steell wrote:
But as far as I know the only KZ's with a ballast resister are certain years of KZ1000's, and he has a KZ900.
And I know that none of the KZ four stroke models had CDI ignition, although the two stroke triples did.
Ballast resisters fail by increasing resistance, not by decreasing it (it's the nature of their construction), so if a ballast resister fails you are going to get little or no current.
Steell, you are absolutely right, but the point I was trying to make is that if you don't check the ballastresistor (if there is one) you don't know if it is allright. So you can change the coils, but still have a problem with a weak spark because of a high total resistance of the new coil and old ballast resistor.
And I think that less parts (2 instead of 4) is better for reliability.
KZ1300 also have ballast resistors according to this:
www.kz1300.com/techfaq.html#cp2
That's where I read the CDI would fry if the resistance of the coils is too low...
What's the difference between a transistorized ignition and a CDI?