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Thanks Graham - I'm in Australia so I'm going to try out the keys4classics place first, but it's always useful to have the info on the forum.

UPDATE: Keys for classics came through with the goods!

Adrian

Thanks guys, I'll try them out.

Does anyone know where it might be possible to get an ignition key for a '79 500 cut from the lock code. I've tried a couple of motorbike key specialist places that came up in a google search but neither could help. I can get hold of blanks but don't have anything to copy from atm. Maybe an Italian ...

Hi, from the document 1.38v +/- 10% seems to be the magic number, which fits in very nicely with what I observed on the bench. Having seen the design and gained a bit of insight into how Ducati/Morini did things; a sort of elegant simplicity coupled with a 'good enough' attitude seem to be the desig...

Yes, well I've got an original red pickup and a NLM pickup both of which seem to struggle. In fact the NLM one has never worked properly. So I'm 'substituting' them for a Sachse unit :) I'm curious to know what the actual figures should be though, i can trigger it no problem with a 1.5v battery but ...

Hi, Does anyone know the voltage required on the pickup lines to trigger a spark in the regular black 500 transducers. I've got a troublesome pickup that doesn't seem to be generating enough energy to consistently trigger a spark. I've tested the transducers are firing ok with an external signal. It...

Hi Tom,

Do the master cylinder have a brake light switch on these units and what size cylinder is it? I'm after a replacement for an early 500.

Cheers,

Adrian

Did you find out what the problem was? I've got a similar issue myself after a re-build.

Cheers George, good to know.

Hi,

The parts list for the 500 shows the two front wheel bearings as the same diameter but different widths. When I ordered a couple from NLM they were the same - Is it normal to replace the wider one with a bearing of the same width?