when they were going to give us all 50mpg. LOL!! 
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Albuquerque NM | I just wanted to give everyone an update, I finally got my vision and today is my second day of commuting on it. We will be putting a dyno day together soon, but we want to wait until we have some pre production plugs built for another employees 2005 vegas so that we can get all the data in one shot. As I said I'll keep you all informed as info is available. |
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Tourer
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New Mexico | Bought the Pulstar plugs today, will install tomorrow. $35 for the pair is a bit steep, but am hoping it will help with winter starting. As the temp drops it takes more and more cranking time; down into the teens I have to crank 6-8 seconds or more.
If this plug cuts that down by half I'll be happy.
Will let you know...
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Michigan | If true a plasma discharge will provide a better flame front which can lead to more complete combustion. I will check out the site later. If the initial plasma spark is less shielded it could be better. I am not saying I am going to buy any yet. Just my thoughts. |
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New Mexico | Well, have had the plugs for a week or so. Ran 2 tanks of gas through them. Here is my opinion:
It starts better in cold weather.
MPG is hard to tell as it usually goes to crap around this time of year, but appears to be better than last year at this time. As I recall it dropped down to 36-39mpg last winter, and am currently getting around 39-41 average.
I think it is quicker, with better throttle response, but I think that every time I wash it Will wait for Gr8Punkin's Dyno results.
My Garmin plugs into the IPod cable (can hear, but not see directions), and has always been impacted by RF at high RPMs. Am hoping these plugs will help reduce that issue, but have not tested.
Maybe help with radio reception??
Overall, I would say they did improve the performance of the bike, but not sure $35 worth. If they cost half that I would give them a full thumbs up.
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Albuquerque NM | Thanks for the update boots, I'm still getting my scheduling worked out for the dyno day and I'll let you guys know when it's going to happen. Boots if you still have the RFI issues let me know I have some ideas how to send that energy to ground. |
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Visionary
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Gainesville Fl Home of the Gators | Looks like a typical precious metal plug to me. Only signifigant help is if you have a machine that tends to foul plugs. ONLY verifyable testing I have ever seen showing a legit performance gain was the GM Rapid Fire plugs, and their gain was gone after 3000 miles |
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Cruiser
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| THANK YOU but been there done that E3 are hype along with K&N AIR FILTERS.. |
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Pittsburgh, PA | TRELL - 2011-11-20 8:18 PM
THANK YOU but been there done that E3 are hype along with K&N AIR FILTERS..
So k&n air filters Dont breathe better than stock o.e.m. air filters?
just found this after i posted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gef5XPoiDCE
Edited by Arkainzeye 2011-11-20 8:53 PM
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New Mexico | kevinx - 2011-11-07 2:36 PM
ONLY verifyable testing I have ever seen showing a legit performance gain was the GM Rapid Fire plugs, and their gain was gone after 3000 miles
I have about 1k miles on them. If you're interested I wouldn't mind putting another 2k on them, then sending them to you so you could install/test for yourself.
Edited by Boots 2011-11-20 8:52 PM
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Albuquerque NM | Boots, if kevin takes you up on that get in touch with me so I can get you a replacement set. |
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | im just asking cause i dont fully understand. in order for a sparkplug to give "more power" over another plug wouldnt that mean the other plug was providing a Incomplete burn and therefor Not burning all the fuel in the combustion chamber? im just trying to understand how one plug gives more power over another. |
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Cruiser
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Albuquerque NM | That's a great question and one that I didn't fully understand when the concept of the plug was introduced to me, the short answer is the capacitor in the Pulstar is able to use power that a spark plug wastes.
Long answer, during the spark event there are three phases, ionization, resident, and streamer. During the ionization phase electricity from the coil is being used to to ionize the gap, unfortunately the ionizing process uses far less energy than coil puts out leaving a lot of energy wasted as heat. Pulstar uses this wasted energy to charge the capacitor, thus timing isn't changed and the coil isn't taxed any harder. Once the gap is ionized the spark actually appears in the gap this is called the resident phase, this is also the most brilliant moment of the spark event particularly with Pulstar since this is the moment when the capacitor is discharged. Finally the streamer phase is the remainder of the coils available energy being passed through the circuit that is the spark plug.
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