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Does anyone know why the red ignition light stay on when the bike is running? It's really more of an annoyance than anything. I'm pretty sure this light should go out once the bike has started.
Red ignition light stays on
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It's a 74 It should be the ignition light, and it stays one no matter what position the key is in or if the bike is running or not or if the headlight is on or not. Thanks for the reply.
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Change the warning light assimiator if yours is still original.
Bike looks like 70-71
Change the warning light assimiator if yours is still original.
Bike looks like 70-71
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I've tried every combination because the the 3 wires came off when I pulled my tank and still the lights stays on when the bike is started. Looks like a 70-71 I'll take that as a compliment.staticmoves said:
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Hee hee hee. :lol:
I have the same problem. It is because of the boyer ignition as far as I am aware
It bypasses the ceramic ballast resistor that governs the ignition light and is not used in the Boyer system. Or so I was told
It can be overcome by wiring in an additional resistor or you can just disconnect the light
It's annoying and I will get around to it one day but for now I just ignore it
It bypasses the ceramic ballast resistor that governs the ignition light and is not used in the Boyer system. Or so I was told
It can be overcome by wiring in an additional resistor or you can just disconnect the light
It's annoying and I will get around to it one day but for now I just ignore it
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The Bike Looks great 
I use a Boyer ignition and a boyer Power box. and my warning light works fine. if the bike is not running, light is on, once the bike is started, the light shuts off.
I installed the kool cat warning light assimilator. Works great. I have not tried with the original assimilator as I never had one when I bought the lump of parts that is now my bike.
Many memebers here use the Kool cat, and that is where I found out about it.
Cheers......... 8)
I use a Boyer ignition and a boyer Power box. and my warning light works fine. if the bike is not running, light is on, once the bike is started, the light shuts off.
I installed the kool cat warning light assimilator. Works great. I have not tried with the original assimilator as I never had one when I bought the lump of parts that is now my bike.
Many memebers here use the Kool cat, and that is where I found out about it.
Cheers......... 8)
I have a Dreer Commando which started out as a 73 Roadster. The red light comes on as soon as the key is turned and stays on till its turned off. It had Boyer ignition but I have replaced it with a Tri-Spark, makes no difference to the light, its the way the machine is wired. It doesn't worry me now after a thousand miles but I must admit when I first got the bike early this year I thought it meant that it wasn't charging or something wrong with the oil pressure!
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I have the original assimilator and the red light comes on when you turn the key on. It stays on until you have enough engine revs to generate some positive current.
In other words, when you are draining the battery it will be red, when you are charging it goes out. This usually happens around 2500 rpm on mine.
At least that' s the way I think it works.
Jaydee
In other words, when you are draining the battery it will be red, when you are charging it goes out. This usually happens around 2500 rpm on mine.
At least that' s the way I think it works.
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jaydee75 said:
+1 in that's the way it is "supposed to work." Me thinks yours is either wired wrong ... or you actually do have a charging problem. If its charging OK, then either unhook it or correct the wiring. That would be too irritating for me to put up with. (BTW, I disconnected mine.)
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jaydee75 said:
I think I will just have to lift the tank a bit to get to assimilator and try to troubleshoot from there. It's a 74 MKIII so from the information that I'm getting means that it's not the 'charge' warning light but an indicator that I have sufficient voltage coming off the alternator, pretty pointless light if the bike is running and all electrics are working properly. I'm guessing that because there are two key positions, the rider would know if there battery was being drained if the ket was left in the first ignition posistion.
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Chili said:
I believe the Canadian assimilator still operates as a charge warning, but additionally, according to the MkIII manual, it automatically switches on the head and tail lamps if the engine is started with the key in the: "Ignition" position, it then continues to glow until the rider turns the key to the: "Ignition & Lights" position.
http://britmoto.com/manuals/Manuals/850_man.pdf
Section J8,
Automatic "Lights on" (when running) Canada:
Jed said:
You appear to have been given the wrong information, as the lack of the ballast resistor should not logically affect the operation of the assimilator.
The ignition ballast certainly does not "govern" assimilator operation.
The assimilator simply senses AC output direct from the alternator stator and switches off the charge warning light (technically, it isn't an "ignition" light) when output reaches a certain level, (I'm also speaking as the owner of a MkIII which had a fully functioning charge warning light with a Boyer ignition in the past).
http://www.nortonownersclub.org/support ... similators
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That's right , no other complexitys involved need be. No ballast resistor factor. :|
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