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« on: Today at 07:16:17 PM »
My Dad is kindly helping me sort out my bike and he took the tank off, and thought it was completely drained, and turned it over and some fuel leaked out and has destroyed the paint. I was warned when I bought it that the paint on the tank may be iffy, but I didn't expect fuel to damage it this badly.  Anyway, lesson learnt, excuse to repaint it properly. The bike is a 1976 CB550 US import, so it should have originally been Candy Garnet Brown I believe, but someone painted it black like a CB500. So I'm thinking of perhaps going for Flake Sunrise Orange, which I realise is an earlier colour, but I think it is nice and bright. I just wondered if anyone has had a tank painted recently and had any advice, especially getting the striping correct etc. cheers!
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« on: May 29, 2024, 12:26:38 PM »
@deltarider Well the known brand are more expensive and I asked DS about theirs and they couldn't tell me the resistance. So I checked with Ash, and he said go for these as the resistance is documented and correct for the bike. Thanks for your advice and feedback, I get where you are coming from, I am also wary of cheap parts especially on the Wild West which is Ebay! However on this occasion, these coils are from Hendler, a UK based company, and supplied to the company I purchased them from, also based in UK, direct link below: https://www.hendler.co.uk/product/hendler-ignition-coil-12v-points-twin-lead-2-wires-90mm-centres-p-511oh-s-1755koh-540612hSounds like you had a bad experience in the past, but alas it makes no difference to me if these were made in UK or PRC, especially as I already have them and they work fine! Time will tell 
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« on: May 27, 2024, 07:12:34 PM »
Tried and tested by a forum member, hardly unknown! First, I hope you all enjoy your cheap generic coils of unknown quality and further...
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If the coils are connected the wrong way round the bike will run but the HT spark will be reversed so instead of jumping from the centre spark plug tip to earth the spark path is reversed. {...}
To put it simple: in a wasted spark system, one of the two, is already jumping from ground to center electrode, so if the spark of say #1 plug becomes reversed, than the #4 plug will be reversed the other way around, because they are one circuit. For the running of the engine, it makes no difference which of the two fires from ground to center electrode: performance is the same.
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« on: May 27, 2024, 01:26:08 PM »
thanks. can you remember if the red was positive? when you switched, do you mean you put the red on the white terminal and white on the red terminal? I've messaged who I purchased them from. but how can I can test which terminal is which? Yes, red and white wires are o new coil and yes they are supplied overly long.
Thanks for the tip!
FWIW my Hendler coils were wired for positive earth so I had to switch them to negative earth - this caused clearance issues in the mounting position so I had to ensure the spade terminals did not touch the frame on the inside edge.
The Devil is in the detail when fitting aftermarket options.
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« on: May 27, 2024, 09:03:53 AM »
Yes, red and white wires are o new coil and yes they are supplied overly long.
Thanks for the tip!
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« on: May 26, 2024, 07:38:45 PM »
Hi All So I am starting to get my head round fitting the new coils.... As per photos below, the original wiring is coloured blue and black/white and yellow black/white the other side. The new ones, as per bottom photo, the wires are solid red and white, so my question is, which way round do the wires go? thanks in advance! 
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« on: May 24, 2024, 04:53:31 PM »
I went with the FA13V ones in the end, as I found a cheaper supplier! Thanks for your help! Good luck with the SBS ones, they squealed when I used them.
They're now in a box under my bench with other bits and bobs labelled shite...
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« on: May 23, 2024, 09:40:35 AM »
ha ha, fair enough Good luck with the SBS ones, they squealed when I used them.
They're now in a box under my bench with other bits and bobs labelled shite...
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« on: May 23, 2024, 06:44:13 AM »
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« on: May 22, 2024, 09:48:29 PM »
Thanks, is the v series the one I have linked to above?
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« on: May 22, 2024, 06:12:27 PM »
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« on: April 28, 2024, 05:51:37 PM »
Cheers!
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« on: April 28, 2024, 12:44:39 PM »
Received these, both appear genuine and boxes too, both with unpainted NGK logo 
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