Doing some work on a Mirage. I restored it a couple of years ago but am now adding modern ignition/alternator system from Redax Engineering in Australia. The ignition system has a custom made ignition trigger system at the crankshaft and this is connected to an Ignitech black box system. This gives the luxury of being fully programmable (for ignition curves) from your laptop. It also allows use of throttle position sensors linked to ignition curves (but I am not going that far on this bike). It's a quality piece of equipment.
As part of this kit is included an uprated alternator from a Kawasaki. It allows 250 Watts instead of the original 150 Watts. Also included in the package is a modern regulator/rectifier and a modern pair of ignition coils.
The whole system replaces original equipment CDI or BTZ ignition systems with their abrupt jump from zero to 32º advance curve, which can cause jerky progress at the transition point, around 2500 to 3000rpm, especially in stop/go traffic. The new system completely eliminates this. Also, the ignition wiring is now approaching 40 years old and a common problem is crumbling insulation on ignition wires, as in the case of this bike.
It is currently a work in progress project but I thought you might appreciate some photos.
As part of this kit is included an uprated alternator from a Kawasaki. It allows 250 Watts instead of the original 150 Watts. Also included in the package is a modern regulator/rectifier and a modern pair of ignition coils.
The whole system replaces original equipment CDI or BTZ ignition systems with their abrupt jump from zero to 32º advance curve, which can cause jerky progress at the transition point, around 2500 to 3000rpm, especially in stop/go traffic. The new system completely eliminates this. Also, the ignition wiring is now approaching 40 years old and a common problem is crumbling insulation on ignition wires, as in the case of this bike.
It is currently a work in progress project but I thought you might appreciate some photos.
Also fitting a modern sidestand kit. The bracket, spacer and bolts come in a kit and the actual sidestand is Kawasaki part. This sidestand is infinitely better than the standard Laverda one (which bolted to an engine stud ad was prone to flexing, and self-retracting) and is a neat installation.