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I own a 2005 Bonneville, it keeps breaking down. I loose the spark. this has happened at 4500 miles 6000 miles and now at 8500 miles I have replaced the pick up coil and the ignition coil 3 times it keeps breaking these two components. I have not replaced the igniter pack. I have put a better ignition coil on a PVL and had a better crank shaft pick up coil rewound by a specialist. I am my whit's end the bike was just out of warranty when this started. any ideas why it keeps fouling the 2 coils. (pick up and ignition) thanks Bob

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  • sativasam13 Sep 17, 2009

    The igniter pack (CDI) is off being tested at



    http://www.TriumphTwinPower.com as of this morning



    the chap there seems well up on this particular igniter, its made by Gill electronics and is re mappable, just my luck the post seems to be in dispute now so don't know how long it will take to get it back?

    I can't work out how a faulty igniter will burn out a succession of pick or ignition coils though, even if it is faulty? cheers for the help Bob

  • Rick Weldon Jul 31, 2015

    Check the ohms reading on the leads, should be around 5ohms if nothing at all the spark has to try hard to jump and this blows the coil.

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Have you tried replacing the cdi unit this controlles the spark to the coil ??? get back to me

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The new triumph bonneville is piece of,,, +++###~~~+++\\\|||***** try every wire and conector in the ignition system. try the voltage at the coil, try the voltage on pin 2 of the igniter pack. make sure it has the full 12+ volts...have you got an alarm/imobaliser, if not,,, try the voltage in and out of the plug that fits the alarm socket, under the seat near the igniter it has 2 jumper wires on it that wil stop the bike running if they get a bit wet or loose. sell the bike as soon as its running and buy a Suzuki Bandit with the cash....l

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