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I"ve had good intervals of no smoke and also interval of smoking on start ups, so have Norton attitude opposite the saying about times of no smoke vs no money...
Trixie smokes again but alternates sides, ie: only one side smokes much or a lot but not same one as day before. Today both did but cleared up before engine fully warmed on slow roll to mail box and back. Trixie will start up and idle w/o hardly any smoke but on the blip ups or holding nearly 2000 rpm to protect cam while wet sump emptied and oil draining from head on lifters.
So is it better to rev up till clouds of smoke. maybe risking plug or ring or guide carbonizing or just let it idle slower til nil smoke on blip up past the over oiling interval? I of course perfer to rev up around 2000 - after not seeing hardly any ferric dust on sump magnet since I talked my self out of thinking of Trixie as a live animal but a machine with different warm up needs.
Trixie smokes again but alternates sides, ie: only one side smokes much or a lot but not same one as day before. Today both did but cleared up before engine fully warmed on slow roll to mail box and back. Trixie will start up and idle w/o hardly any smoke but on the blip ups or holding nearly 2000 rpm to protect cam while wet sump emptied and oil draining from head on lifters.
So is it better to rev up till clouds of smoke. maybe risking plug or ring or guide carbonizing or just let it idle slower til nil smoke on blip up past the over oiling interval? I of course perfer to rev up around 2000 - after not seeing hardly any ferric dust on sump magnet since I talked my self out of thinking of Trixie as a live animal but a machine with different warm up needs.