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14-07-10, 11:52 AM
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Coils; Curvy/Pointy.
Flicking through the August 2010 issue of Performance Bikes I notice that they have a 1999 SV650 track bike of sorts. The writer is doing some mods to the engine and the steering and listing what he'd sourced from eBay, but what got me was:
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14-07-10, 11:55 AM
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Re: Coils
You know how well informed performing idiots normally are
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Re: Coils
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27-12-11, 11:10 AM
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Re: Coils; Curvy/Pointy.
Think I've got a coil breaking down so I assume this mean I can fit a pointy coil on my curvy.
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27-12-11, 11:11 AM
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Re: Coils; Curvy/Pointy.
I think hole centers might be different.
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27-12-11, 11:23 AM
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Re: Coils; Curvy/Pointy.
So for complete ease of changing I should stick to a curvy ones then as I'm lazy.
Thanks Chris.
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28-12-11, 08:59 AM
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Re: Coils; Curvy/Pointy.
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Never heard of problem with them. |
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28-12-11, 03:21 PM
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Re: Coils; Curvy/Pointy.
I have had one go bad on pointy, think it was Owenski on here.
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30-12-11, 10:26 AM
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Re: Coils; Curvy/Pointy.
Are the curvy coils more prone to failure?
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30-12-11, 12:10 PM
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Re: Coils; Curvy/Pointy.
No they are pretty good.
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