6 hours ago
Hi everyone, I'm new here but have had my 1998 FZS600 for around 5 years now. It's a lovely bike and I want to keep it running for as long as possible!
So I've got a misfire and noticed arcing from the spark plug caps/ boots. I swapped the spark plugs out a couple of years ago for NGK CR8E ones. I want to get new spark plug caps but I'm having a hard time deciding what ones I need and there's very little information on the Internet regarding them. I've seen very few sources mention getting NGK SD05F-R 8238. However looking at these, they don't look anything like the original ones on the Fazer. A different shape! Surely these will put unnecessary tension on the leads due to not having the correct angle at the top? One video I watched showed the guy putting these on and it looked like they were too short for the leads! Also I don't like the red look, so I looked up some more and found NGK SD05F 8022. I'm assuming these are the same caps as the red ones but in black?
Which leads me to my next issue .. the spark plugs I have (NGK CR8E) have a resistor in them and these NGK spark plug caps also have a resistor in them... Will this not be overkill and dampen the spark? From my understanding sometimes doubling the resistors can actually be more harmful than good. Is this the case with the fazer?
Just hoping for some advice and opinions. Thanks!
So I've got a misfire and noticed arcing from the spark plug caps/ boots. I swapped the spark plugs out a couple of years ago for NGK CR8E ones. I want to get new spark plug caps but I'm having a hard time deciding what ones I need and there's very little information on the Internet regarding them. I've seen very few sources mention getting NGK SD05F-R 8238. However looking at these, they don't look anything like the original ones on the Fazer. A different shape! Surely these will put unnecessary tension on the leads due to not having the correct angle at the top? One video I watched showed the guy putting these on and it looked like they were too short for the leads! Also I don't like the red look, so I looked up some more and found NGK SD05F 8022. I'm assuming these are the same caps as the red ones but in black?
Which leads me to my next issue .. the spark plugs I have (NGK CR8E) have a resistor in them and these NGK spark plug caps also have a resistor in them... Will this not be overkill and dampen the spark? From my understanding sometimes doubling the resistors can actually be more harmful than good. Is this the case with the fazer?
Just hoping for some advice and opinions. Thanks!