I have a general five star, that has no spark, and it should. The points are good, and so is the spark plug. I need help asap!
I have a general five star, that has no spark, and it should. The points are good, and so is the spark plug. I need help asap!
Im no moped guru but I may have had your problem. Do you have a hypertension coil? Otherwise I'd say the condensor is shit.
huh, I'll check it out. thanks for the reply.
I don't know what year yours is or if you just got this bike or what, but on mine there is a blue wire from the magneto that is meant to recharge a battery and if it is hooked up incorrectly at all, then it will not spark. mine is an '85 by the way. just something else to look for.
1. What engine do you have? The general came equipped with three, or more different engine configurations.
2. The General has a very complicated wiring scheme, utilising a kill switch on the handle bar as well as a ignition cut out at the fork lock, and probably the "safety feature" of killing spark when a bulb is out. Look into hotwiring whichever engine it is you have, and work from there to get your bike sparking with the wiring harness hooked in.
3. For a minarelli, the above info is correct, grounding the blue wire coming out of the engine will hot wire your bike to spark.
Were can i get a wiering diagram.
I forgot to say, it is a minerelli V1 moter.
Here's the diagram i used to re-wire mine. i got is off of a previous post here. a little hard to read on screen. if you can, print i. if you can't figure something out, ask...i'm pretty familiar after my battle with it.
Thanks for the help guys, we should be able to figure it out now. DT
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