BUT YOU DON’T EVER NEED TO REPLACE THE SPARK PLUG WIRES ON ASIAN BIKES, UNLESS THEY ARE BROKEN OR BADLY CORRODED. (HARLEYS AND THE ODD EURO BIKE ARE EXCEPTED BECAUSE, LIKE CARS, THEY HAVE RESISTIVE WIRES, NOT CAPS.) YOU SHOULD HOWEVER UNSCREW THE SPARK PLUG CAPS OCCASIONALLY AND DO TWO THINGS. FIRST, RESISTANCE-TEST THE CAPS. PRE-1990 SYSTEMS SHOULD GENERALLY OHM UNDER 5K WHILE A FEW OF THE LATER ONES WILL BE 15K. CHECK THE MANUAL. SECOND, OCCASIONALLY TRIM A LITTLE OF THE SPARK PLUG WIRE OFF THE END SO THAT THE CAP HAS FRESH SURFACE TO BITE ON WHEN REINSTALLED. IF YOU DO REPLACE THE WIRES DUE TO THEIR BEING TOO SHORT OR BECAUSE OF BREAKAGE, BE CAREFUL. IT HAS BECOME VERY DIFFICULT IN RECENT YEARS TO FIND GOOD SPARK PLUG WIRE. MOST OF THE WIRE SETS SOLD FOR BIKES ARE SIMPLY REPACKAGED AUTO WIRE KITS, CONTAINING AUTOMOTIVE TYPE SUPPRESSIVE WIRE. THE STUFF IS JUNK, NO MATTER HOW NICELY COLORED, BECAUSE IT IS MADE OF NON-WIRE MATERIAL. YOU ALSO DON’T NEED TO ADD ANY MORE RESISTANCE TO THE SYSTEM. SO KEEP THAT STUFF AWAY FROM YOUR BIKE. ASK YOUR LOCAL MOTORCYCLE SHOP TO ORDER IT OR YOU CAN FIND IT ON EBAY. YOU CAN ALSO GO TO A GOOD OLD FASHIONED AUTO PARTS STORE AND ASK FOR DELCO BRAND PACKARD 440 SPARK PLUG WIRE, WHICH IS 7MM, COPPER WIRE USED ON CARS IN THE 1950S. IT COMES ON A 100 FT. ROLL, PART NUMBER 1851208. EITHER OF THESE IS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT THE ASIAN MANUFACTURERS USED STOCK. YOU THEN ATTACH OLD-FASHIONED NON-RESISTOR AUTOMOTIVE TERMINALS AND COVERS, AND YOU’RE DONE.

>>>>ARTICLE COURTESY OF THE WRENCHBENDER.....MIKE NIXON<<<<

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