Total loss ignition

Anyone know of a web page that has a wiring diagram for a points and
condenser total loss ignition for a single cylinder motorcycle?

Or, does anyone have one in html format that could email it to me?

Thanks.


"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and
degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing is
worth a war, is worse." --- John Stuart Mill: 

 

Add a kill switch in the system, in addition to the key switch.

Les

 

Do you need to have a battery at all?

A lot of single cylinder dirt bikes had what is called an energy
transfer magneto.

They didn't need a battery.

The permanent magnet rotor induced a low voltage into the ignition
coil behind the rotor, and there was a set of ignition points that
opened and closed as the crankshaft turned.

One wire went up to the primary winding of the ignition coil, and a
wire went to the kill button.

 

Yes, I should have mentioned, the bike is a modified 1956 Harley
Davidson Model 165 that is raced in light weight Antique flattrack.
Anything and everything that's not needed has been removed.

Thanks for the replies everyone.


"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and
degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing is
worth a war, is worse." --- John Stuart Mill: 

 

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/kevins_pages/1955_model165.gif

 

Across the points works fine if your not running a battery. With a
battery, a way to kill the power would be best.

Les

 

Heh. Just bought one. A little dirt bike with a Honda 125 lump in it.
Wired directly. No battery. Just a killswitch.

 

He didn't say battery, did he?

 

Hm. I just assumed he meant exactly what I've just bought - flywheel
ignition, no battery.

 

Never heard of total loss being used in that context myself. Always used
to describe a battery ignition with no means to keep the battery charged.

Les

 

Fairy nuff.