starting with no key
- Thread starter Metz54
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it sounds like you need to check for spark, if you got one, it should run without the key. mine was set up with the jumper wire across the two black wires where the battery plugs in when i got it, it looks factory, but i don't know. make sure to check your stop/run switch on the right bar.
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There is a wiring harness that comes out of the magnito and goes in behing the air cleaner area in the frame. Trace the harness and unplug it. Take a jumper wire from the black wire that comes from the magneto and jump it to the small black wire located under the seat that goes to the coil. This wire has a plastic coating on it and you can trace it with a flashlight going down to the coil. Although if you have your ignition unplugged and no wires touching it should still have spark but just run the jumper wire and also it is crucial to have your points set to the correct gap and make sure they are clean and make good contact. I have had points that look good but wont provide spark. Just replace them for under $10.00 and have fun on your bike.
There is a wiring harness that comes out of the magnito and goes in behing the air cleaner area in the frame. Trace the harness and unplug it. Take a jumper wire from the black wire that comes from the magneto and jump it to the small black wire located under the seat that goes to the coil. This wire has a plastic coating on it and you can trace it with a flashlight going down to the coil. Although if you have your ignition unplugged and no wires touching it should still have spark but just run the jumper wire and also it is crucial to have your points set to the correct gap and make sure they are clean and make good contact. I have had points that look good but wont provide spark. Just replace them for under $10.00 and have fun on your bike.
There's one overriding reason to have a working ignition switch; it's also the kill switch.
Your running problem most likely has to do with a dirty carburetor or low compression. If there's no spark, then it won't fire at all...period. Ignition is an either/or proposition, it either works or it doesn't, except in rare instances.
Your running problem most likely has to do with a dirty carburetor or low compression. If there's no spark, then it won't fire at all...period. Ignition is an either/or proposition, it either works or it doesn't, except in rare instances.