My OZ Rapide has Norton twin coils under the mag cowl. They are mounted to the side-stand casting with a metal bracket and couple of thick O rings. The O rings are stretched over the bracket and coils to hold them in place.
On first inspection it seemed pretty hokey, but it worked fine, so I left it alone. The rubber O rings are twisted in a figure 8 so the coils are truly rubber mounted.
One small nicety is that the coils and wiring stay in place when the mag cowl is removed, no wires to get yanked on when moving the cowl aside. My other Rapide has the coil mounted to the cowl and you have to be a bit careful with that when removing or replacing the cowl.
That Norton twin point twin coil setup went on when the bike lived in Scotland in the 70s.
It's done a lot of miles since, including a decade or two in Australia with a young owner who used it as daily transport then crisscrossed OZ with it for his annual holiday.
The location doesn't seem to be a problem, Ive had it out in every kind of weather.
There is a plastic deflector piece mounted to the bottom side of the sidestand casting.
This runs back six inches or so under the engine.
At some point I recognized this piece to be part of a plastic milk jug!
Its important to change the Orings every 20 years and change the milk jug every quarter century or 100,000 miles, whichever comes first
Glen
On first inspection it seemed pretty hokey, but it worked fine, so I left it alone. The rubber O rings are twisted in a figure 8 so the coils are truly rubber mounted.
One small nicety is that the coils and wiring stay in place when the mag cowl is removed, no wires to get yanked on when moving the cowl aside. My other Rapide has the coil mounted to the cowl and you have to be a bit careful with that when removing or replacing the cowl.
That Norton twin point twin coil setup went on when the bike lived in Scotland in the 70s.
It's done a lot of miles since, including a decade or two in Australia with a young owner who used it as daily transport then crisscrossed OZ with it for his annual holiday.
The location doesn't seem to be a problem, Ive had it out in every kind of weather.
There is a plastic deflector piece mounted to the bottom side of the sidestand casting.
This runs back six inches or so under the engine.
At some point I recognized this piece to be part of a plastic milk jug!
Its important to change the Orings every 20 years and change the milk jug every quarter century or 100,000 miles, whichever comes first
Glen
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