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Better plugs?

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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?:confused:
 
tigerfan474 said:
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?:confused:
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May I ask why you hate NGK plugs?


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stetracer said:
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.
 
hjfisk said:
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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Yes this, I love my D8EA's
 
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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Steve said:
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
 
stetracer said:
His 85GS700 uses D8EA.
I use D9EA in my bikes one heat range colder
I only use NGK
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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.
 
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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Maybe the stupid plugs stripped out his threads... NGK's always worked for me.
 
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.
 
Maybe he's upset his 5/8" and 13/16" spark plug sockets that come with his socket set don't work :confused:
 
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