<br /> http://www.electrexusa.com/ <br />here's another a friend just told me about<br /> http://www.dansmc.com/electricaltesting.htm
Early jap stuff had contact breakers-mostly before decent CDI was available. CR500's were available before and after the crossover.<br /><br />It wasn't unknown for people to convert to contact breaker on dirtbikes over here either-mainly due to the lack of spares availability in the UK for them.
But in 1984? I know that CDI was used on Honda 3-wheelers in 85, and the 4-wheelers in 86. I don't know for sure, but I would assume the CDI ignition would have been in use before 1984, I can't imagine they were new in 85 for use on the ATCs.<br /><br />As for the original issue, a shop is almost foolproof, but it's also going to be expensive. I would recommend "wasting" money on a repair manual and doing some basic diagnostics before sending it in to a shop. Many times these issues are as simple as a bad connection, and simply pulling the connecter apart to check it, and then reconnecting is often enough to fix the problem. This is the experience of an Electrical Engineer talking, and I can't even count how many times I've "fixed" problems just by pulling connections apart and putting them back together again, and many of those occasions have been on my ATVs.
<br />Why am I doing all this if he already has the info? Says he just found it. <br />I guess that is good news, but how frustrating!<br />I'll let you all know how it goes on the weekend. Hopefully we can get it going now. <br />Thanks.
Bear in mind that in the UK the jap spares availability for mx bikes was atrocious in the 80's and 90's-I had to wait 5 months for a NEW cylinder head for a cr125 in 1988 so people would retro fit (or just plain bodge) almost anything over here just to keep it running. <br />You may well be right.
