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Myford:
hi all,
has anyone had experience of using any of the many (new) coils advertised on EBay.
Also what's your experience of electronic ignition (reliability) and what choices are there.
Thanks
Terry

mike the bike:
I went for the Dyna coils and electronic ignition.  The coils were unreliable in the wet and needed replacing anyway.
I went for the Dyna ignition because there's no extra electronic box to position somewhere - as with most systems. 
The coils are energised by the senders on the points plate.  The only mod I had to do was to supply a 12V feed to the points plate, which is easy enough as 12V goes to the coils from the kill switch anyway.
It's made quite a difference in performance, mainly going uphill, where it used to misfire, and it's also easier to start,

Johnwebley:
I used the coils from DSS,and they work really well with Boyer ignition,

Myford:
Thanks guys, I'm surprised just how few electronic ignitions are available for the 400.
I had a look at the Dyna, but I'm not sure I see the point of retaining the mechanical advance and retard. In my view one of the advantages of  a lot of the more modern  EI's is an improved / more stable idle- if it see's the revs slow up it alters the advance slightly to pick the revs up.
Cheers
Terry

Lobo:
Hi Terry,

If you've the patience of Jobe a past thread here...  I fitted DSS aftermarket coils + a Newtronic H04 (light triggered) to my CB750 and other than fantastic starting can honestly see a difference.

http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,7669.msg47905.html#msg47905

Anyways, I'm  interested... which system have you found that does away with both the mechanical 'breakers AND the mechanical Advance / Retard unit?

Simon.

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