"Houston, we have no ignition!"

Great article on the old Honda ign hope to "rat" out one when I get time after my rebuilds on my 13's, my current mods on my busa and my 06 wing. Always liked the naked old bikes not enough time in a day, week, month, year or life in general for all we want to do damn it.
Looking forward to the rest of your internet lectures

Is there a test at the end?? Multiple choice I hope!!

Looks as though I shall be sitting on the back row chomping on a hot dog and a bag of revals. Will there be an intermission so able to get an ice cream.

Understand part 1. And looking forward to the rest. Will this series be released on DVD.

Thank you for the time and effort to educate us all.

Kawboy, the "test" will be to build a completely new ignition system on your bike that doesn't use any original, stock parts! Oh, and it has to run!

It might help move things along if I could get an idea of just how much basic electronics most of you know. Electrical theory is a hard concept to comprehend at first since you can't see it. Where it really gets hard to explain is when the old water hose analogy can't be used to explain things like inductance and impedance.

Mostly, how many understand these formulas and how to use them?

Electric Power Formulas
P = V I (1a)
P = R I2 (1b)
P = V2/ R (1c)
where
P = power (watts, W)
V = voltage (volts, V)
I = current (amperes, A)
R = resistance (ohms, Ω)

Electric Current Formulas
I = V / R (2a)
I = P / V (2b)
I = (P / R)1/2 (2c)

Electric Resistance Formulas
R = V / I (3a)
R = V2/ P (3b)
R = P / I2 (3c)

Electrical Potential Formulas - Ohms Law
Ohms law can be expressed as:
V = R I (4a)
V = P / I (4b)
V = (P R)1/2 (4c)

It's too bad we don't have the ability to show something squared here. So far I'm with you. Next?