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We just had our "Little Ride" shortened to exactly that: a little ride. 
The cause of the change in plans was yet another blown ignitor in my wife's bike. I have lost track of how many ignitors we have replaced on that bike, and it FINALLY occurred to me to do something more than just slapping in another ignitor.
The bike came to us with Accel coils, which I thought was a good upgrade. I know that many here prefer the Dyna coils, but looking through the archives, I see several posts regarding Accel coils. One of the first things I did was to replace the yellow wires with black ones, and didn't think about checking anything else.
Yesterday, I received the latest replacement (and another spare is on its way, too). In the process of changing the ignitor, I also decided to check the coil. I think the picture says it all.
A quick search of bike specs shows that most GSes with points call for coil resistance of 4-5 ohms, bikes with electronic ignition (ignitors) call for coil resistance of 3-4 ohms. Dyna 3-ohm coils are a very popular upgrade, and we hear very few reports of failing ignitors after installing Dyna coils. The 1-ohm Accel coils we have here are allowing three times the current through the ignitor, evidently they can't handle that much.
My first plan of action is to go to the local auto parts store to see if they carry old-style ballast resistors and install one for each coil. Over the winter, will likely get some Dyna coils and wires, but this should work until then.
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The cause of the change in plans was yet another blown ignitor in my wife's bike. I have lost track of how many ignitors we have replaced on that bike, and it FINALLY occurred to me to do something more than just slapping in another ignitor.
The bike came to us with Accel coils, which I thought was a good upgrade. I know that many here prefer the Dyna coils, but looking through the archives, I see several posts regarding Accel coils. One of the first things I did was to replace the yellow wires with black ones, and didn't think about checking anything else.
Yesterday, I received the latest replacement (and another spare is on its way, too). In the process of changing the ignitor, I also decided to check the coil. I think the picture says it all.
A quick search of bike specs shows that most GSes with points call for coil resistance of 4-5 ohms, bikes with electronic ignition (ignitors) call for coil resistance of 3-4 ohms. Dyna 3-ohm coils are a very popular upgrade, and we hear very few reports of failing ignitors after installing Dyna coils. The 1-ohm Accel coils we have here are allowing three times the current through the ignitor, evidently they can't handle that much.
My first plan of action is to go to the local auto parts store to see if they carry old-style ballast resistors and install one for each coil. Over the winter, will likely get some Dyna coils and wires, but this should work until then.
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