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I think they were fitted to all 70,s bikes, my Kwak triple certainly had them. Bloody crap in the rain.
Why oh why would someone want to put back one of the worst things that Honda ever fitted. Like Bryan and Bitsa it was one of the first things we removed, even if the owner wasn't complaining about a misfire. Truly, truly awful things, you couldn't touch any part of the leads or caps when it rained, or you'd get an almighty electric shock. It was so bad that I ended up wrapping insulation tape all the way down from the coils to the plug caps just to stop the arcing.For the sake of humanity stop this madness before it catches on.
Around 1969 the H1 Kawasaki was fitted with the first CDI which evidently interfered with TV's as the bike rode past.The metal cover was probably intended to eliminate the RFI created when the plug sparks (the internal resistor in the plug cap reduces this too). The manufacturer's were probably more bothered about eliminating RFI than they were preventing their bikes cutting out in wet weather !!!
Quote from: AshimotoK0 on December 10, 2013, 05:12:02 PMAround 1969 the H1 Kawasaki was fitted with the first CDI which evidently interfered with TV's as the bike rode past.The metal cover was probably intended to eliminate the RFI created when the plug sparks (the internal resistor in the plug cap reduces this too). The manufacturer's were probably more bothered about eliminating RFI than they were preventing their bikes cutting out in wet weather !!!This is the reason I believed those metal contraptions existed. I didn't give a sh1t if your TV buzzzed when I zoomed past.