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Old bike help.



I was given a DR125 of a 1988 vintage last year and I have been
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You have two of them now? Easy innit, don't bollox the second one until
you get the first fixed.

spending a bit of time doing it up and making good.

I got a little carried away when doing it and stripped the bike down
completly, engine out and everything.

I have now been spending some time putting the thing back together,
but I have a question about the electrics. I have reconnected the
ignition and the magneto and also the "blackbox" but unfortunalty when
I kick it over I dont get a spark. The lights are not fitted and there
is no battery (but that doesnt matter, it started without on before).

Can anyone advose on where I need to be checking to see if there is a
fault? I have a wiring diagram, and luckily all the loom is colour
coded, but before I go too far with it, I need to make sure itll fire.

The frame has been resprayed, so there is a chance the earth wire may
not be getting a good contact, will that matter too much?