06-16-2015, 12:10 PM
(06-16-2015, 12:53 AM)mininsx_imp Wrote:(06-15-2015, 11:02 AM)Guth_imp Wrote: It turns out that I've been doing a bit of lurking here on the forum. Reading with interest the posts of others who have installed an O2 sensor eliminator. The reason for this? My CB1100 had been exhibiting fairly poor fueling characteristics at levels below approximately 3000 RPM. Each ride would end the same way: with me cruising down the street all herky jerky 'til I pulled into the driveway and shut it down. Now to be fair, while this feels like a big deal to me when I'm on the bike, I have no idea whether or not someone watching me pass by would notice this at all (or whether or not they could hear the throttle hunting in my exhaust for that matter).
At any rate, I recently went ahead and ordered an O2 sensor eliminator. Got it installed in just a few minutes. Took the bike for a quick spin around the neighborhood, just putting along nice and slow. It was like night and day. The fueling was incredibly smooth. Next I'll need to get the bike nice and warmed up and see if that makes a difference. I'm hoping that the fueling will remain smooth and steady. That's all I'm really interested in. I'm not concerned about performance gains. I'm hoping that I don't see a decrease in gas mileage.
But my question is this: why the need for this small contraption? It would seem that most here are happy with the fueling on their CBs, some reporting that it's close to perfect. Some report otherwise, a few of which have turned to solutions like the eliminator unit. Could this indicate that some of us have had O2 sensors go bad (or seriously fouled)? I'd be curious to see how my bike would respone to a replacement sensor. However that would be a far more involved not to mention a much more expensive test than just installing an eliminator plug. I guess you could say that my curiosity has only been partially satisfied.
What think ye knowledgeable forum members?
I've got the same problem you have, the low RPM performance is all herky-jerky and definitely not smooth. It reminds me of how my old '74 VW ran with ethanol in the gasoline. Keep us posted on your results because I'm interested if this might be a solution to our problem. Oh, and how about a link to the one you bought?
The commute to and from work today was much more enjoyable as a result of having installed the O2 eliminator.
As far as which one I went with: I bought one of the units, from Redline Superbikes. It is the kit that included the parts for removing the O2 sensor from the exhaust.