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  • tigerfan474
    • Jan 2026

    #1

    Better plugs?

    I have an 85 gs700es that takes ngk d8ea plugs. I HATE these plugs. HATE. Is there any other plug that I can use in place. The empty minds at auto zone look at me like I have two heads when I ask. Can someone please help with this issue?
  • Nessism
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    • Mar 2006
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    • Torrance, CA

    #2
    Found this with a google search...http://www.sparkplug-crossreference....NSO_PN/X24ES-U
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    • Guest

      #3
      Originally posted by tigerfan474
      I have an 85 gs700es that takes ngk d8ea plugs. I HATE these plugs. HATE. Is there any other plug that I can use in place. The empty minds at auto zone look at me like I have two heads when I ask. Can someone please help with this issue?

      May I ask why you hate NGK plugs?


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      Last edited by Guest; 06-07-2014, 07:48 PM.

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      • Guest

        #4
        Originally posted by stetracer
        May I ask why you hate NGK plugs?


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        Yes what he said? Whats to hate? I have the same plugs in my 750, and have probably only changed them 3-4 times since the bike was new in 83. Have never had one foul.

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        • Killer2600

          #5
          Originally posted by hjfisk
          Yes what he said? Whats to hate? I have the same plugs in my 750, and have probably only changed them 3-4 times since the bike was new in 83. Have never had one foul.
          Yes this, I love my D8EA's

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          • Steve
            GS Whisperer
            • Jun 2005
            • 35924
            • southwest oHIo

            #6
            Some bikes take the D8EAs, others take B8ES, but this is the FIRST time I have heard of anyone saying they didn't like them.

            What's wrong with them?

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            • Guest

              #7
              Originally posted by Steve
              Some bikes take the D8EAs, others take B8ES, but this is the FIRST time I have heard of anyone saying they didn't like them.

              What's wrong with them?

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              His 85GS700 uses D8EA.
              I use D9EA in my bikes one heat range colder
              I only use NGK

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              • Guest

                #8
                Originally posted by stetracer
                His 85GS700 uses D8EA.
                I use D9EA in my bikes one heat range colder
                I only use NGK
                I'm also running plugs that are one heat range cooler than the stock plug - NGK 9ES in my case. It's what the previous owner was running.

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                • Steve
                  GS Whisperer
                  • Jun 2005
                  • 35924
                  • southwest oHIo

                  #9
                  Moving one heat range one way or the other depends a lot on your circumstances. Racing (assuming that's what "stetracer" does) can require a cooler plug. Not sure why "knotscott" would need one, but it's not that unusual.

                  However, the original poster, "tigerfan474", only said that he "hates these plugs", without saying what he hates about them. Maybe it's because they don't come in chartreuse?

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                  mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
                  hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
                  #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
                  #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
                  Family Portrait
                  Siblings and Spouses
                  Mom's first ride
                  Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
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                  • storm 64
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                    • May 2012
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                    • Youngstown,Ohio

                    #10
                    Maybe the stupid plugs stripped out his threads... NGK's always worked for me.
                    My Motorcycles:
                    22 Kawasaki Z900 RS (Candy Tone Blue)
                    22 BMW K1600GT (Probably been to a town near you)
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                    • JTGS850GL
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                      • Aug 2013
                      • 9735
                      • GA

                      #11
                      I'll bet that, for the same reasons he hates his NGK plugs, he'll hate any plug he puts in right now. My guess is he has other complications that are skewing his impression of NGK plugs.
                      http://img633.imageshack.us/img633/811/douMvs.jpg
                      1980 GS1000GT (Daily rider with a 1983 1100G engine)
                      1998 Honda ST1100 (Daily long distance rider)
                      1982 GS850GLZ (Daily rider when the weather is crap)

                      Darn, with so many daily riders it's hard to decide which one to jump on next.;)

                      JTGS850GL aka Julius

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                      • Killer2600

                        #12
                        Maybe he's upset his 5/8" and 13/16" spark plug sockets that come with his socket set don't work

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                        • Steve
                          GS Whisperer
                          • Jun 2005
                          • 35924
                          • southwest oHIo

                          #13
                          It's all pure speculation until he reports back.

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                          mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
                          hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
                          #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
                          #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
                          Family Portrait
                          Siblings and Spouses
                          Mom's first ride
                          Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
                          (Click on my username in the upper-left corner for e-mail info.)

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