Ignitiech TCI report

[briandneville]

I'd had 'strange' tach issues for two years, where the tach would briefly go to 0 and the engine would run sluggish, then return to normal along with the tach.  About 3 weeks back, the tach went to 0 and stayed there and the engine was clearly running on a single cylinder.  This lasted for about a minute then the engine ran normally.  Same thing happened the next two times I rode the bike.  I swapped in a spare TCI, which replaced the problem with similar ones.

I purchased a non-programmable TCI from Ingnitech, installed it, and have had no problems since.  Performance is the same as it was with the OEM units.   

I think my 40 year old TCI and similarly old backup are past their useful ives.  But the new one seems to be working great.

[fret not]

That is reassuring news!  An 'ace in the hole', so to speak.  So many original parts are no longer available from Yamaha, so it is reassuring to have access to the IGNITECH.

[briandneville]

Yes reassuring and I am hopeful that the unit installed will turn out to have 'fixed' the problems I was experiencing.  Not enough time on the bike yet to say for certain, and given that it's now raining in Seattle for the foreseeable future, it may be a while before I can claim victory.  But good so far.  Ignitech was easy to work with.  Not cheap at about $170 including shipping from Czech Republic.  And it took a few weeks.  The unit is a different size and shape but was easy enough to zip-tie in place behind the cover.

Hoping this will help others!

[Walt_M.]

I'm glad you tried the Ignitech. I've long believed it would work and would have gotten one when my stocker failed, and it will.

[fret not]

"Raining in Seattle" !!  I wish it were raining here in northern California.  However, our weather is just gorgeous now!  Warm enough to wear a T shirt, and cool enough to wear long sleeves comfortably.  You can be comfortable wearing a heavy jacket for riding as Summer has gone now.  This is Autumn, and Winter will be here very soon.
I celebrated my 78 birthday with some dear friends/inlaws, had a great lunch at the Auburn airport Wings cafe.  They have reliably good food, but are only Breakfast and lunch, no dinner. (day light hours)