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I really, really wanted to change the spark plugs--mostly to know if I'm running lean, rich or what--but also to see if the little hesitation around 4000 might go away with new ones. So I figure out right away that my 18mm socket isn't going to work in that tiny space. I go to the discount car parts place, and their computer tells me that Champion RA6HC is the way to go for this bike. Okay, fair enough. And I get a 16mm socket at the same time just for good measure, because I don't remember that I already have two of them at home in my tool box. Wait for the engine to cool down--not quite enough (ouch). Nothing doing on the 16mm. Okay, now to the hardware store for another socket, this time a 17mm which, like Mama Bear's bed, is guaranteed to be just right. Wait for the engine to cool down. (Ouch.) Nope.
Lemme guess: I have to buy a special 17.65 mm thin-sided plug extractor from the Triumph dealer, right? And this indispensable gadget can be mine for a mere twenty-nine dollars, right?
Okay, the Haynes manual is due in the mail any day, but I'm too impatient to wait. What gives here?
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