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As title says, I need wires. Is anyone aware of any other bikes that uses the same style of wire? Or possibly a cheaper alternative to replacing a wire that melted and came disconnected at the cap. I was thinking about buying universal coils as well. Also if I unplugged a wire from the coil does it no longer work? It just looks so odd, it looks like a prong just sticks into the coil of the wire.
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Last edited by Guest; 01-12-2009, 09:53 PM. -
I think any 7mm copper core wire will work. The spark plug caps screw on seperate - NGK makes some nice cap that are about $5 each.
Before you go down this road toward replacing the wires you should see if you can get the wires loose from the coils. The early GS bikes have coils with integrated wires but I think your bike has coils with replaceable wires; there is a plastic clip that holds the wire in. Take a close look and try not to break the clip.
Good luck.Ed
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1150 wires are the same.
83 750 wires are the same.
gsxr/bandit/katana oil cooled are the same(differant plug caps)
all these have same coils and wires.(possible differant lenght wires but the same exact clips)
im sure theres more...
those damn clips break (almost) all of the time when removing.
if you make your own wires stay with 7mm, any bigger and you'll just have to skin the outer layer off anyways.
factory wires are stainless and the caps have graphite centers.Comment
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Yes my bike has coils with replaceable wires. I was afriad I permanetly disabled them after pulling them out, they don't really have a connector on the end, just a clip to prevent them from coming out.Originally posted by Nessism View PostComment
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For those that need to replace their coils HT wires on the earlier model Suzukis where the wires don't just pull out of the coils to be replaced then there is a good article on the XS1100 website as follows:
Sure is better than soldering HT leads together and trying to seal against wet weather. And in my opinion better than using the kits for joining the HT leads together from the online suppliers.Comment
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They are glued into the coils but can be gotten out. After getting the old wires out you need to clean any residual glue out of the coil. When you install the new wire you can use a turn or two of electrical tape around the wire to make a snug fit in the coil. You can tape or zip tie the leads to the coils to prevent them from coming loose. You could also pick up coils off Ebay for about $30 in many cases.
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