PVL coils
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Jo
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The ignition coils that Uwe Witt uses in the current DMCs (PVL 355100/356100) have very low primary resistance (1.1 Ω). Since you have installed a different ignition, this will probably not help you.
Jo
Jo
Ignitech module does not really care what the ohm rating is on the coils
For example I run 3 x 0.6 ohm Nology coils on my race bikes and on a couple of street bikes as well using the same set up as you have Paul and the Ignitech box
Well sort of, we run 3 x single pole ignition coils on the 180 degree race bikes but the coil configuration will make no difference
Any PVL coil from 0.6 to 3.0 ohms will work fine
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Thanks a lot Red.
0.6 it will be then. Plenty about for Hinckley Triumphs new at decent prices.
Cheers
Paul
You'd be surprised Clem.
Paul
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Did you get rid of the points on your triple???!!! Oh, that's right, they all have that modern unreliable digital stuff on them don't they 
Old story.Did you get rid of the points on your triple???!!! Oh, that's right, they all have that modern unreliable digital stuff on them don't they
They're not unreliable.
It's just that when it breaks down, and it will, you need a mobile phone, a satellite, a comprehensive insurance cover and a Visa card.
Do read all the threads on ignition on this forum. 99% of the 750 ones if not all relate to problems with electronic ignition.
Il n'y a pas plus aveugle que celui qui refuse de voir.
The renovated 3C will have an Ignitech as it did before the incident.
Paul
Disagree...
95% of those 99% are down to incorrect installation, sloppy wiring, abuse and general misunderstanding of a basically very simple system.
It's rarely the ignition system per se that fails, it's the periphery. When dealing with miniscule currents (pick-ups etc generally work with far less than 12V), wiring and connections need to be dead reliable. At least most defective electronic ignitions won't cause a terminal melt-down of the engine like mis-adjusted or worn points.
piet
My last electrical issue was caused by a rotted and eventually broken rubber battery strap, it broke when I tipped the bike over doing a very silly U-turn on a very steep hill. That tipover stretched and 95% broke the Ignition earth wire 50mm up under its coating resulting in the last day and a half of returning from a 12-day trip with the bike running like an absolute pig. All that from a $10 rubber strap that I should have replaced years earlier.
Whatever the problem, particularly terminal meltdown, the bike has to be ridden.
Yes, you're right, from reading on here, most ignition problems are down to connections and wiring. That'll happen with points long before terminal meltdown.
They should be riding a new Hondasakimw maintained by the local dealer who charges exorbitant prices and doesn't know anything more about the machine than the client. Change it for a new one before the value of the thing depreciates too much.
Whoever floated the idea that old bikes appreciated in value has done a lot of harm. They don't
They cost a fortune to restore and maintain and their value will always go down.
I'll keep on using points on so equipped machines.
Paul
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My modified SF (not the SFQ) had an ND ignition sys off a late 70s Suzuki GS - inductive trigger and magnetic pickups using the original Bosch advance unit into the little ND electronic box then straight to the orig Bosch coils. Raced, toured (across the Nullarbor Perth-Melbourne and back included), track-dayed, commuted for 20 years and countless thousands of km. Not one breakdown due to ignition, never had to think about points going out of whack EVER AGAIN, ran like a clock, never fouled plugs, never even missed a beat. Didn't notice a lot of Suzukis stranded on the side of the roads either - and that in the days 20 years before mobile phones. How could that be?!
The points on my 1980 XT500 are staying..though now runs a 12v system and uprated generator coil for still useless headlight
Only time I have had a breakdown on the Jota was a few years back, on return from Baskerville meet in Wales to Kent, not long after..a professionally fitted sachse system .Pickups were then changed to Hall effect. I remember meeting Red and Max at Baskers one year..when was that?? We go again end next week. The rideout over the Roof of Wales sounds particularly inviting, and wot with my new head gasket, hope not to obsure the views with smoke!
Only time I have had a breakdown on the Jota was a few years back, on return from Baskerville meet in Wales to Kent, not long after..a professionally fitted sachse system .Pickups were then changed to Hall effect. I remember meeting Red and Max at Baskers one year..when was that?? We go again end next week. The rideout over the Roof of Wales sounds particularly inviting, and wot with my new head gasket, hope not to obsure the views with smoke!Luckily, most Suzuki were recycled whilst still nearly new.
Unfortunately, some have survived.
You can always get by without a mobile phone, at least you could.
Paul