Spark Plugs

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swindo221991
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Spark Plugs

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Hi all,

Just bought some new spark plugs for my kawasaki zxr 400L9

What should the gaps on the spark plugs be?

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.7 -.8mm ...you know, there is a free manual on here...
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...unless they are iridium, gap size is different then, dont gap them, leave them as standard
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You should always gap iridium plugs.





































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The re-gapping of fine wire spark plugs that have very small diameter platinum or iridium alloy electrodes is not recommended due to the risk of damaging the electrodes. Virtually all NGK spark plugs are set to the correct gap for the catalogue applications at the point of manufacture

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I'll just leave this here....

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Thanks for that
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