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    Quote Originally Posted by Nobbsie View Post
    I understand where you are coming from but there is no replacement part for the lead alone. I would have to buy the coils. my coils are fine.
    So hence looking for cable.
    The only thing i can find online is people doing the same just replacing the cable
    Some coils do not lend themselves to just replacing the leads.

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    Just Fairings in Hamilton are wrecking one. Idd buy a complete second hand set. Ebay has a few places selling also. Bandit 400 coils will be the same I would say also but you would need confirm that.

    I would guess the factory HT lead is not the same size as you could purchase off the role and you will never get a good connection at the coil end if this is the case.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mossy1200 View Post
    I would guess the factory HT lead is not the same size as you could purchase off the role and you will never get a good connection at the coil end if this is the case.
    Exactly - the coil is configured to work with a certain type of lead. Plus is unlikely to be waterproof anymore.

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    Be cheaper just to replace the bike, especially since your inexperience of things mechanical/electrical is shining so bright...

    Failing that, stick to replacing bits as a set on your current bike, either from Ebay/a wrecker/aftermarket supplier if you can't find a new version.

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    Found some for any future readers of this:
    http://www.bikerbargains.co.nz/index...roducts_id=711

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    it's just electricity, Suzuki doesn't have special electricity. if Suzuki has copper core leads then you have the right thing, if suzuki used suppressor cable then that's what you should probably use, just go to repco or super cheap and buy a car spark lead and chop it up, plug ends and joiners just screw on, if you are desperate to waterproof the join put some silicone grease in it
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    I had the GSX400X Impulse, replaced 2x HT wires from an automotive electrician. I provided the sparkplug end caps and that was it. Worked well and was the perfect length, cheap too.

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    Strange things 400 suzukis. People seem to love to put car type cable on them. Then a while later have some mysterious misfire. Seen about 3 instances on Impulses & GSXR400s

    Back to copper & fault free. As they said on that site the OP found some, good old fashion copper is what the small coils can cope with. They can almost cope with carbon leads.
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    Hey Dave
    how reliable would you recon those old coils are do people upgrade them to newer ones?
    Or is there not much point because they do the job?
    Cheers

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    Like all the electrical parts on an 80s-90s Suzuki; barely adequate. If you can keep the regulator system in check I'd be happy. But everything is 20 years old. I'd keep the std parts as long as possible.
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