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Electronic ignition
royhall:
The RAC/AA are really very good these days. Sorry, I said I would zip it but couldn't resist.
K2-K6:
I've never had a failed ignition on a bike, conventional or electronic. They seem pretty reliable. Saw a friend (electrician no less) connect his car up to battery the wrong way and fried his electronic ignition amp.
Cars are far more often affected by fuel pump relay, had two of those. One rescued by AA and one I by bypassed with a supply (10 amp fused and ignition controlled) from the fag lighter "ring main" ;D
Also one alternator on an old land rover in excess of a hundred thousand miles, AA again and charged it from his van while he looked the manuls etc. He could of got one from somewhere as it was about 1.00am which would mean a long wait, and so started it with the handle (old V8 still with that facility) and he drove to my home so i could follow him without headlights on to save power :)
Highly unlikely that you'd get a failure on a bike of any ignition system.
Sesman:
Agree with the reliability issue.
My personal objective is to achieve a heap and cheerful way of preserving my original points and condensers due to the prohibitive cost of quality replacements. I bet the materials won’t cost more than £7 and my time comes for free. Also it’s quite possible that if a do need points I can use low quality items and junk the condenser.
Just saying.
royhall:
I am actually finding this thread very interesting and informative but I feel I need to keep interjecting these little comments to keep things real. Am looking forward to seeing the home brewed EI.
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allankelly1:
Out of curiosity if wanted as a rebuild to replace all the original ignition parts with like for like / original Honda parts, did a quick add up on the David silver site and to replace all with genuine parts (2 set of points 2 condensers and a new pair of coils) is £267 which is more than a complete Boyer kit
So personally for me going full EI makes perfect sense
Best wishes Al
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