bpeckm
XS650 Enthusiast
Ok, I have been searching for, then reading, every freekin' thread I can find about the TCI ignition....
I have a 1980 "special" that has been torn down to the frame and is being modified to be a Vermont Back Roads Runner.... I have a tci ignition. Wiring harness has been modified and hacked (by me, and I consider myself to be an above-average electrical guy)to the extent that everything actually works to include neutral light, high beams, tail light/turn signals, brake lights etc....this was a bike that had sat for umpteen years without being started or run
Problem is this: bike has been started and run up and down the street, to the tune of 3 or so miles on the odometer! When it runs, it runs great, but when it won't start, well..... ( got it going enough to sort out the idle jets, new mix needles, idles and starts (or, it DID) like a champ)
I have a spark plug tester, the kind that goes inline with the ht plug leads. I bought it cuz I had trouble starting initially, and suspected a weird go/no-go problem with my ignition. I thought I had it all sorted out, but now it has reared its lovely head again. Simply no spark while cranking, or kicking.
I DO have:
I am now thinking that I fried my "ignitor module".... is there any way to test that unit?
Short of that, I will be shopping for (expensive) parts......any ideeers, as we say in Rhode Island.....??
....H E L P........
I have a 1980 "special" that has been torn down to the frame and is being modified to be a Vermont Back Roads Runner.... I have a tci ignition. Wiring harness has been modified and hacked (by me, and I consider myself to be an above-average electrical guy)to the extent that everything actually works to include neutral light, high beams, tail light/turn signals, brake lights etc....this was a bike that had sat for umpteen years without being started or run
Problem is this: bike has been started and run up and down the street, to the tune of 3 or so miles on the odometer! When it runs, it runs great, but when it won't start, well..... ( got it going enough to sort out the idle jets, new mix needles, idles and starts (or, it DID) like a champ)
I have a spark plug tester, the kind that goes inline with the ht plug leads. I bought it cuz I had trouble starting initially, and suspected a weird go/no-go problem with my ignition. I thought I had it all sorted out, but now it has reared its lovely head again. Simply no spark while cranking, or kicking.
I DO have:
- fully charged battery
- checked coil for primary resistance (3+/- ohms iirc)- this is/was a known-good coil
- checked red/white lead at coil for voltage (12+)
- tried another coil that I had, it had better looking mounts and wire-into-coil areas
I am now thinking that I fried my "ignitor module".... is there any way to test that unit?
Short of that, I will be shopping for (expensive) parts......any ideeers, as we say in Rhode Island.....??
....H E L P........