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To Bob Foster & others who've asked about a related subject. After 3k miles on the Collins injectors, you literally can't tell the plugs apart. Very light tan, no carbon, even with the Techlusion yellow and red pots set to max (green at zero). Performance issues aside, the bike is dramatically smoother, almost zero vibration in the 4k to 5k rpm range. Not doing an advert, just feel the money was well spent.
Also, Roger mentioned hydrogen embrittlement a while back after I had some fasteners chrome plated. It's indeed a serious issue and also interesting topic. In my case, it turned out that the plating (done by a friend at an aircraft shop here) was flash-chromed only, heat-treated immediately and x-rayed in a batch with some other parts. Apparently, the hydrogen can cause minute initial cracks that will potentially cause an unpredictable, catastrophic failure. Especially not good in aircraft.
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