250 Monza: is electronic ignition available?

[Bevel bob]

The cheap one!. Called Energy Booster, Its a basic product that I would call a Points assist. I would suggest that you remove the capacitor from the points base plate ,I have a normal ignition coil and a 12v conversion . I would also suggest using the advance and retard unit as found on the more basic models (Monza) which has a 14 degree action which equates to 28 degrees on the bike. Set this up with anywhere from 5 to 8 degrees static advance and even with a high comp piston you will not get a kick back to worry you. If you are a an old fossil and worry you can carry the capacitor and a bit of spare wire to convert back to standard points power by the roadside.You can also stop and open or close the points a couple of thou just to see if the timing is good.I think they do a 6v too. I attached the unit with a cable tie to the frame.You probably don't even need to change or check the timing, I have not used a degree disc for years, just set the timing to give a very mild kickback.

[cooperplace]

Bob, this sounds very much like the Dynatek DBR-1 Ignition booster I fitted to my 250 Monza. It gave me the mother of all kickbacks. Neither my 450 nor the 900 ever gave such a vicious kickback. Months later, my foot and ankle still hurt. At the time I thought something might have been broken, and I still think that might have been the case. My ankle has never quite been the same since. I removed the booster, and without changing the timing, no more such kickbacks have occurred.

Also, I was wearing running shoes, and I will never do that again. It will always be very heavy, strong boots when kicking the 250.

[Bevel bob]

Bad kickback seems to be more common with the AR units that give a narrow range and have to be set up with more static advance.