To "scotch" .. mine is a 1979 A1 stock standard, no mods, just a sidecar bolted to the side of it, the ballast block is mounted solid and nothing is touching the tank that I can see. I put the info of the bike in my sig at the bottom of my posts, and sorry mate no use telling me about resistance and ohms cause I wouldn't have a clue, i'm a 62 year old meat processing plant operator at a meatworks, high school education, worked with my hands and not my brains all my life
Ok looked at it again, it was still running like shit, decided to check the black wire that goes to the #1 + #6 coil from the igniter connection plug, found more stuff wrong than I did before, regulator seems to be stuffed, plug and connectors bad and the rubber insulation where the wires go into the regulator body soft and melted looking, thank goodness I have a spare, swapped that over and fixed the plug cause the one on the new one was really good. Anyway the wire to the coil is ok, I sort of know how to use a multimeter to check for a broken wire, and after fixing the regulator it seems to run better, checked the charge to the battery and it is also good, charges at revs, still have a bit to look at, stick some insulation over a plug from the igniter as I swapped the whole unit and that one isn't a good one, did a rough compression test and it's not good either but it should still run. I should just give up, but i'm a stubborn old fart, but it might take a while, so anyway i'll stick a few photos here just to show I did do something, even took a shot of the "old/new" coils in place, wish me luck and thanks to all for offering suggestions and tips, keep 'em coming as I need all the help I can get
, hey ???? would the stuffed up regulator and plug be causing any of the problems I've had, I haven't taken it for a run again yet but maybe she was running off the battery and power got low or the regulator was shorting and causing problems ??, i'm clutching at straws here but i'll try anything
, cheers Pete.
P.S. there is a brown wire hanging there with a bit of green insulation tape around it, any idea where that goes, don't think it was connected to anything, i'll try and check in the manual wiring diagram, just have to find my magnifying glass
Please forgive the condition of the bike, she is an old warhorse and daily ride, she isn't any show pony that's for sure