750 Twin Sparking Issue

sfcpiet said:
Rare as hens' teeth...
Try Wolfgang, he's an avid collector of that sort of junk stuff. :D

piet
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Is that for real - or are youz having us on??!!  :o  Don't MAKE them any more  :o :o :o Surely any VeeDub joint can supply. there's nothin' fancy about them - having said that I ditched mine in the late 70s and have had an ND magnet/pickup and black box from a GS Suzuki ever since (with the centrifugal advance still active). Never missed a beat.
 
Piranha Brother 2 said:
Is that for real - or are youz having us on??!!  :o  Don't MAKE them any more  :o :o :o Surely any VeeDub joint can supply. there's nothin' fancy about them - having said that I ditched mine in the late 70s and have had an ND magnet/pickup and black box from a GS Suzuki ever since (with the centrifugal advance still active). Never missed a beat.
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If I wos having youz on, then why do they cost almost ?60(!) each at the A.W. Emporium?  Certainly not Veedub bits that can be found laying the gutter...

Laverda proved a good hand at choosing them from the trillions of types available from Bosch at the time. :D

piet
 
Perhaps they don?t make them any more but I bought this one couple of years ago for just a few crowns from a car joint here in Norway where nothing is available. I can?t remember the microfarad rating but car ones are/were the same anyway. Drilled a hole to mount it and job done. I have had a condenser fail out of the blue whilst riding twice and had one which caused a high rev misfire. Glad he sorted it to simply crappy points surface before he bought new coils or a new ignition system.
 

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Lee,

The condensers are no great problem, correct, just about any out of an old jalopy will do nicely.  It's the points that are the problem, similar to VW, but not exactly the same.  Reckon other points can be adapted, but may be well out of the scope of many.

piet
 
  I mounted my condensers remotely when I had to use a points plate without them- almost any ones will do. - Regards - Phil
 

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Out of interest what do people think of the Zundung electronic ignition?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LAVERDA-750-GT-S-SF1-3-Zundung-ignition-/281799600024?hash=item419c90a798:g:97cAAMXQ~TlRl0fd
 
Won't be any better or worse than its competitors.  Considering it offers only one ignition advance curve, I find it a bit pricey compared with a DMC II for instance.  Says the type of bike/engine is required upon ordering (to program the box correctly?).  Definitely not a fan of chocolate-block connectors on motor vehicles of any kind... ::)

Fitted a fair few of his regulators, these work very well on the 750s.

BTW Shaun, "Z?ndung" is simply the german term for ignition.  "Kleiber" is the brand name.

piet
 
Thanks Guys for all of your help. Well I caught up with a good friend of mine who is an auto electrician and he gave me some part numbers for points that should fit as they are very close in shape and design and he is happy to modify if needed.

That aside I now have her up and running better than ever, already for the ride up to Walcha for the Walcha challenge that is an annual event that the Taree Club runs. It is going to be warm, 34+ over Friday and Saturday. It is based as team event in pairs with potential mechanical issues ensuring you have the correct tooling to repair if necessary, also comes in is the age of bikes and riders and coverage of distance. Usually a lot of fun.

Cheers

Brett
 
Brett,

are you going via Gloucester and Thunderbolts Way? Very nice piece of road if the trucks haven't destroyed the surface.

bazzee
 
Hi Baz,

Well it was a warm ride on Friday up the Oxley, we stopped at Long Flat and met up with some from Kempsey and Taree and on to Gingers Creek for a cold drink.

Then when I went to leave she wouldn't start, no power to the starter motor, I took the side cover off and yes as I thought a broken wire, the negative wire to the starter solenoid, so I rectified that and onwards to Walcha.

It was a great day and warm on Saturday, we covered all up some 250kms with a variety of stops with certain taskings, did we have a spare chain connecting link, if not could we remove the clip one that was supplied with the tools we were carrying, did we have a tyre puncture repair kit, could we remove an indicator bulb with our tools, could we drain a litre of fuel to give our partner that was running low.

So a fun day, but I started to have another electrical issue, I kept blowing the main fuse, eventually I worked out it must be a loose wire in the headlight because every time I turned it on it would blow.

Anyway the ride home yesterday was cold and wet back down the Oxley but a fun challenging weekend with some great people.

Cheers

Brett
 
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