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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Ignition coils for Grosset set up
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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Gaynor" data-source="post: 11192" data-attributes="member: 4034"><p><strong>Coils for Francois' dizzie</strong></p><p></p><p>I convinced myself that my coils (a variety, mainly Kawasaki - i.e. generic Japanese - and one that Francois sent and swore by - being French this means he said "merde" and "sacre bleu" before mailing it) were failing because I'd left the ignition on, and they'd overheated. Someone told me that on modern Japanese bikes, no signal meant the coil switched itself off, and Francois's system didn't do this. This may indeed be true, but no less important, may be important, or may not be. I've never had a Sunbeam coil fail (despite it's being elclosed in a box), and have left the ignition on many, many times. </p><p>Whatever, I'd had enough faffing about with Vincent electrics, so went back to magneto, but then took all of the failed coils to my friendly local dealer to have them checked. All were perfect.</p><p>None of the above provides a "magic wand" solution to any problems you may have, but perhaps suggests that problems may not always reside in newly purchased hardware...and that enlisting me to design your wiring diagram may not be a smart move...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Gaynor, post: 11192, member: 4034"] [b]Coils for Francois' dizzie[/b] I convinced myself that my coils (a variety, mainly Kawasaki - i.e. generic Japanese - and one that Francois sent and swore by - being French this means he said "merde" and "sacre bleu" before mailing it) were failing because I'd left the ignition on, and they'd overheated. Someone told me that on modern Japanese bikes, no signal meant the coil switched itself off, and Francois's system didn't do this. This may indeed be true, but no less important, may be important, or may not be. I've never had a Sunbeam coil fail (despite it's being elclosed in a box), and have left the ignition on many, many times. Whatever, I'd had enough faffing about with Vincent electrics, so went back to magneto, but then took all of the failed coils to my friendly local dealer to have them checked. All were perfect. None of the above provides a "magic wand" solution to any problems you may have, but perhaps suggests that problems may not always reside in newly purchased hardware...and that enlisting me to design your wiring diagram may not be a smart move... [/QUOTE]
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