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HELP! 1971 HT-1B Recommended Spark Plug
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HELP! I need new spark plugs for my 1971 HT-1B restoration. I have reviewed the spark plug reference in the Tech library (didn't find the HT-1B on the list), looked thru the owners, factory service and technical manuals and searched online, but every resource suggests a different NGK plug. So, I'm here to ask the experts. After all, no one knows better than the members here who own an HT-1. What NGK plugs are designed and recommended for the HT-1B? I've seen B8HS, B8HCS, BR8HS, B7HZS, among a couple others. Any guidance is appreciated. Thanks!
19 Jan 2021 14:50
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Going by Partzilla it shows B8H which i'd call B8HS. They're in a pretty low state of tune so around town i'd just run a B7HS but if ya going balls out on the highway & the motor is well cleaned out then i'd run a B9HS. I know that's confusing but spark plugs are confusing & only you know how hard you're going to push it. Miss my little HT1. No15 below.
www.partzilla.com/catalog/yamaha/motorcycle/1970/ht1/electrical
www.partzilla.com/catalog/yamaha/motorcycle/1970/ht1/electrical
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RT325, thanks for your recommendation. The bike will be ridden around my subdivision and not ridden too very hard, so perhaps the B8HS (or BR8HS) would suffice. I figure that plug might be an all-around, "middle of the road" for normal riding. Can you (or anyone here) tell me what Yamaha recommended back in the day?
19 Jan 2021 15:09
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Tech library has a PDF of the owners manual. Lots of details and this paragraph lists stock number and some options for different conditions.
288501A
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19 Jan 2021 15:49
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Some of those original numbers are obsolete and superseded
Normal riding would be B8HS
Low speed riding B7HS
High speed, hard riding/racing B9HS
Normal riding would be B8HS
Low speed riding B7HS
High speed, hard riding/racing B9HS
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19 Jan 2021 16:04
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Thank you all for the help!
20 Jan 2021 15:23
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