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On 2005-05-31 01:34, AndyA wrote:
Thanks Jim, I'm pretty sure the choke is fully off but I will double check.
By the way, which spark plugs should I be using in my 02 1200 Trophy, the Haynes manual suggests NGK/DPR9EA-9 but online they show as NGK/.DPR8EA-9.
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Andy,
The NGK/.DPR8EA-9's are what is recommended in the factory service manual, but if you look in your owners manual, it list the NGK/DPR9EA-9 as the plug to use. I am trying to remember if I just heard it at the dealership or read it somewhere, I was thinking my first service manual I bought in 1996, but they referred to the 8's as the winter plugs, and the 9's as the summer plugs. The 8's run a little hotter than the 9's. For NGK plugs the lower the number, the hotter the plug. I can't remember for sure, but I think they are the only plug maker that numbers that way. If I remember correctly with AC/Delco and Champion, the higher the number, the hotter the plug.
I have been running the 8's in both my bikes without a problem. They are what my dealer puts in the bikes they change them in and I didn't see any reason to change. I keep them in the Trophy for the fact that when the weather turns cold, that's the bike I ride and it doesn't get hot enough consistently around here for me to worry about running one heat range higher in plugs.
I would just check the plugs after you have some miles on them. If they look nice and clean, the carbon and other deposits are burned off, you got the right plugs.
[ This message was edited by: trophyrider00 on 2005-05-31 15:27 ]
