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79 gs 1000 ignition upgrade, help please

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I recently received what appears to be a stock gs electronic ignition pickup along with accell yellow coils and wires to replace the points ignition and stock coils, wires on my 79 gs 1000L. Will I need an "igniter" box or some sort of atu rotor for this electronic pickup to generate spark signal? If not what else do I need to run this, if anything? Thanks a ton.
 
What do you have ?

If its just the pickups you will need an ignitor.

If you have a Dyna S then you won't need an ignitor because its all built in.

With the dyna S you will still need the ATU but use the dyna rotor.

If its the stock pickups you will need either an ATU or plain rotor and an ignitor with built in advance.

All depends on what parts you have.
 
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Pictures would be helpful

If it's stock and you need an ignitor, a Dyna S is probably less expensive
 
Pickup

Pickup

picture of what is likely stock gs electronic pickup. or am I lucky and is this the dyna s (fingers crossed)? This is all I have, there was no igniter or rotor included and the guy I got it from didnt have any other components with it. However, he got it in a parts box not installed on a bike.
 
From an 80-82


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83 and up 700 and 750's and the 1150's have the "set back" trigger like the shafty illustration you posted also.
 
niclpnut said:
Yeah. just looks like the igniters are different. wonder if they have the same plugs.
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nope,
if so i would have sold all my 700/750/1150 boxes.
the shafty electronic boxes are different and several hundred dollars from the dealer...yeah crazy i know.
last guy with an 82 1100L i did a retro fit of an 80-83 1100E ignition on his bike for 200 parts and labor...he was happy and still riding today :)
 
wompin said:
picture of what is likely stock gs electronic pickup. or am I lucky and is this the dyna s (fingers crossed)? This is all I have, there was no igniter or rotor included and the guy I got it from didnt have any other components with it. However, he got it in a parts box not installed on a bike.
Click to expand...

Post up a full size picture, most of us are old and that tiny pic strains our bifocals
 
Open the thumbnail.
Hold CtrL and press the + a few times to zoom in on it.
CtrL and - to zoom back out.
 
Mekanix said:
Open the thumbnail.
Hold CtrL and press the + a few times to zoom in on it.
CtrL and - to zoom back out.
Click to expand...

son of a beatch!
thank you!

thats a mechanical advancer for sure but not a dyna button as i thought.
and yes a set back factory type trigger.
 
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bigger pics

bigger pics

Heres some better pics if you still need them. So we established that I have a stock "set back" signal generator. Thanks for the help. What else will I need?

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Heres how I see my options:

1. Quit fooling around and get the Dyna-S setup. (budget restrictions)

2. Get the rest of the equipment I need second hand (Ive contacted several members with igniters for sale. The problem is I dont know which ignitor I need or if I need a different timing advance unit.)

3. File the whole idea under unnecessary and set points periodically

What do you guys suggest?
 
honestly the dynaS will be the cheapest way in my opinion.
maybe a good used one...look around or post in the classified's...you never know.

also...
i call them a "set back" just because how it looks.
the other triggers are flat all the way across.
 
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