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shorting???
Not so sure shorting the battery is a good idea, cause this will give you 0V at the coil. What I've read about enfields somewhere on the web is that, to properly run without battery you should install a condensor (in stead of the battery?).
Google around a bit, I'm sure you'll find something.
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Ouch,, so basic i forgot. yes , turn off everything except teh ignition. use a capacitor do not short the wires together.
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Hi
I ran a Triumph 500 off road for a while without a battery it had points and a big capacitor in the circuit to give a bit of a stable supply
It didn’t have an ignition switch but to stop it being started all you had to do was switch the light switch on
I don’t think this set up would work with electronic ignition because at tick over with the lights on the whole system would drop down to about 7 or 8 volts OK with points but no good for this new fangled stuff
I have now fitted a very small battery to the bike (I still have the capacitor on there for emergencies) I did this because it makes it much easer to fault find on the bike if it stops and as I do MCC Long distance trials with it I have had a few times when I have been glad of a bit of back up battery power as if the bike stops its very hard to work out if it’s a charging or ignition problem as the system is only live when you are kicking it over
Lots of fun at night in the rain NOT
So my advice would be to fit a small battery
and the best way to save weight is to buy a KTM
Bob
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Thanks for all the imput guys. I have bought a new battery for the interim (and to get it through it's MOT  ) and will experiment with capacitors at a later date.
Now what was that other suggestion? Buying a KTM...hmm...tempting...!
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