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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 06:42 PM
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I was thinking red or yellow plug wires for my black denim lo and wanted some opinions on what would look better. There's a bit of red in the emblem on the tank so I was leaning that way but not sure.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 06:45 PM
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I inquired about red wires the other day at the dealer so that is the color I tend to lean toward.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:11 PM
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I vote for red as there is already a little red on the bike. Yellow seems a little out of place. Or you could do steel braided. That would like nice as well.

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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 08:14 PM
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red wires make you go faster, trust me, that is what I went with...
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 08:17 PM
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Be a rebel and go with black ones. Everyone is blacking everything out these days. Why not black out the plug wires too.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 08:23 PM
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red would look sleek and yellow would look out of place
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 08:28 PM
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I've never swapped plug wires out for looks only, but for performance. They look much better if invisible imo.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 08:43 PM
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Black looks best!
 
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I went with black because that's what the dealer had on the shelf. They looked pretty good and actually have some color (white/orange) because of the screaming eagle logos on them. Just the fact that they were fatter made them look better to me.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 09:27 PM
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I'd say go with Red wires. You can't go wrong with Red & Black, as in GEORGIA BULLDOGS!!

I put the Orange fat Screamin Eagle wires on my Heritage as it has an Orange pinstripe on the tank and fenders.
 
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