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Offline thebearded1

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cb550 coils
« on: May 24, 2015, 03:23:36 PM »
Hey everybody,

Posted on here only a few times but have used this websites wealth of information while working on my 1975 cb550. I am replacing the coils on my bike with stock replacements and the coil has a positive wire connect and negative wire connect. The positive goes to my electronic  ignition and the negative goes to the kill switch right?  I checked the wire diagram and searched the website but did not find the reassurance I was looking for.
Thanks in advance!
75 CB550K

Offline dusterdude

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Re: cb550 coils
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2015, 04:38:06 PM »
If you're bike has black wire with a white stripe it goes to the positive on each coil.if it doesnt,pm calj737,he'll know.welcome to the forum
mark
1972 k1 750
1949 fl panhead
1 1/2 gl1100 goldwings
1998 cbr600 f3

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Re: cb550 coils
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2015, 04:40:41 PM »
Also,if you're bike has a yellow and a blue wire, coming from your points,they each go to one coils neg but i dont kbow which wire goes where
mark
1972 k1 750
1949 fl panhead
1 1/2 gl1100 goldwings
1998 cbr600 f3

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Re: cb550 coils
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2015, 05:17:00 PM »
Excellent this is why I asked ha ha.  I have both of those wires do I will do one coil at a time and figure it out.  Thanks man! You have quite the spread of bikes !
75 CB550K