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11个月前

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?

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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.
  
  There's no way around idling the bike in the morning for a couple of minutes? Seems weird to me. Pulling the choke and going easy the first couple of miles/km is the way to go, or am I wrong here?
  
  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.

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