• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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82 XC 430 crank/ignition question

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I'm looking to get a clean unrestored 82 XC430 in a couple weeks but it lacks any ignition. I've been pricing / looking for a complete ignition for it,and based on your experience,which one is most reliable? I don't feel the need for the internal rotor type since this will be a woods bike being ridden in the stupidly deep sugar sand of Florida along with the other notorious items like palmetto and pine roots. ...oh yeah,and its freakin' ball boilin' hot almost 9 months of the year! Any other choices available other than PVL, Powerdynamo (think it used to be MZB) AND Electrex? I failed to measure crank but it should be a 15mm "medium" shaft ,correct?
Thanx for any input.
 
somehow, all mine have motoplat on them hahaha...the mini 6 does seem to be a good weight. one of these days ill check out what the aftermarket offers or perhaps ill just get these serviced. i dont know as these keep sparking..
 
Well you can buy a used one on ebay and if it gives up the ghost, just send it to Vance Smith to have him repair it for you. His prices are very reasonable. Here's the link: http://motoplatrepair.tripod.com/ He's done a couple of them for me in the past with good results. However, now, I just replace dead ignition with a Powerdynamo/MZB. Instead of buying one here in the US, you can buy them directly from them in Germany, and save yourself $50-$100.00. It's all in English (but luckily I speak German too). Anyway, that's what I do.

EDIT: And to answer your question about reliability...I don't have any experience with Electrex ignitions. However, based on what I've read on here they're good to go. Nevertheless, I've gone with MZB ignitions on four out of five of my Maico GS's and have never had any trouble over the past 10 years. Luckily, all of the Husqvarnas, Pentons, Hercules, KTMs I've owned have held up well with either stock or rebuilt motoplats.
 
Electrex (UK) is a major improvement on my 82 430, usually starts on the 1st kick now.

It's a complete kit , which I real like...
 
ruwfo said:
Electrex (UK) is a major improvement on my 82 430, usually starts on the 1st kick now.

It's a complete kit , which I real like...
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Electrex has the "keyless" flywheel ,correct? ...I have always lapped the flywheel to crank,especially on really old bikes and the keyway is just part of timing flywheel to crank for reassembly ,so that option is ok
 
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