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Here is the wacky dual pickup. I've been looking around and there aren't any that I can find, and a whole new stator setup with the pickups are upwards of $300-$500 which is, um, a bit much. Also there are not really any models that share this pickup besides a few xt550's and the costs are similar.
So I ordered two pickups with the same resistance, and for only $12 I think it's a cheap experiment that's worth a shot.
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And you can see the three wires going into the pickup are all mangled from the P.O. as well as some strange drill marks so I guess he was trying to fix it... oh well.
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15 Jun 2019
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send an email to ignitech....they might have someting
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Ill try that, thanks
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18 Jun 2019
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Haha I fixed it.
So I couldn't find that dual pickup anywhere, so I made one. I just got two pickups and jb welded them to a bracket, wired them up and viola.
Hopefully it will hold up, I got the gas and oil resistant jb weld so I hope it will be fine. If not I know how to make a new one...
It isn't very pretty and the clamps shifted over night so it's a bit crooked, but it works. Full XT powa!!!!!
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19 Jun 2019
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Well done!
Is there anywhere I can read up on the XT pickup etc?
Why does it have 2 offset pickups on the flywheel?
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one PU is for starting low revs, second PU for normal higher rpm running spark advance, ign box simply switches to the second one when revs pickup.
Nice McGyvering it, but without wanting to scare you, would be wary of longish trips in hot weather or off-road.... failure in the gluing could mean serious damage in there.
Would try to build a small metal cage around the two
ignitech has some units that replace the two PU setup with a single one and advance is built-in into their ignition box. Have one in my DR350, works well.
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