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Spark plug wire caps color?
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on August 13, 2024, 07:22:11 PM ---Blimey almost £30.00 for a cap design that seemed to be prone to cause misfires - unless it's been re-designed inside.
What price originality!
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I sold 4 sets for £120/set ... went in no time off eBay. Wish I had more .. they were genuine Nippon Denso though. There is an aftermarket version for the 750's
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I guess that's supply & demand for originality.
My brother sold a pair of boxed 1950's style Dunlop Rubber Bike Pedals a few years ago on ebay to a buyer in the Far East for daft money.
TrickyMicky:
Oh c'mon. Those metal covers were the work of the Devil, any hint of dampness and you had your own personal light show between your legs.. Are people REALLY paying mega-bucks for bits that we could not wait to throw away??? Maybe I should have kept my 1971 sensitol lubricated Yokohama tyres, they loved the wet as much as the plug caps.
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: TrickyMicky on August 13, 2024, 11:22:13 PM ---Oh c'mon. Those metal covers were the work of the Devil, any hint of dampness and you had your own personal light show between your legs.. Are people REALLY paying mega-bucks for bits that we could not wait to throw away??? Maybe I should have kept my 1971 sensitol lubricated Yokohama tyres, they loved the wet as much as the plug caps.
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Yes but have you ever considered the technicalities of why they were considered crap? I am going to specially mould something in silicone which can be fitted to the original plugs in place of the effort ND did and I reckon they will be fine.
Mikep328:
" Are people REALLY paying mega-bucks for bits that we could not wait to throw away??? "
Yeah, it seems strange but it's true of just about everything in the "old vehicle" world - cars or motos. A friend who bought a '71 CB750 paid 3000 USD for a four into four exhaust system for it so it looked like it originally did. BUT back in the day we immediately removed those 4/4s and installed a 4 into 1 exhaust! Same is true of car mods - tossed OEM manifolds/exhauts/cams/air cleaners, etc in the trash and fitted aftermarket. Now everyone wants them original! Go figure... ;)
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