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[QUOTE="rmc_olderthandirt, post: 1360329, member: 68872"]
Truckster: your math is backwards!  If you normally ran 35:1 gas to oil mix, and doubled the amount of oil, you would be running a mix of 17:1, not 70 to 1!

2001rM125:  Like RM_guy said.  The plug isn't fouling because you have too much oil, the plug is fouling because the mixture isn't burning hot enough to heat the plug up enough to have it burn off the deposits.

If your air/fuel mixture is off then fixing that will not only help the plug fouling it will also make the bike run better.  An all around win-win situation.

If you air/fuel mixture is proper and you are still fouling plugs then you can change the plug type to a "hotter" plug. For example, if you are currently running a BR8ES then go to a BR7ES.  The lower number plug has more insulation between the plug tip and the threads so it doesn't conduct the heat out as easily and thus it runs hotter. The hotter plug will burn off the oil that deposits on it and keep it from fouling.  Note that it is only the plug that runs hotter, not the engine.

Rod
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