Hello i have just joined these great forums of yours for some help.
i don't know much about bikes but i am not a complete idiot =D
anyway i was recently given a around 20 year old Yamaha AG100 and most of you would know that this bike is a rugged bike. anyway the old engine seized to the person who gave it to me had put the replacement into it. he had wired only the engine (no indicator or lights) so the first thing we did was buy a new battery and spark plug for it. we found the same spark plug but they didn't sell the same sized battery so we got some advice and brought the same battery but it was twice the size. we took it home, changed the spark plug and battery and tried to get a spark out of the spark plug, no such luck.
so i grabbed the voltmeter and checked up that wire and found no power coming to the spark plug. we went and got the coil (thing spark plug clicks into) checked by an electrician, it was fine so we knew the fault was in the wiring.
so we got a new wire and connected it up to the battery and straight to the coil, and thus we got 12 volts right out of the tip of the spark plug.but no spark!!
this might be for running a new wire not including fuses and all, we made sure everything was earthed, key was on and it was set on "run"
we going to electrician this weekend and i just needed to see if it was necessary getting a trailer and all.
any help would be appreciated greatly =D
cheers
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