Kokusan

[lemans]

dear Morinisti,

Question: are all Kokusan equiped bike electric start.

why: at the moment I'm building a replacement for the Kokusan Ignitionbox. Retaining the original flywheel en pick-ups it is just the digital unit to organize the timing of the sparks with an optimized ignition advance curve and rev limiter.

I have this system running using a paddock starter but kick-starting is not easy. kickstart-leverage is just one revolution, crankshaft speed is low and variable and the pickup triggers at max-advance. At the moment a not usable configuration.

so if all Kokusan-MM are electrically started I can drop this option for my MM500.

kind regards Anne Galama

[hombre]

Yes they are, some even have the kickstartlever removed. Watch out when kicking though, it sparks on every rotation and can kick back very fiercely unlike the Ducati-ignition

[lemans]

Thanks, solves some issues with sensor characteristics. I’ll set minimum rpm when starting at 300 and skip sparks in the first few revolutions to get a reliable reading. Anne