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yup, I have a crack in mine (it's brownish red). Can anyone explain what "resistance" is? Looks like on Motorrad Elektrik, there are three DYNA coils, green, brown/red and blue. Looks liker the red is 1.5 ohms and the blue is .7 ohms (but is indicated for heavy duty ignition, maybe like the Omega?). What do the different ohms do? Seems like although I have the brown/red, I might need a blue since I upgraded my ignition. Is that true?
yup, I have a crack in mine (it's brownish red). Can anyone explain what "resistance" is? Looks like on Motorrad Elektrik, there are three DYNA coils, green, brown/red and blue. Looks liker the red is 1.5 ohms and the blue is .7 ohms (but is indicated for heavy duty ignition, maybe like the Omega?). What do the different ohms do? Seems like although I have the brown/red, I might need a blue since I upgraded my ignition. Is that true?
Ooooh yeah it was a scary one. But I must have had a recent Karma top up because a guy just behind me in the next lane must have realized what was happening as I sped up and slowed down repeatedly. He was catching up and falling a bit behind and I bet the exhaust was popping pretty good too. I was too busy evaluating my options to notice.
He actually slowed down while waving me over and stayed behind me all the while changing lanes until he got me to the rightmost lane and off the bridge where I could pull over. The guy stayed behind me to protect me from a rear ender. I wish he had stopped so I could thank him for his presence of mind and kindness in action.
The bike fired up again and I rode a lot slower to my local bike shop and diagnosed a failing coil. I had a good spare at home so I rode back on side roads at slow speeds and made it to my tools and parts stash at home and made the repair.
This is my coil and the photo shows a classic Crack O' Matic failure. Hairline crack or cracks and signs of arcing on the outer casing.
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