electrical stuff Ref:" bike of shame"

Jul 17, 2015 at 5:03pmcrouchyuk said:
I've also suggested we as a group have good spare CDI's, generators, rectifiers, etc. we could send out to members to aid trouble-shooting. Lukewarm reception I recall.

Can't the duff stuff be repaired?
I would be such a collector..as most just chuck this stuff in the bin when they find it faulty..
I'm currently working on older stuff and trying to convince my mate to get a coil winder.. making looms etc at the minute as most 1930's stuff did not have 12v lights...working my way to the superdreams as I can't start them untill I have generated the space lol
Do you mean parts like CDI's, generators and the such? Yes anything can be repaired if enough time, money and skill is thrown at it.

But first it's the diagnostics that defeat a lot of people, especially if not technically minded. Even in industry swapping in known good components is a quick and cost effective way of finding the problem. In fact I worked for many years in production line maintenance where even if a part swapped in did not fix the problem, you did not then take it back off- you just moved on to the next likely failure point. The down time cost more than any part.

So we keep hearing of people replacing plugs, coils, CDI's, etc. and then its really the generator. And vice versa. So the swapping in good tested parts is better in my view. And then after you know what bit is duff? Currently still quicker and cheaper to source a good S/H replacement from a range of bikes that numbered tens of thouands- but this will change no doubt as the sources dry up.....

Would be good to have a set of know to be working..
Then you could swop the lot out in exchange for your old stuff.