Bad replacement condensors watch out

[steve_knows]

Hi, just wanted to warn everyone to watch out for these, sold on several internet sites as replacement condensers for GS400/425, in the UK they go for about £4-5, so seems good value. They have the wrong fixing bracket, yellow wire, come in a brown/black box with yellow writing. All of that would be OK but they don't work! When I fitted them the bike was hard to start and died when I opened up the throttle. I had also stripped and cleaned the carbs so it took me a while to work out that the problem was the condensers not the carbs. The points were sparking like crazy and timing was messed up. Put the old ones back on and I couldn't believe the difference, bike is running sweet, carb clean probably helped.

Have asked for a refund...