1982 Maico 490 Resto

mbaird said
Need to find a replacement coil and/or get new ignition. Cable broke off right at the base... urgh
Just got my Race Tech Gold Valve for the forks ... springs are on back order.
So suspension and ignition holdups. View attachment 1715697146 View attachment 1715697147 View attachment 1715697148

Let me ask my brother if he has any good coils left.

Honestly, I ditch the Motoplat and buy the ignition we used on my brothers 440 and a friends 490. I can’t think of the name of it right now but it’s a much better ignition and it was relatively inexpensive. That Motoplat is 40 years old.

My brother fought his for about 6 months. He was told they either work or they don’t, and he was fighting tune up changes and issues. One day he decided to replace the clutch side crank seal because all the gurus told him it was the seal. And...same thing.

When the bike started shaking like a dog pooping peach seeds because the timing was moving all over the place, he finally gave up and changed it. Then he had to go back and change the tune up to what it was when the ignition started to fail.

I’ll see what he has today and let you know. And I’ll get the name of that ignition. I think it was Horse Power Igntion...HPI or something like that.