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1972 Eldo Tach with twin coils
« on: April 18, 2025, 03:46:50 PM »
 I put a 1989 engine into a 1972 Moto Guzzi bike. Everything works except the Tachometer because it was designed for a twin cylinder single coil bike and my engine is a twin cylinder dual coil model.

Basically the tach wants to see two pulses from the coil for each revolution and is seeing only one. I tried hooking up both coils with a diode inline to keep them from interfering with each other but I went from half-working to not working.

There are aftermarket solutions to this problem from the hot-rod world but I was wondering if there was something simple and cheap to fix this.

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Re: 1972 Eldo Tach with twin coils
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2025, 07:15:05 PM »
How about this?



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Re: 1972 Eldo Tach with twin coils
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2025, 04:17:17 PM »
I thought Charlie would be here by now….
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Re: 1972 Eldo Tach with twin coils
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2025, 05:08:36 PM »
I thought Charlie would be here by now….

I've never done it, so nothing to offer. Plus, it's already been discussed on the Loopframe FB group that I run.
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Re: 1972 Eldo Tach with twin coils
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2025, 05:42:44 PM »
How about this?





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Re: 1972 Eldo Tach with twin coils
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2025, 05:29:06 PM »
I thought Charlie would be here by now….

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