Who kicks a sparkplug??
Who kicks a sparkplug??
What a way to start the day. Had a spare, so it added a few minutes to my morning. Carefully cleaned the dust from around the plug, swapped, started and rode.
NBD, but what the fuck?
Lucky you had a spare. There's assholes everywhere, unfortunately
The weird part is, the rest of the plug is missing from the connector... Maybe a homeless dude wanted it for breaking windows?
Bike's got a stock exhaust, hopefully it's not a pissed neighbor from having to warm her up for a couple of minutes in the morning.
Not that it in any way justifies vandalism, but a guy who lived around the corner from my gf decided to park his bike right across the street from her place for a year or so and him starting up and idling like that, just outside the window, at around 6am every day...
...well...like I said, it doesn't justify vandalism at all, but I can at least see why someone may feel that way.
Bike's got a stock exhaust, hopefully it's not a pissed neighbor from having to warm her up for a couple of minutes in the morning.
Stock exhaust on a two-banger being a problem? Unlikely, if it was built this century. Thanks for not being one of those attention-seeking bikers that give the rest of us a bad name.
ETA: I see it's an 80s GS. Shouldn't be very loud.
Yeah most likely taken for the ceramic. The ceramic at the top of a spark plug is commonly used to break into cars, as a small piece can shatter a window easily.
The rumor I’ve heard is that if they break just right you can smoke certain substances out of them. No idea if it’s actually true.
I've also heard people use them to break car windows. Same principle as a glass breaker, but you can hide it more easily, and if the cops find it you can always lie that you're going to a shop to buy a replacement.
That's it. I have a friend that worked in a bike shop, they called it a 'Crack Attack'. His shop specialized in airhead BMW repairs, the spark plugs are easily accessible on those. Usually some of the cooling fins ended up broken.