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sdfilbeck
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26 Posts
Mount Clemens, Michigan
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 Posted - 08/13/2004 : 11:38 AM
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My question is in regard to initial maintenance and life of spark plugs. In particular, after the first 600 to 1000 miles on a bike, would you recommend the dealer do initial maintenance: ie, oil change, throttle/ carb adjustments.
Also, what is the typical life of spark plugs (in miles)on a motorcycle.
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Ben
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28 Posts
San Jose, CA
USA
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Posted - 08/14/2004 : 11:39 PM
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You may want to have the dealer do the inital wrenching on the bike - might be a condition of warranty. But whether or not the dealer does it, it SHOULD be done on a brand new bike. All those parts are wearing in and you want to make sure there's nothing catastrophic going on in there.
As for spark plug life - depends on the bike. For a two stroke: as long as the bike feels like letting you use the plugs (could be 10 years, could be 10 seconds). Four stroke: I haven't found the limit. I've run them for as long as 10k miles, and they still look/run fine. For a Harley: see "two stroke"...  |
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BDRONAGOLDWING
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5 Posts
PINE BLUFF, AR
USA
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Posted - 05/14/2005 : 2:36 PM
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| I have a '91 Goldwing and the manual recommends changing the sparkplugs every 4000 miles and the oil every 8000 miles, while this is the strangest thing I have ever heard of I go ahead and change the plugs and the oil every 4000 miles cause I can't let myself run oil that long. |
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