robmack wrote:I know of someone who has successfully tried coil-overs  on a K1100 engine.  He told me the manufacturer / type he used but I never wrote it down and now I've forgotten.

MartinW wrote:Have a look here.

Laitch wrote:

robmack wrote:I know of someone who has successfully tried coil-overs  on a K1100 engine.  He told me the manufacturer / type he used but I never wrote it down and now I've forgotten.

Does this ring any bells?

yamaguzzi wrote:

Laitch wrote:

robmack wrote:I know of someone who has successfully tried coil-overs  on a K1100 engine.  He told me the manufacturer / type he used but I never wrote it down and now I've forgotten.

Does this ring any bells?

This is the only thing I could find before I wrote the original post in this thread.It doesn't sound too promising .

Laitch wrote:

yamaguzzi wrote:

Laitch wrote:
Does this ring any bells?

This is the only thing I could find before I wrote the original post in this thread.It doesn't sound too promising .

The technique and parts discussed in thread link I provided seemed to have worked. Maybe I should read between the lines. Coil failure doesn't seem common though. If yours fail and you don't have spares, just think of the interesting people you'll meet trying to sort it. 

redrockmania wrote:In 1983 I made a return journey on my then 850cc 1977 Moto Guzzi Le Mans Mk1 from Sydney to Perth, Western Australia. The 850's have twin coils. All went well until I was leaving Ceduna, South Australia to cross the Nullabor Plain. I was some 15 km out from Ceduna and lost ignition to the Left cylinder. limped back to Cenuda at a stately 80km/h and phoned the Western Australia Moto Guzzi dealer, Stalaski's. They listened to my problem and said, "We'll put a coil on the bus, and when you get to Perth you can pay us and tell us about your trip. Coil arrived by bus, coil fitted, Le Mans in rude 2 cylinder health, proceeded to Perth and paid Salaski's. On return journey just before Dubbo, New South Wales, the Right cylinder stopped firing. Dubbo is approx. 400 km from my then home in Sydney. I proceeded home to Sydney on 1 cylinder - 80 km/h on the flat and down to 60 km/h crossing the Blue Mountains. After returning to Sydney a new coil restored the Right cylinder. Speaking of Dyna coils, a Dyna III electronic ignition was many of the improvements I made with that bike... I bit like having a Brick - great machine when made, but always room for improvement...

Crazy Frog wrote:Because of the available room in the trunk of the sidecar, I always carry spare parts. But at home, everything is neatly (Or it was) pack and mark in plastic bags. If on the solo K, I break down far away from home, I can call my wife and ask her to send a specific part by courier. She doesn't know anything about bikes but she can read (Please NO comments about this statement as she may read my post. ).