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azcycle

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Re: weak battery?
« Reply #30 on: April 20, 2010, 05:53:52 PM »
I don't know much about most r65's but mine is a pain to start if the temperature drops below 60 degrees. Above 60 and it fires right up, first time. I guess it got used to this warm Tucson weather. :)
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Offline Bob_Roller

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Re: weak battery?
« Reply #31 on: April 20, 2010, 06:16:43 PM »
My '81 started doing that about 5 years ago, wouldn't start below 55 F.

Culprit, faulty OEM second generation (red and black) ignition coil, the primary winding had .7 ohms, supposed to be 1.5 ohms .

Replaced it with a Dyna coil, hard starting problem solved .
« Last Edit: April 20, 2010, 06:38:43 PM by Bob_Roller »
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