Handle bar engine kill switch or ignition key switch to stop bike?
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From: The Older Gentleman on 19 Oct 2009 15:40 Dave Emerson <Dave_dot_Emerson(a)LineOne.net> wrote: > "The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1j7ukye.fis2e319b9ijjN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk... > > <gummymonkey(a)madeup.com> wrote: > > > >> I have been told that my Triumph Bonneville has been eating ignition > >> coils > >> every 1500 miles, because I have been using the engine cut out switch, > >> that > >> is on the handle bars to much. > > > > You've been told wrong. > > When kill switches were first introduced, some SOB's had the switch wired > across the points; no points opening meant no spark and the engine would > die. Great for batteryless ignitions but for the rest the trouble was that > the coils were then earthed with the ignition still powered-up, which > resulted in cooked coils. > > This only applied to v small selection of models in the late '70s - early > 80's and couldn't apply to a bike with CDI or ECU. > > It's funny how these things get written into bike folklore. Thanks for that: I wasn't aware. -- BMW K1100LT & K100RS Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER (currently Beaving) Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Pip Luscher on 19 Oct 2009 17:17 On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:38:20 +0100, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot" <eastREMOVEkent(a)gmail.com> wrote: >gummymonkey(a)madeup.com wrote: >> >> Has anyone any suggestion why my 05 Bonneville has this appetite for >> ignition coils. Indecently its also on the 3rd crankshaft pick up, >> this one is a rewind done by west country windings out of better >> insulated wire, so seems to be lasting a bit longer. >> This started just out of warrantee 4.500 miles. >> Using the Gill stuff is like feeding strawberries to a donkey! > >Bad earth(s), alternator overcharging/dodgy voltage regulator, leaking HT >leads/plug caps, plug gaps too big (unlikely but I'm out of ideas now). Yeah, bad electrics was my first guess. And believe me, having picked up one slightly foxed[1] Guzzi V11 Sport last weekend and spent a morning getting it to start reliably, I know about these things. [1] not just foxed, but badgered, beared and gorilla'd too. -- -Pip
From: malc on 19 Oct 2009 17:48 Pip Luscher wrote: > > [1] not just foxed, but badgered, beared and gorilla'd too. The whole woodland alliance? -- Malc Rusted and ropy. Dog-eared old copy. Vintage and classic, or just plain Jurassic: all words to describe me.
From: wessie on 19 Oct 2009 18:37 Champ <neal(a)champ.org.uk> wrote in news:a5qpd5hm31ekggjehi0294kgpakkrg0p1q@ 4ax.com: >>Or was it all my Hondas? ICBA to check now. > > Yes, 70s (and maybe 80s) Hondas used to do it. Unknown to me, my 93 Honda Dominator did it. I must've knocked it off when washing the bike. Took a while to discover why the bike wouldn't start... -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: gummymonkey on 20 Oct 2009 03:32
thanks for the suggestions. I'll go have have a look at the Triumph forums the other chap mentioned. I had loads of trouble with my 1976 T140, and bought that new, I was warned not to buy this new stile bonneville, but I knew best.... I wan't another Guzzi now I would like a bit of a ride out next summer!!! I have a Honda 90 step through 70k on clock and its never, no not ever, let me down.... |