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My poor LT came home on the back of a tow truck today. Just left work. Gassed it to take off from the lights and she dies. Roll to a side street. Check I have fuel. Yep fuel flows out of the fuel line when I pull them. Have electrical power as the bike will turn over on starter but not start. Pit bit of metal (re allen key) up spark plug cap on both sides and check for spark. Nothing. Pull tank and check that spark leads are still in coil. Check. Walk back to work and book tow truck. Glad I work for our states road side assistant company. Must be that I am staff that tow is there within 30 mins.

Bike is off loaded. Pull spark plug and test for spark. Nothing. Engine turns over on starter. Order new coil from Munich Motorcycles. Hopefully by Tuesday I will be firing on all 2 cylinders again.

Bugger , always the horror in the back of my mind !

NRMA ? I didn't know they picked up bikes ....

Sibbo wrote:NRMA ? I didn't know they picked up bikes ....

Anything is possible with a winch.

Hope you get it sorted Ross.

We do bikes. Mainly jump starts and towing. We use flat beds for bikes.

I am sure the coil has gone. I have new leads and NGK plug caps fitted last year. No spark so has to be the coil. When new coil gets here if I get spark again then thats it.

Trouble is Jan and I a riding north on Tuesday for 5 days up at Wooli to a friend of hers. So I hope the coil gets here Tuesday morning.

I'll contact NRMA about that , I've been a member for decades ...I couldn't run ancient worn out cars without them !!

Have you actually ordered the coil from MM yet. Just got a Dyna coil from the states and installed it today. Very crisp start up. If you can wait a couple of weeks it will be a much better coil that the standard one.
great price too. Rick Jones is a great bloke to deal with
Craig
http://www.motoelekt.com/ignition.htm
Aaah just read your last post. Seems you cant wait. But still a good coil though.

Why am I thinking bean can? Hope it's the coil though.

RACV do bikes too.

SteveD wrote:Why am I thinking bean can? Hope it's the coil though.

RACV do bikes too.

Thats how my bike came home. Starpped around the forsk and through rear wheel. I hope it is not the bean can.

FUTURE wrote:I am sure the coil has gone. I have new leads and NGK plug caps fitted last year. No spark so has to be the coil.

I don't see why you think it is the coil. Did you test for voltage at the primary of the coil? Coils are fairly easy to test if they don't put out any ignition at all.

Duane Ausherman wrote:

FUTURE wrote:I am sure the coil has gone. I have new leads and NGK plug caps fitted last year. No spark so has to be the coil.

I don't see why you think it is the coil. Did you test for voltage at the primary of the coil? Coils are fairly easy to test if they don't put out any ignition at all.

I did not test the voltage.