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Offline skidooextreme

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would you buy these points
« on: January 18, 2014, 03:08:54 PM »
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Offline BPellerine

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Re: would you buy these points
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2014, 04:29:22 PM »
they have a bad reputation for being hard to set.alot of info on the site.bill
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Offline skidooextreme

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Re: would you buy these points
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2014, 04:53:14 PM »
I have been researching but there is no good info on which ones to actually buy
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Offline neilc

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Re: would you buy these points
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2014, 05:04:14 PM »
Dont waist your money timing is hard to set if possible their are alot of threads about them.I have them for now but am going back to oem
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Re: would you buy these points
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2014, 05:21:08 PM »
Only buy TEC brand points, period.
TEC= Toyo electronics company.
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Re: would you buy these points
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2014, 07:35:39 PM »
contrary to popular belief around here they are perfectly useable.  I have been using them for years and I put more miles than most on my bike....you will have to dick around with them a lot more to get timing set and they don't last nearly as long.  I really only use them because they are cheap and conveniently available locally.   If you are not a cheap, lazy bastard, find a set of TEC points.
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Re: would you buy these points
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2014, 12:09:17 AM »
I'm surprised one model fits the 350/400 and the 500/550 alike. Is this possible?
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Offline LesterPiglet

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Re: would you buy these points
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2014, 02:25:14 AM »
Quote from: Deltarider on January 19, 2014, 12:09:17 AM
I'm surprised one model fits the 350/400 and the 500/550 alike. Is this possible?
Plus a lot of others including Suzukis.
When I owned a Kawa triple I discovered the points from some Mitsubishi car where identical. The car points were a third the price compared to Kawasaki.
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Offline skidooextreme

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Re: would you buy these points
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2014, 06:32:01 AM »
could someone show me one show me one website that would sell TEC
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Re: would you buy these points
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2014, 08:06:10 AM »
 
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I discovered the points from some Mitsubishi car where identical. The car points were a third the price compared to Kawasaki.
I discovered the same practice in marine diesels. There's a different name on the engine (Vetus, Solé, whatever), but it is often a marinized Mitsubishi and parts can be had a lot cheaper through the cardealer.
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Offline 750K

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Re: would you buy these points
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2014, 10:41:22 AM »
Quote from: skidooextreme on January 19, 2014, 06:32:01 AM
could someone show me one show me one website that would sell TEC
Your local Honda MC parts counter should be able to do that for you, when I ordereda new "Honda" points plate it was TEC which was oem.
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