Gs1000e 1980 electronic ignition s """

[Guest]

Guys here i am again,,,,i have electronic ignition on my 80 model gs1000e,, apparently they came with this in 1980,,,anyway ...is there a model thats better ,,than whats on the bike that i can change over too ,,,, without toooooo much drama ,,,,also has anybody tried a programable electronic ignition system,,, and the reason i ask ,,,, is simple,,, i also have a xs650 yam... And i recentlyput a specially designed electronic unit on the yam and gained peace of mind and about 10 percent more power ,,no misses ,,,no backfiring ,,, just jump on fire up and ride with a grin from ear to ear ... Of course the yam unit was designed by my club president who is a well known wizz of these bikes in developing motors rephased motors choppers cafes' etc can anybody help me as i ponder ,,,,, mature body ,,but a boy racer,,,at heart regards david from kaniva australia

[nufnuf]

Kaniva ride? Mate if the ol gs is runnin rufff or missin the odd bang the last place I would be lookin is the electronic ignition (i havebeen wrong before)

[oldgrumpy]

gs1000e electronic ignition....

thanks for your reply ,,,,,i should have been more foreth coming.. ,,, when i did have the left side of the crankcase to replace springs ,rollers and small hardened caps in the starter clutch .. i did notice thewires were hard ... and well aged ... but the bottom line was i was hoping the was a better ignition than what it has ...... i,ll take your advice on board regards david from kaniva ...

[Big T]

That's not the ignition under the the left cover - that's the stator (generator)

The stator is a known weak spot on these bikes - see the Stator Papers

The ignition is under the small round cover on the right side of the bike.

No one makes a programmable one that I know of (and I don't know why you'd want one)

There's a Dyna S should your's fail - but it's generally the ignitor that goes bad

Are you having ignition problems?