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[phatphony]

gday guys i am having trouble getting spark from gs 450. it apparently has elec ignition.i have followed cliffs tips to the T rewiring r/r ignitor and ac regulator still no spark. can any 1 HELP me please please please.

[pete]

gday guys i am having trouble getting spark from gs 450. it apparently has elec ignition.i have followed cliffs tips to the T rewiring r/r ignitor and ac regulator still no spark. can any 1 HELP me please please please.

Hey mate, now that looks familiar!

If you haven't downloaded the Clymer and Haynes manuals from BassCliff's site yet, get to it! There's also a seller on eBay eClassic Bike that will sell you a factory reproduction manual for about $US30 plus shipping from NZ that's well worth it.

There are ignitor tests in there that you need to do.

These old 450's are prone to failing ignitors due to age, and there's a few current alternatives.

Firstly, you can hunt down a used one on eBay, but they tend to be expensive for what they are (another 30 year old ignitor in who knows what state).

Next up, you can build a replacement following Kokar's thread on here: http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=182719

Next, you can buy a genuine new OEM one for about $US500.

And, finally, you can go the unofficial Dynatek DS3-3C route which isn't officially supported by Dynatek (yet) for our particular models but is an excellent upgrade and includes a set of coils as well which you need to run. You'll need a set of their silicon HT leads to go with it too. I believe Serco at Capalaba is our local reseller here.

However, having said all that, you need to test it first as it might not be the ignitor that's failed, it could be fuse, signal generator (the bit you have the photo of), coils, spark plug leads... a whole heap of stuff in other words.

Feel free to have a look through my ignitor thread in my sig. below too to see what pain I've been through, it might help somewhat...

[phatphony]

bits and pieces

thanks for your ideas champ. i read a bit about what options you had, another nightmare. i know of a bloke in australia that has all of these parts he has an ebay store called one stop spares (one word).he is located at londondery nsw. he actually has old motorbikes for wrecking, and also stocks a lot of new old parts. it is like two businesses's in one the other name is metropolitan spares. they specialise in 70's 80's and 90's bikes. he is awesome and very knowledgeable i have phone numbers etc etc i will get them later for you thanks again

[pete]

thanks for your ideas champ. i read a bit about what options you had, another nightmare. i know of a bloke in australia that has all of these parts he has an ebay store called one stop spares (one word).he is located at londondery nsw. he actually has old motorbikes for wrecking, and also stocks a lot of new old parts. it is like two businesses's in one the other name is metropolitan spares. they specialise in 70's 80's and 90's bikes. he is awesome and very knowledgeable i have phone numbers etc etc i will get them later for you thanks again

No worries mate.

Yeah for some reason I have him saved in my saved sellers list on eBay but I'm not sure why... must've had something I had my eye on at some point.

Hopefully you get her sorted soon!

We're gonna havta organise a Brissie GSR run once everyone's got their bikes on the road as there's a fair few of us around the shop now...