Polini Ignition on Piaggio not working right

LaLLe · 26-07-2008, 12:10

Hello
I've got my self a Polini Ignition, and installed it exactly as the manuals tells me to. That required med to grind down the mounting point for the ignition coils to allow the correct distance. I get a very very weak spark which isn't enough to start the engine. Is the ignition defect on arrival or has any of you any advice i should try.
Right now I seem to have tried it all. A lot of distance between flywheel and ignition. Closer than described, nothings generating any spark.

And isn't I correct in understanding that to get a spark i don't have to have the lights wired up to the ignition?
Please anyhelp on this matter. So far I've never heard of the Polini ignition working on Piaggio!

**Arnoud** · 26-07-2008, 19:54

I have installed a polini ignition once without any problems. Almost all colors of the cables are the same as the cables of the scooter. There was only one cable with a totally different color than the cable it had to be connected with, so that can't go wrong. After installing it worked perfect.

LaLLe · 26-07-2008, 22:06

Hmm the only one that is a different color is the orange as far as i remember. The rest matches the original wirering. And the orange is for the ignition key, or in my case a kill switch.

Did it work without the other wires except the ones to produce a spark or didn't you try that?

26-07-2008, 12:10	#1 (permalink)
LaLLe Registered User	Polini Ignition on Piaggio not working right Hello I've got my self a Polini Ignition, and installed it exactly as the manuals tells me to. That required med to grind down the mounting point for the ignition coils to allow the correct distance. I get a very very weak spark which isn't enough to start the engine. Is the ignition defect on arrival or has any of you any advice i should try. Right now I seem to have tried it all. A lot of distance between flywheel and ignition. Closer than described, nothings generating any spark. And isn't I correct in understanding that to get a spark i don't have to have the lights wired up to the ignition? Please anyhelp on this matter. So far I've never heard of the Polini ignition working on Piaggio!

26-07-2008, 19:54	#2 (permalink)
Arnoud Arend!	I have installed a polini ignition once without any problems. Almost all colors of the cables are the same as the cables of the scooter. There was only one cable with a totally different color than the cable it had to be connected with, so that can't go wrong. After installing it worked perfect. __________________ ---www.euroscooters.nl---

26-07-2008, 22:06	#3 (permalink)
LaLLe Registered User	Hmm the only one that is a different color is the orange as far as i remember. The rest matches the original wirering. And the orange is for the ignition key, or in my case a kill switch. Did it work without the other wires except the ones to produce a spark or didn't you try that?