125-200cc 2012 WR125 Ignition Prices

Has anyone made a parts list or priced out the 2012 WR125 ignition? I'm thinking of replacing my '09 ignition if the price is right.

Bryon at Bill's is checking

Thanks. I'll have to get with Bryon next time I stop by.

Bill is going to send me a complete ducati ignition from the WR125. I am going to run comparisons back to back with the cr and old wr ignitions on the same motor. Will post up my findings.

Stopped by Bill's and he has it boxed up for you. Bryon couldn't price it because their 2012 parts manual has the 2011 part numbers. I wonder if it would be advisable to get the wiring harness for lights since the main connector looks different.

Mike, I will just dummy up some connectors for the test runs. I can't wait to try it. Will inform all as I test.

If this works on the 125 it should work on the 250/300's, right?

I received the Ducati WR ignition from Bill and Bryon at Bill's Motorcycle Plus today. I will be doing back to back to back comparisons with this ignition, the cr, and the old wr ignition asap using both a 144 and 165 top end. Of course it is snowing and blowing at the moment and that is the forcast for the week. Please give a hearty thank you to Bill's for supporting the brand and trying to answer questions about the bikes we love at no small expense to themselves.

A couple of initial impressions of the Ducati ignition:

1) quality is definitely top notch
2) overall flywheel weight on the Ducati ignition is definitely less and closer to the axis point than the old WR ignition
3) Really like the use of a 12 pole stator producing AC power for both the ignition and the lights
4) only reservation is the inability to manually adjust the overall advance/retard timing of the ignition...they are saying "we know where the timing should be, DON'T F@#$ WITH IT"

I will post results as soon as I can get out on some dry gravel road.

The ignition might have a built in hunt program and that might be why you can't adjust it. If you could move it, it will always find the best advance/retard setting.

You are probably right and it eliminates guys like me that can't keep our hands to ourselves from degrading the performance of the ignition.

Snowing? Really?
GP

Yep, it is winter here now.

You might have to use a snowblower to try that ignition out or:

Walt's 167 snow trac conversion kit.

I want a snow trac to hook up to my 360 but can't justify it for just a couple of months a year. OBTW, at this point, I hate winter. I am going south at least 3 times this winter.

Hey Wally! You can stay at my house in Sacramento if you get tired of the snow. I'm a former Montana resident from Kalispell. Lot's of riding here in the winter.

I am headed that way in mid-February with my buddy Jon who is from Kalispell. We hope to meet up with all the central Cali cafehusky crowd for some riding and pit racing/beer slogging.

Yeah, I hate winters anymore, but I do like to take some time off and enjoy my recliner, good stoked wood burner, couple beers, some spaghetti westerns and a nap!

Walt, how much snow you getting up there?