I have read a number of times on differant forums about the engine being rotated to remove the front spark plug, this is also the described method in the manual.

It is not neccessary, i replaced mine today in about half an hour

Remove air box cover and all of the enclosure, remove the intake snorkel, this gives you just enough room to remove the front coil and gain access to the spark plug.

See video, all of 1 minute to remove the coil sorry about poor quality but it's all i had at the time, and i was on my own.

Just click the large image.






I hope this helps a few of you save some cash and time.

Unable to play video? Is it me

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08 Specialized Langster

Ha! Brilliant!
How refreshing to hear something good about the 1125r maintenance
Cheers for posting

Would do, but nobody looks at it, thinking about migrating everything from there into the Tech Section. Best to let people use the search engine I think.

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08 Specialized Langster

Whats the sandpit ? obviously i'm missing something

The 'sandpit' is the Tech Section. It's run by Pash

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Ooops..........you're quite correct Squire

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If your dreams don't scare you, they are not big enough.

Avalaugh - well done mate

does the man know about this?

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jesus wants me for a sunbeam! I think?

I find it hard to beleive that the dealers have not tried such a method ? It does put a bit of stress on the rubber end of the coil pack and i suppose that in time when it gets more brittle there would be a chance of it ripping and therefore be a extra cost/charge to the dealer or customer ?

But even so, the time saved over the many that wont tear, or possibly never has to be a huge saving.

I have heard that the water pump is also replaceable without removing the headers, therefore not needing to rotate the engine too If my leak gets worse, which it will i shall video this too when i get round to doing it.