Day 9: Tan Tan - Laayoune (The Sparkplug Series)

The SH50 had a slow start this time. It is showing signs of deterioration much like the Aprilia. As a fact, the poor spark plug was full of rusty combustion residues of oil (as we are running on 2 strokes engines...), and in that moment Redreally appreciated japanese technology and engineers...



To do list for spark plug removing on scooter 1 and scooter 2.

Scooter one - Honda

1. take the dedicated iron
2. remove the spark connector
3. untwist the plug
4. brush it
5. put everything in place again

total estimated time: 1 minute

Scooter two - Aprilia

1. take the first dedicated iron
2. remove the plastic cover unscrewing two dedicated and special shaped bolts
3. remove the spark connector, taking care of the fact that the cord is really short, and u can easily broke it
4. take the dedicated iron for the spark plug, consisting of two separate tools not really "connecting" each other in the proper way
5. use the first to catch the plug and the second to twist is, but from UNDER the scooter itself as it's the only way to have more than 5 cm to work with
6. still, use the first iron to unscrew the plug when possible only by hand
7. remember to remove the first iron BEFORE the plug is completely out, otherwise all the things will be blocked by the suspension arm and u will have to reinsert the plug again
8. take care about not dropping the plug or the iron in the plastic cover under the motorbike, as u will need some kind of artistic moves to let them out, or remove the cover completely
9. try to use kind words invoking God and non halal beings.
10. brush it
11. put everything in place again

total estimated time: 20 minutes

And just remember that we needed to brush the plug 3 times a day (if lucky) on the Aprilia, and once over the whole trip on the Honda...

Bansai!!