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townsend846

townsend846

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Can anyone tell me what this little gizmo does? And can I remove it when I fit the dmc Witt system, it seams to be wired in to ignition pickups amongst other things and once again thank you for helping this newbie Laverda novice
 

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It's the ignition kill switch relay. And to answer your question - yes. Would recommend you check out the factory wiring diagram for your bike in the library
 
Rob said:
It's the ignition kill switch relay. And to answer your question - yes. Would recommend you check out the factory wiring diagram for your bike in the library
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Have been looking all night but nothing with the same colours .mine is a 81 mirage with a 1977 jota motor so a bit of a bitsa
 
townsend846 said:
Have been looking all night but nothing with the same colours .mine is a 81 mirage with a 1977 jota motor so a bit of a bitsa
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it is not an 81 Mirage, your frame is incorrect for that model
your headstock is set up for a HKZ system which would be correct for a 77 model
can tell by the ignition coil mounts in the head stock area
 
redax5 said:
it is not an 81 Mirage, your frame is incorrect for that model
your headstock is set up for a HKZ system which would be correct for a 77 model
can tell by the ignition coil mounts in the head stock area
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Thanks red be really good to know what I’ve bought ,from motor number I’m told it’s a 77 and the number plate relates to an 81 the prev owner told me it started life as a mirage and a fella called klug owned it and he bought it off him will post pictures of frame number and maybe someone can tell me what I’ve actually got.
 
Dellortoman said:
Engine number 5425 was produced in about mid 1977.
Frame is 1979 or later.
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incorrect, frame is 1978 or earlier
no one is going to cut out the BTZ coil mounts as used from 79 and later and then weld in the single strap as used by the HKZ set up in the headstock area

it is feasible to believe that someone would go to the trouble of relocating the top shock mount which is what you are looking at
 
redax5 said:
incorrect, frame is 1978 or earlier
no one is going to cut out the BTZ coil mounts as used from 79 and later and then weld in the single strap as used by the HKZ set up in the headstock area

it is feasible to believe that someone would go to the trouble of relocating the top shock mount which is what you are looking at
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Frame number says it’s a 1200 mirage and it’s on the headstock red,and thanks for all your help and information, Today I managed to get it to run and the motor sounds sweet,got a 2nd charge coil from Keith at scozia ( another really helpful fella) and with a little head scratching and a lot of popping and banging found that the previous guy had fitted the ignition rotor on back to front so would not time up correctly but once corrected it started first push of the button , now I’ve got idling problems so carbs off again and check idle circuits,just hope the carbs are not to badly worn
 
Klug built a very tasty 1200 Egli, (beautiful looking exhaust system and alloy tank) your bike may have originally been the donor, hence the miss matched engine/chassis number

I don't see the frame number, (have I missed something), where is it located (headstock or gearbox mount) and what is the full number, starting with L and ending with a *?

the straps on your picture of the bike on the trailer are ineffective, and will not stop the bike leaning to the left or right, the rear ones are better then the front which is doing no good, none of the straps incorporates a clutch or strangle if you prefer. Agree with Red's comments on the frame mods, but what he sees is not what it purports to be., Maybe the original frame number was stamped on the Egli so as to retain the original regsitsration, and yours have been err attended to?

CLEM
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CLEMTOG said:
Klug built a very tasty 1200 Egli, (beautiful looking exhaust system and alloy tank) your bike may have originally been the donor, hence the miss matched engine/chassis number

I don't see the frame number, (have I missed something), where is it located (headstock or gearbox mount) and what is the full number, starting with L and ending with a *?

the straps on your picture of the bike on the trailer are ineffective, and will not stop the bike leaning to the left or right, the rear ones are better then the front which is doing no good, none of the straps incorporates a clutch or strangle if you prefer. Agree with Red's comments on the frame mods, but what he sees is not what it purports to be., Maybe the original frame number was stamped on the Egli so as to retain the original regsitsration, and yours have been err attended to?

CLEM
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The straps are fine ,the bike didn’t move at all, and only had 3 of them ,and the frame number looks all original on the headstock 1200 mirage just don’t feel comfortable posting details up for all and sundry clem
 
CLEMTOG said:
the straps on your picture of the bike on the trailer are ineffective ...
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Absolutely agree Clem. The bike isn't even restrained from rolling back. Although in fairness, he may not have finished tying it down at the time the photo was taken. If it was transported like that he was lucky to get away with it. No redundancy at all in that system.

I've seen other bike transport photos on this forum that have made me wince. We've also had postings about bikes falling over, or out of trailers. Perhaps we should have a "how to tie a bike down in a trailer" thread.
 
I agree with Clems comments concerning the trailer. The main element holding the bike on is the front wheel chock thing.

Paul
 
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