1983 GS850 / No spark

[Anonymous]

I thought I posted this earlier but I guess the gremlins ate it..

I got a battery for my 83' GS850GL last week. It'll turn over fine, and all the horn and lights work, but Im not getting any spark from any of the cylinders.
( all new spark plugs too )
I've got 2 new (used ) coils I bought from the classfieds on here so they should be ok. My voltmeter shows about 12 volts at the leads that hook up to them...

So i guess it would be either the signal generator or the ignition
I tried the tests described in the manual but didn't get anything at all from either, but im never sure about these sort of things so ill probably get a mechanic to look at it.

If the ignitions fried I'll probably go to the DYNA system i've heard talked about here but damn they're expensive.

If anybodys interested, theres some pictures http://www.rossmunro.org>here

The bike has under 13,000 km on it. I bought it from a guy who said the regulator and coils failed in '95 and its been in storage since then

[Anonymous]

correction

sorry correct url is http://www.rossmunro.org/gs850 for the photos[/url]

[SqDancerLynn1]

You can use the dyna III $100 if they still have them on sale. You will also have to retro fit an advance unit from an older GS750/850/1000

[Detman101]

Do you need an advance unit if you have a 1981 GS750L?

Dm of mD

[SqDancerLynn1]

81 I believe was the last year to have the mechanical advance unit