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Alright so I just bought two motorcycles at an auction for 50$ each. A 1982 hOnda cm450 and 1987 Yamaha virago. Got the Honda started after a little bit of work and she runs and all that, but the virago is being a bitch. I can't get spark to the plugs, but it isn't the spark plugs themselves because I put them in the other bike and they work fine. I had to take off the ignition and get the lights and all that to turn on, the fuses for the ignition are all there, what should I do?
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Come on anyone? Or is this board just another circle jerk where people don't know a god damn thing and spew the same shit.
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>>15294594
Not alot of us know bikes anon. Ask in the daily bike thread
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>>15294986
Well, there you go, you narrowed it down to the ignition system.
How does ignition work on a bike? Is it magneto based like in airplanes or is it like automotive? I have no idea.
It's either the um, well I guess there's not really a distributor on a single cylinder motor is there? It's either that or the coil/condenser. Or maybe the spark plug cable. Get out your multimeter and start probing around. Or just replace the whole shebang?
I dunno.
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Ignition coil?
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>>15294594
Have you got 12v at the switch side of the coil? Have the ignition points closed up or stuck open? Is there a broken or disconnected wire somewhere?
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Well I figured it out... the kickstand was down....
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>>15296515
Kek
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>>15296515
I thought interlock was a newer thing in bikes?
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>>15296904
So did i. And I figured since the Honda didn't require stupid shut to start this wouldn't either. Oh well. Lesson learned.
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>>15296515
Lel
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>>15296515
>I can't get spark to the plugs
thats a rather lacking description of "it doesnt do ANYTHING"
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