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Here I am, on the home stretch of finally shrink-wrapping my nearly-completed '64 CH motor when I take the newly-purchased Blue-Streak spark plug wires out of the box. I did not look very closely at them after receiving them from Tedd about a year ago. At that time I did note that they are very well-made silicon-neporene wires with very nicely moded ends. They have a copper conductor and the simply-molded 90 degree bend at the spark plug end makes these wires look close enough to 1964 to suit my needs. All is well - so far.
Now I go to install them yesterday and they are a mile too long! The box is clearly marked for an early (magneto) Sportster, but the length is way off. If I want to use these wires, I now have to cut them and install new magneto plug ends, thus breaking the vert nicely molded ends on the mag side.
I don't fault Ted with this, as Blue Streak is a large, reputable company and V-Twin does well by carrying their products. They have the right to expect that the product that they receive from such a Company is of the highest quality (which it certainly is) and of proper fitment (which is is not). But what the F$*& !! These are not cheap wires and one would think that something as simple as the correct linear mesurement for sparkplug wires that were the same length from 1958 through 1969 would be a very simple thing to check, and which would have yielded less material cost to the manufacturer and a lot less disappointment to the customer. Do you all sense the many years of frustration in my voice?
Teddy - I'm certainly not a V-Twin basher. You're a professional friend and I love and respect you. But if you're reading this, I hope that you pass this aggrivation onto Blue Streak - this is simply dumb...
Bill Pedalino
Now I go to install them yesterday and they are a mile too long! The box is clearly marked for an early (magneto) Sportster, but the length is way off. If I want to use these wires, I now have to cut them and install new magneto plug ends, thus breaking the vert nicely molded ends on the mag side.
I don't fault Ted with this, as Blue Streak is a large, reputable company and V-Twin does well by carrying their products. They have the right to expect that the product that they receive from such a Company is of the highest quality (which it certainly is) and of proper fitment (which is is not). But what the F$*& !! These are not cheap wires and one would think that something as simple as the correct linear mesurement for sparkplug wires that were the same length from 1958 through 1969 would be a very simple thing to check, and which would have yielded less material cost to the manufacturer and a lot less disappointment to the customer. Do you all sense the many years of frustration in my voice?
Teddy - I'm certainly not a V-Twin basher. You're a professional friend and I love and respect you. But if you're reading this, I hope that you pass this aggrivation onto Blue Streak - this is simply dumb...
Bill Pedalino
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