Rizzato Wiring: Italian made Rizzato has it’s own engine, with either a CEV 6952 or a Dansi 3-wire magneto. Rizzato Califfo uses the same wiring and wire colors as Italian-made mopeds with Minarelli engines. Red is ignition, black is lights, and blue (for CEV) or green (for Dansi) is an external ignition ground, powering the brake light. Unpluging the brake light wires on a Rizzato will make it stop running. When it has no spark, always ground the blue wire first. Outside wiring disconnected is often the cause.

Rizzato Califfo Wiring, CEV 3-wire magneto, external ignition ground

Pacer Wiring: Pacer is an Italian moped with either a Morini MO1, MO2, or M1 engine. Early models with frame number 15499 and below, all have the Dansi 101286 3-wire 3-coil magneto, with the ignition source coil grounded internally. Later models with frame number 15500 and above can have either 101286 or the Dansi 101765 3-wire 2-coil magneto. The only way to tell is by the number stamped on the flywheel. The brake light switches, wiring harness, and tail light are different for each magneto type. See also Morini Wiring.

Pacer Wiring Diagram
for Dansi mag 101286
internal ignition ground

Pacer Wiring Diagram
for Dansi mag 101765
external ignition ground

Peugeot Wiring: Peugeot was one of 3 or 4 moped makers that made their own magneto. The French maker chose to be different and make their flywheel have puller threads M20x1.0, instead of the Germans M22x1.5 or Italians M19x1.0. Pre-1980 Peugeots have an external ignition ground running the brake light. Remove the tail light assembly or unplug the wires and it won’t run. Ground the black wire under the engine by attaching it somewhere to ground (such as the tail of the decomp cable wire), to get spark, when there is no spark. 1980 and later Peugeots do not have that problem, because they have an internal ignition ground. Their ignition does not rely on any of the lights.

Peugeot Ignition Upgrade: Way back in the mid 1980’s, Peugeot 103 mopeds, 1976-1979 began to burn up condensers and points rapidly. Some of the  coils would send voltage spikes. In the late 1980’s the supply of coils and stators had pretty much been used up. By 1990, even brand new Peugeot coils would not work good for long. They were going bad just sitting on the shelf. Out of desperation Shaun found a substitute inner source coil, from a Puch. It fits the Peugeot coil bolts, if they are bent in a little. A Puch outer coil (transformer) was added onto the right frame near the carburetor. ’78-79 and some ’77 103’s already have the external coil mount. 1977-earlier has to be welded on.  There is a whole chapter about that here.

Peugeot 103 1976-79
103 LS, 103 LVS, 103 SP
3-wire + spark magneto
internal transformer with
external ignition ground

Peug Ign Upgrade:
int to ext trans. coil

These 1980 and later Peugeot models already have the upgraded ignition, with external transformer coil.

Peugeot 102,103 1980-on
new “star” magneto
internal ignition ground

Peugeot 103 1980-83
103 LS,LVS,SP,SPB, TSM
3-wire “star” magneto
internal ignition ground

Peugeot 102 1980-83
w/tail light transformer
3-wire “star” magneto
internal ignition ground

 Piaggio Wiring: Vespa is one brand of the parent company Piaggio. For 1970’s Vespa mopeds, there many wiring diagrams with photos and service info, located in a separate Service section, under Vespa Electrical https://www.myronsmopeds.com/category/vespa-electrical/

Puch Wiring: All 1978-1986 Puch mopeds, USA models, have a 6-wire Bosch magneto, with points, and with an external ignition ground that powers the horn. Unplugging one of the horn wires, then pressing the horn button stops the engine. In addition to that, loosen the horn/light switch clamp from the handlebar, and a brand new Puch will not run, because of disconnected horn wires. Really! Puch is the only maker that chose to meet the USA standards that way. Almost everyone else chose to power the brake light with the ignition ground. Maybe the others figured if you’re already using the brakes and your engine dies, it’s not as bad. 

