Mikesxs Black Coils only 11,500 km's

[ManitoulinLad]

Just thought I'd let everyone know. I bought these part# 17-6803 xs performance coils around $35/each. Well they both only lasted 11,500 km's. I kinda heard about them not lasting too long but got them anyways. Well it's true.To make a long story short - thx to Tinman905 lending me his working coils (& his mind on phone) Yeah, now I know how to run a multi-meter. Thx to his patience hehe. That takes me now to the height of my mechancial savy. Now I'm electro man - all wires beware. On my way to work the bike just shut down like someone pulled the plug & then no go. Well I ordered green Dyna coils today from Z1 Enterprises with yellow 7mm wires, boots & a crimp tool. Should get them next week. Then back in saddle. Just a heads up for anyone out there looking to by some new coils. - Dan

[cywelchjr]

I'm doing a survey on how the installation was done on those, did you use crimp connectors or did you solder the wires to the terminals of the coils (the primary wires I'm speaking of here).

[MrOzz]

Yep I had the same issue with the mikesxs ones. I went to the dyna coils also. I feel they are much better.

cywelchjr - I just crimped mine. They hold up with no issues.

Ozz

[ManitoulinLad]

For your survey

I had them crimped & sealed with shrink tube - Dan

[James England]

I believe Dyna coils are better. I thought the Mike'sXS coils looked cheap and anonymous, to be honest. The Dyna coils look to be a much better engineered, own-brand coil. Mine have run fine for several months now. (3 ohm green coils)

[cywelchjr]

Yeah, I think I'm going to check with my local shop and see if he can order them for me. I'm moving to a system of spending a little more to support my local shop, I want the guy to stay in business. He's like 6 blocks from my house and has always given me good service on the things he can do for me. He knows I do my own wrenching, he only comment on that was, as long as you have a good torque wrench and know how to use it.

He's got a really cool battery and charging system monitoring system for about $50 that looks like a really nice fit for the standard gauge set. It's square and all, although it's digital. It's hot during cranking and all so it monitors both cranking voltage and charging voltage so that it keeps track of battery condition and is supposed to warn you of impending battery failure. Next time I go over there I'll get some pictures of it, I'm thinking about getting and installing one myself.