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CHAPTER FIVE
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FINISHING!
Now I suspect that
most of you out there are all wonderful electricians, and when I say
that wiring the bike is a nightmare to me, I hear you say, “what’s the
matter with him it’s easy”.
When I started the
bike, one of the problems I found was that the original coil produced as
much electricity as a glow-worm. As with the K301 carburettors, the
Russian coil is rough and soft on the outside so you don’t loose your
grip when throwing it away (apologies to all three of you who love the
K301 carbs). So, I ordered the next best thing from Sir Smith of Catford,
(who has been practicing his ‘cool walk’ so he doesn’t look out of place
wondering the streets of Saauff London,) who says the Yamaha twin coil
is wonderful for the job – sold!
Now I have the coil,
where the hell do I put it? - sorry, what was that I hear you say?
It’s a shame really,
it won’t fit in the space where the old one was as it is too long, and
so I looked for a place where it can go. There are several places one of
which was under the seat as there is now a large gap, but I don’t want
to put it there as that area may come in useful later. Of course the
best place for it is under the fuel tank and the only place I could find
was directly over the timing cover, I was going to put it over the
generator but the space would have been too restrictive.
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To be able to
secure the coil I had to make two brackets, one was attached to
the top engine mount and the other to the steering damper anchor
point on the frame. The brackets are only made of stainless and
not too thick, I thought that the whole thing would float around
but when the nuts were tightened the assembly is quite solid. |
Now that the coil is
attached I am now at the stage where connections must be made, so seeing
that I have all the manuals, my thought was to consult the M-66 manual
for the wiring diagram. To someone who does not have a great
comprehension of the electronic language, it became apparent very
quickly that the diagram is bloody useless and I am going to have to do
this the hard way.
Note:
When this is finished I will be placing an updated version of the wiring
diagram in the manual, one that even I can understand.
I have been saved
slightly because also in my collection I have the M-66 Colour
Illustration book and in it is a very good diagram on wiring, its one of
those wiring diagrams for idiots, just what I need. I am going to put
this one in the manual.
Most of the wiring has
been reasonably easy, especially the generator, lights, coil and brake
lights, you know the easy stuff. I have now come to the switch in the
headlight and all of a sudden it has become confusing again. I looked at
the switch intensely for quite some time, and then tried to connect some
wires and found that it was all wrong. I was looking at the wiring
diagrams in both of the manuals I have and trying to figure it out, but
couldn’t.
Of course, total frustration then sets in with all the usual things like
- it’s everyone else’s fault except mine, the book is wrong, the wires
are the wrong colour, I have the wrong switch.
Or is it just a mid-life crisis?
As they say in ‘Who
Wants to be a Millionaire’, call a friend, and so once again help came.
It turned out that it wasn’t all me as both wiring diagrams show a
completely different view of the switch, where you had to look at it
back-to-front. It’s like the old trick of mirror writing, you need to
look at the bloody diagram in a mirror and then the wires went in the
right place. The only trouble was the writing was wrong, ah well you
can’t have everything. Once the errors of my ways were pointed out it
was OK, and we got the sparks flowing mostly in the same direction as
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