Thank you Honda

derf · 03-12-2009, 07:04 PM

I would like to thank the engineer of my bike for making it so tight that I had to spend 3 hours taking it apart to change 4 spark plugs. Thank you Mr Nagimasho.

JoshuaTree · 03-12-2009, 07:09 PM

It only takes me about 4-5 minutes to change my sparkplugs (3), and that's because I use a torque wrench to tighten them and verify the factory-set gap.

zed · 03-12-2009, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by derf

I would like to thank the engineer of my bike for making it so tight that I had to spend 3 hours taking it apart to change 4 spark plugs. Thank you Mr Nagimasho.

have always said that if the engineers had to work on the stuff they design things would be a lot easier from then on.

Frostz28 · 03-12-2009, 07:35 PM

well don't feel bad the guy who designed my gix didn't do much better. Ive spent many nights making up new curse words while trying to perform the simplest tasks on my bike. However once its all said and done we need to take a step back and realize that if it wasn't so tightly packed and complicated they probably wouldn't be able to pack as much power into such a small package. So just go out and twist that throttle all the way and suddenly all the frustration will be gone and you will be saying "Im sorry I ever doubted you Mr. Nagimasho"

Cutty72 · 03-12-2009, 08:00 PM

Did you have to move the engine? They tell me I do on mine, haven't tried yet.

Trip · 03-12-2009, 08:01 PM

honda is really good about making what should be easy things into really complicated things.

Dave · 03-12-2009, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

honda is really good about making what should be easy things into really complicated things.

try installing headers on an NSX. eighteen hour job. ask me how i know :P

fatburg · 03-12-2009, 09:43 PM

the FZ6 is about as fun

JoJoYZF · 03-12-2009, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave

try installing headers on an NSX. eighteen hour job. ask me how i know :P

You have to pull the engine to do it or just 18 hours of fighting with it?

Dave · 03-12-2009, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by JoJoYZF

You have to pull the engine to do it or just 18 hours of fighting with it?

just about, subframe has to come out to include the front motor mount. major pain in the ass trying to unbolt the mount around the frame. and then when you go to put it back together the studs have spread out from the car's weight and you have to do your samson impression to pull the chassis back together enough to get the frame back in

03-12-2009, 07:04 PM	#1
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	Thank you Honda I would like to thank the engineer of my bike for making it so tight that I had to spend 3 hours taking it apart to change 4 spark plugs. Thank you Mr Nagimasho. __________________

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JoshuaTree DILLIGAF? Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin, Texas, USA, Earth, Sol, Western Spiral Arm, Milky Way Moto: 1993 K75SA Posts: 483	It only takes me about 4-5 minutes to change my sparkplugs (3), and that's because I use a torque wrench to tighten them and verify the factory-set gap. __________________ "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" "Learn to do the counter-intuitive things that may one day save your ass..." "... Love Much, Laugh Often..." - Amanda Kay Corso (January 18, 1980 - April 15, 2008)

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Frostz28 Redneck Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Dixon, IL Moto: 2005 GSXR 750 Posts: 138	well don't feel bad the guy who designed my gix didn't do much better. Ive spent many nights making up new curse words while trying to perform the simplest tasks on my bike. However once its all said and done we need to take a step back and realize that if it wasn't so tightly packed and complicated they probably wouldn't be able to pack as much power into such a small package. So just go out and twist that throttle all the way and suddenly all the frustration will be gone and you will be saying "Im sorry I ever doubted you Mr. Nagimasho" __________________ "I refuse to tip toe carefully through life, simply to arrive safely at death" "Guys like me drink to many beers on Friday after work, our best blue jeans have skoal rings, we wear our boots to church"

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fatburg Grill Master Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kansas City, MO Moto: Yamaha FZ6 Posts: 960	the FZ6 is about as fun __________________ Live not for the experience's of days past, but for those yet to come.