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Old May 19, 2007 | 09:39 PM
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Does it matter what brand I use to replace the HD ones?
 
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Old May 19, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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I use these.http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
 
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Old May 19, 2007 | 10:36 PM
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I was hoping to get some for Autozone for less than $15
 
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Old May 19, 2007 | 10:36 PM
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I thought I read somewhere recently that no one else makes a spark plug in the same heat range as HD's. Havent really searched around to find anything to back this up but you might want to look into it,
 
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Old May 19, 2007 | 10:48 PM
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Using the Search button at the top of this page and entering "sparkplug" produces a number of links like this:
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Old May 20, 2007 | 02:37 AM
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no
 
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Old May 20, 2007 | 02:51 AM
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I have used NGK, no problems, right now I am trying Autolite, so far no problems, the good thing about the NGK is they are CHEAP!
 
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Old May 20, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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Just put in NGK Iridium plugs. No problems to report but she seems to start up a little quicker compared to the stock HD plugs that were in it.
 
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The HD plugs are made by Champion. I don't recall the plug #, but you can find it pretty easily on here. If OFG weighs in, I'm sure he knows if off the top of his head. It's a very common sparkplug, available most anywhere.
 
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ORIGINAL: cHarley

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