WTF is this?

[quad4914]

I'm redoing my shee & found this, the little white cylinder, attached to my harness & wanted to know what it is. I'm guessing TORS eliminator? When I got rid of the tors on my 96 I just wired it out & didnt need something like this. Its just clipped in & makes a really corodable joint in the loom, if I dont need it I'll just cut it out & soldier the splice/scabbed POS or if I do I'll soldier the thing in.

 

[AKheathen]

what wires is it attatched to? looks kindof like a rev box, but idk :shrug:

[quad4914]

what wires is it attatched to? looks kindof like a rev box, but idk :shrug:

 

 

Yeah it does go into or out of the rev box. Like the old answer roost boost maybe. I'm lost as to what it is

[quad4914]

Im still wondering

[AKheathen]

well, i can see better now, it taps stait in the pickup wires, so it does something with the timing, like a rev limiter, or alarm, or... does it have any writing on it?

[quad4914]

Not a lick of jibberish on it anywhere. It has 2 wires to it & reminds me of the pvc homade m-80's I love to make on the 4th'o july. It does have 2 grooves worn into it that look like they might be about worn into the electrics inside. You can see under the dirt 2 of those squeeze clamp blue electrical connectors. They seem like they wouldnt create a circuit through the brain but bypass instead.... IDK

[blowit]

Not a lick of jibberish on it anywhere. It has 2 wires to it & reminds me of the pvc homade m-80's I love to make on the 4th'o july. It does have 2 grooves worn into it that look like they might be about worn into the electrics inside. You can see under the dirt 2 of those squeeze clamp blue electrical connectors. They seem like they wouldnt create a circuit through the brain but bypass instead.... IDK

 

 

 

Very likely to be a capacitor like the Roost Boost. Constant loss ignitions (no battery, no charging) are well known for having weaker spark so the added capacitance in the circuit will help concentrate the voltage spike to the ignition coil. Because an ignition coil is an isolation transformer, an increase in the primary voltage will also increase the secondary spark voltage. The only issue with adding capacitance is it will change the primary spark timing slightly but should be accounted for. If it is just tied to the the Orange and Black wires, it is likely tied in parallel with the coil.

 

This may also be an "idea" someone had too and may be tied to the stator somehow. A cap can also be used on the lighting system to reduce ripple voltage or that light flicker you get at low rpm. Either way, it can be removed without concern.

 

 

 

Brandon

[AKheathen]

Very likely to be a capacitor like the Roost Boost. Constant loss ignitions (no battery, no charging) are well known for having weaker spark so the added capacitance in the circuit will help concentrate the voltage spike to the ignition coil. Because an ignition coil is an isolation transformer, an increase in the primary voltage will also increase the secondary spark voltage. The only issue with adding capacitance is it will change the primary spark timing slightly but should be accounted for. If it is just tied to the the Orange and Black wires, it is likely tied in parallel with the coil.

 

This may also be an "idea" someone had too and may be tied to the stator somehow. A cap can also be used on the lighting system to reduce ripple voltage or that light flicker you get at low rpm. Either way, it can be removed without concern.

 

 

 

Brandon

well, i can see that it's scotch-locked into the pickup wiring, so i could only speculate that it's a hall-effect devise for a msd effect, but if it is home made, and the guy decided to use scotch-locks, and cheap butt connectors insted of a better method, than any reliability just flew out the door. you could have seen a couple capacitors as part of the circitry, which can look like butt connectirs, or tiny batteries. mabey you can get a close-up, or just leave it off, untill you figure it out.

[blowit]

well, i can see that it's scotch-locked into the pickup wiring, so i could only speculate that it's a hall-effect devise for a msd effect, but if it is home made, and the guy decided to use scotch-locks, and cheap butt connectors insted of a better method, than any reliability just flew out the door. you could have seen a couple capacitors as part of the circitry, which can look like butt connectirs, or tiny batteries. mabey you can get a close-up, or just leave it off, untill you figure it out.

 

 

I am not quite sure how the addition of a hall sensor would do anything mounted up in the harness. There just is not enough power in the system to start fattening the arc time or applying multi-spark technology. I am a little curious just what the hell it is to be honest.

 

 

 

 

Brandon

[quad4914]

Thanks for the input guys. I just wrapped it up & left it, it ran with it in there before so dont mess with a good thing I guess. I might check my lights with it on then pull it & see if theres less flicker theres no lights right now so I'll have to get a set & see. My best guess is just get it running again & see what happens when I pull it out. I was hoping someone had a diffinitive answer but you never know what happens to these bikes in the hands of morons. Hopefully I'll have her back together this weekend & can get some riding in.