Project FZR250 project

Its really hard to get the smoke back in once you have let it out... Negative earth smoke is pretty hard to come by as well... I have only seen the Lucas Positive Earth smoke before.

 

My jar of smoke ran out a few year's ago







And a bit more info about smoke in wiring here-

Positive ground depends on proper circuit functioning, which is the transmission of negative ions by retention of the visible spectral manifestation known as "smoke". Smoke is the thing that makes electrical circuits work. We know this to be true because every time one lets the smoke out of an electrical circuit, it stops working. This can be verified repeatedly through empirical testing.

For example, if one places a copper bar across the terminals of a battery, prodigious quantities of smoke are liberated and the battery shortly ceases to function. In addition, if one observes smoke escaping from an electrical component such as a Lucas voltage regulator, it will also be observed that the component no longer functions. The logic is elementary and inescapable!

The function of the wiring harness is to conduct the smoke from one device to another. When the wiring springs a leak and lets all the smoke out of the system, nothing works afterward.

Starter motors were considered unsuitable for British motorcycles for some time largely because they consumed large quantities of smoke, requiring very unsightly large wires.

It has been reported that Lucas electrical components are possibly more prone to electrical leakage than their Bosch, Japanese or American counterparts. Experts point out that this is because Lucas is British, and all things British leak. British engines leak oil, British shock absorbers, hydraulic forks and disk brake systems leak fluid, British tires leak air and British Intelligence leaks national defense secrets.

Therefore, it follows that British electrical systems must leak smoke. Once again, the logic is clear and inescapable.

In conclusion, the basic concept of transmission of electrical energy in the form of smoke provides a logical explanation of the mysteries of electrical components especially British units manufactured by Joseph Lucas, Ltd.

And remember: "A gentleman does not motor about after dark."

Joseph Lucas "The Prince of Darkness" 1842-1903

 

Where was the circuit breaker fitted?
You should only have the 4 plastic fuses in the fuse box (plus 2x spare's)

 

The video has no sound for me ?
There's no speaker on the bottom right of the video with enable/disable ?

 

So are all the spark plug's firing and it idle's good ?

If not, have you checked the resistance through the the spark plug cap's ?
unsecrew them off each lead and test the Ohm's, use the 20K Ohm's setting on you DMM
They should read around 10,000 Ohm's if they're good
If not they may have corrosion inside them
Also have you ever trimmed back the coil lead's (10mm is usually enough), this give's the screw in the spark plug cap fresh wire to screw in when you reasseble them
But before cutting make sure they'll still reach if you cut them back

 

Your reg/rec is cactus and it will fry your TCI unit. Thread on this forum about upgrading it.

 

Yes, it will run for a while.