I had been riding for 15 minutes or so today, the engine was not that hot as I'd only been crusing at about 30km/h along a bike path. I was slowing down to cross a bridge, I hit the clutch and the engine stalled - and will not start. I think it is an ignition problem.
The magneto coil (this is a Zbox/happytime engine), only measures 244 ohm instead of about 340 ohm as it used to. It also looks much blacker than when I last looked. So I'm guessing this is the problem.
I don't understand why it failed. I don't have the normal kill switch hooked up, so that can't be the problem (I have a switch wired in series with the blue wire instead).
Perhaps it was previously damaged by overheating on a longer trip and this was simply the straw that broke the camels back?
The magneto coil (this is a Zbox/happytime engine), only measures 244 ohm instead of about 340 ohm as it used to. It also looks much blacker than when I last looked. So I'm guessing this is the problem.
I don't understand why it failed. I don't have the normal kill switch hooked up, so that can't be the problem (I have a switch wired in series with the blue wire instead).
Perhaps it was previously damaged by overheating on a longer trip and this was simply the straw that broke the camels back?