100K Plugs

[Rio Wil]

I can't believe this plug has 100K miles.....changed them out of guilt and the damn bike didn't even appreciate it (meaning no change in idle quality or performance)... .  I have never seen any thing so easy on plugs!

[PharmBoy]

I am surprised that the electrodes don't show more wear.  The mixture on that one looks good.  Are they all alike?...JTL   

[Patrick]

Sparkler replacement today has become highly overrated.. I think Honda recommends replacement at 8K miles,, thats nutz.. Heck, give those plugs a whack[technical term] to close up the gap and it looks like they'll go another 100K...

[98valk]

I can't believe this plug has 100K miles.....changed them out of guilt and the damn bike didn't even appreciate it (meaning no change in idle quality or performance)... .  I have never seen any thing so easy on plugs!

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy111/wncbridges/DSC07235.jpg

what u need to check also is the condition of the resistor in the plug. An Ohm reading of a new plug verses a used plug is what needs to be known. Resistors can start having high resisitance meaning a bad plug even though the electrodes look good. And yes different plug brands have different resistance when new.

[alph]

I'm not shocked.

Changed my plugs that had 55k on them, looked just as good as the new ones.  Felt guilty on throwing 'em out! (waste not, want not you know!)

I bought some high performance platinum plugs for $8 each, thinking the fat girl needed 'em.  Didn't notice any difference!  I'll probably never do that again!

[Farther]

I did the same thing but with iridium plugs.  I got the same results.

[PharmBoy]

I bought the iridium plugs also.  It seems to start a lot better, but I wouldn't give the new plugs much of the credit since I did a lot of other stuff at the same time...JTL

[Hoser]

I can't believe this plug has 100K miles.....changed them out of guilt and the damn bike didn't even appreciate it (meaning no change in idle quality or performance)... .  I have never seen any thing so easy on plugs!

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy111/wncbridges/DSC07235.jpg

I can believe it. I'm on my 3rd set at 60k, and they all looked new when I changed them.  Hoser 

[Rio Wil]

All 6 of the plugs look like the one in the picture color wise and the gaps were .034-.035 on all six.  Like I said, it was guilt that made me change them.  I am kinda getting ready for a trip to AK in July, am ordering a final drive from Pinwall cause I let my splines get away from me on a trip to Deals Gap and ground up about 40% of the splines width.  It s gonna be cool to drive up north of Fairbanks and take a picture at the arctic circle.....must be a sign there like in the Rockies with the continental divide. 

[PharmBoy]

I think that I would just crank up the magnification on the camera to max and take the picture from somewhere down in Canada....JTL   

[Rio Wil]

The pic in my previous post was taken with the plug laying on my mouse pad....the test is, can you world travelers identify what the image on the pad is...?

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy111/wncbridges/DSC07235.jpg

[Bob E.]

The pic in my previous post was taken with the plug laying on my mouse pad....the test is, can you world travelers identify what the image on the pad is...?

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy111/wncbridges/DSC07235.jpg

A subway/train station map??

[HayHauler]

The pic in my previous post was taken with the plug laying on my mouse pad....the test is, can you world travelers identify what the image on the pad is...?

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy111/wncbridges/DSC07235.jpg

Wunderground?

Hay 
Jimmyt

[Gryphon Rider]

I'm gonna guess it's a map of the London subway system.

[Rio Wil]

Hey G.R., ya got it.  London is probably our favorite city, been there half dozen times and love to just bum around.

[Ronnie Reeves]

I change my plugs on my Valks. & Wings ever 100k just for fun of looking at them and the ones that come out look as good as the ones going in.

[gordonv]

I agree with all your finds, that plugs last longer than the specified interval. But I do hope you all are checking the gaps, and sharpening them up with a file at the specified interval?

I've done the same with my cars. Take them out, and give them a quick file, gape and then re-install. I haven't had to do my bikes yet, but my ACE Tourer, which I've put 10K Km on last year (7K miles), and found my starting problems was a low battery, not the plugs.