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Old 28-06-13, 15:00
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Originally Posted by bluecoup View Post
I got caught in a shower yesterday, for 60 miles and can confirm it was fine no problems
Mine was just where the ht lead exits the coil for some reason
I did try the plug end but that was fine,
I used a silicone sealer (flexible bathroom type) as that's what I had to hand
+1. When I had the tank off my bike a while ago, I noticed the HT lead seemed, well, loose in the coil. So I did exactly as above and used marine silastic to (hopefully) seal that area. This is an old 'mod' shown to me years ago by a very experienced competitor in reliability trials, which my mate and I have applied religiously to almost every dirt bike we've owned.

Silicone has the added advantage of bracing that area where a tightish bend in the HT lead exists, such as on XT660s. There's little doubt that it's a potential issue for all of us.