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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.