1981 honda z50r electrical question

[Thecatmilton]

I recently dropped $200 on a 1981 honda Z50r and I was wondweing if I could add a headlight to it. There is a black wire with a white stripe coming from the flywheel ac generator stator thing (i have seen it called a few different things), and I was wondering what that was.

 

[Neck]

Start it up and put a volt meter on it, see what you get. A stater will put out AC current.

 

[Thecatmilton]

The wire goes to the Off/run switch and the ignition coil. If I ground the wire the bike dies. If I connect a 12V DC light bulb to it the bulb begins to light up and it dies. I cant find my multimeter at the moment. :shrug:

 

[Neck]

Yeah, that's kinda what I expected, the Z50R's didn't come with lighting coils unfortunately.

 

[Thecatmilton]

Would It be easy to add one like this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ignition-Ma...Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c681565a0&vxp=mtr

 

[bigrob]

You may be able to swap the stator for one off of an earlier engine that had the lighting coil and ignition , probly need the flywheel too , not a lot of other options

 

[Neck]

Umm, I'm not sure if you have the correct flywheel for this setup.