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Spark Plugs
- Thread starter Bikeric
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If you change your battery to Lithium, the bike will be lighter - it will accelerate faster and you will have an easier time picking it up when you drop it. (Not if you drop it, when. Everyone is a potential ST dropper.)
Sorry, I changed this to a battery thread....
I use anti-seize on all threads, including spark plugs. Anti-seize doesn't cause a person to over tighten the plugs. The person with the wrench does. Just tighten until the gasket contacts and then give it another 1/6 turn. That's not over tightening. A torque wrench may lead to over tightening in this case, tho.
Never had a problem yet, and I have probably replaced a lot more plugs than I should have
Never had a problem yet, and I have probably replaced a lot more plugs than I should have
I'm coming into this really late but I decided the cheaper plug would be just fine...long story short the CR8EH-9 were $9.69. curious I inquired about the iridium CR8EHIX-9 $10.29. either the iridium has come way down, or the plain plugs have become rare. Needless the say, I went with the iridiums!
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Just for reference: When I bought LipSTick a few years ago, I ordered a new one ew set of NGK Iridiums but couldn't wait. So I took the 100K plugs from STick and put them in LipSTick. STick got the new ones when they arrived. LipSTick ran another 150K+ on the used plugs with no problem.
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Proof of sorts that spark plugs are often replaced to soon and for no reason. Honda recommends replacing the spark plugs every 8,000 miles for the ST1100 if I remember correctly. This is a ridiculously low interval in my opinion, and a waste of money. When the recommended oil change interval is the same as that for the spark plugs, one of them seems out of whack.