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Old May 16, 2014 | 05:08 PM
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Everytime I install new plugs I put the old ones in my tool kit. Cheap insurance.
 
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Old May 16, 2014 | 06:19 PM
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Not since the Shovelhead days !
 
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Old May 17, 2014 | 01:01 AM
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On my shovelheads and my softail I carry extra plugs and points (no points for the softail) and even on my roadking I still blip the throttle leaving a stop light... My pops always told me to keep spare plugs and points. I never listed until I was stuck one day and had to walk..... Never again....
 
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Old May 17, 2014 | 03:07 AM
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They are small so I carry the previous set (they worked before) in the bags. I might never need them but maybe someone else on the road might.
 
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Old May 17, 2014 | 03:41 AM
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I don't carry spare parts. Too many "what ifs", not enough room in my saddlebags.
 
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Old May 17, 2014 | 03:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Pappy1
Nope............I just install a new Set each Riding season.....
This is what I do.
 
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Old May 17, 2014 | 09:46 AM
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I do.
Always remember a riding buddy that had an old Kawasaki police bike with issues.
The plugs would become oil fouled and not start..a change of plugs and it would go.
 
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Old May 17, 2014 | 09:48 AM
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Spare plugs? No.

Spare kickstand spring? Yep. I was glad I had one, once. And two stranded riders were glad I had one, twice.
 
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Old May 17, 2014 | 12:22 PM
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Carried them on my 2 stroke bikes and snowmobiles... and carried for years on Harleys.

NEEDED them more than once on the 2 strokes.

Never needed them on my Harleys, so I quit carrying them. They aren't proprietary plugs, and any smart phone can look up a cross reference, just about any auto parts store will have one that will work in a pinch.

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Not since 1975 when I got rid of my Suzuki T500 2-stroke twin
I had a 1970 'Zuki T500III.
 
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Old May 17, 2014 | 05:00 PM
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Not since my panhead days
 
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