Puch 1974-75 (4-wire)
Maxi, Maxi-S, Rigid (GN)
Maxi 8353263-8421028
Rigid 6539521-6547172
4-wire Bosch magneto
1-speed 0212 124 038
internal ignition ground

Puch 1976-77 (5-wire)
Maxi-N, Maxi-S, Nostalgic
Maxi 8421029-8709891
Rigid 6547173-6830115
5-wire Bosch magneto
1-speed 0212 124 042
internal ignition ground

Puch 1976-77 (5-wire)
Maxi-N, Maxi-S, Nostalgic
actual wiring laid out
ULO 2-bulb tail light
Merit chrome switches

Puch Schaltplan Jun-77
The original 6-wire plans,
for US models, where the
ignition powers the horn.
external ignition ground

Puch 1977-78 (6-wire)
Maxi, Maxi Luxe, Rigid
Maxi 8709892-???????
Rigid 6830116-???????
6-wire Bosch magneto
1-speed 0212 124 043
external ignition ground

Puch 1978-79 (6-wire)
Maxi, Maxi II, Luxe, Rigid
6-wire Bosch magneto
1-speed 0212 124 043
2-speed 0212 124 044
external ignition ground

Puch 1978-79 (6-wire)
Sport, Newport, Magnum
Sport MkII, Magnum MkII
1-speed 0212 124 043
2-speed 0212 124 044
external ignition ground

Puch 1978-79 (6-wire)
Sport, Newport, Magnum
Sport MkII, Magnum MkII
w/square black switches
CEV 2-bulb tail light
external ignition ground

Puch 1980-82 (6-wire)
Maxi, Maxi II, Maxi Luxe
1-speed 0215 254 658
2-speed 0215 254 674
external ignition ground

Puch 1980-82 (6-wire)
Sport MkII, Newport II,
Magnum II, MkII
2-speed 0215 254 674
external ignition ground

Puch 1980-82 (6-wire)
Sport MkII, Newport II
Magnum II, MkII
w/square black switches
external ignition ground

Puch 1980-82 (6-wire)
Magnum MkII, Limited Ed
with ignition key switch
2-speed 0215 254 674
external ignition ground

Puch 1983-84 (6-wire)
Maxi, Dart with
6VAC voltage regulator
1-speed 0215 254 658
external ignition ground

Puch 1983-84 (6-wire)
Maxi, Dart with
6VAC voltage regulator
original b & w diagram
external ignition ground

Puch 1983-84 (6-wire)
Dart (shown), Maxi
Merit chrome switches
external ignition ground

Puch 1984-86 (6-wire)
Maxi Sport LS, MS LS II
Cobra, Cobra II, ’85 Maxi
w/square black switches
external ignition ground

Puch Re-makes: After the last Austrian made Puch in 1986, three companies have reproduced the 1980’s Puch mopeds. Piaggio (Italy, early 90’s), Hero (India, late 90’s), and Manet (Hungary, late 90’s). While the most of engine is the same, the electrical equipment and wiring is different, more modern. All 1990’s and later mopeds have CDI ignitions with an internal ignition ground. Thanks to the advent of electronic solid state voltage regulation in the mid 1980’s, allowing stronger magneto/generators (50 or 80 watts instead of 30) without bulb burnout, modern mopeds don’t need to borrow “juice” from the ignition, so their ignition is separate from the lights or horn, and thus way more reliable.

Puch Korado Wiring, 1995 made by Manet
CDI 2-wire magneto (internal ignition ground)

Odyssey Wiring: Odyssey mopeds and engines are made in Germany by Solo. They have German style wiring with separate generator wires for each light. Euro models have a Bosch 0212 005 011 80mm clockwise magneto. USA models have a Bosch 0212 124 039 90mm clockwise magneto. More to follow…

Negrini Wiring: The wiring diagram is not in the owners manual by MMI. See Morini Wiring. What number is on the magneto flywheel determines one of two possible wiring schemes. See Morini Wiring and Dansi Magnetos.

NVT Wiring: NVT (Norton Villiers Triumph) mopeds and motorcycles are made in England. The Easy Rider ER1 and ER2 mopeds all use the Dansi 101286 magneto, according to the owners manual wiring. On that magneto/generator, the lighting coil is split into two concentric coils, one for brake light and horn (black wire), and one for head light, tail light, and speedo light (green wire). The other coil is ignition (red wire), with an internal ground, so it is isolated from the lights. 

NVT Easy Rider ER1,ER2, Morini MO1 or MO2 engine
Dansi 101286 magneto, internal ignition ground

Manet Wiring: This is a mid to late 1990’s Puch remake, made in Hungary by Manet. It is better known as the “Puch Korado”. Some things, like the engine, are the same as Puch, but the electrical and wiring is all different. Like all the other all-AC modern (1990’s and later) mopeds, the Korado has all the lights on one wire, with a 12VAC shunt-type voltage regulator. Like everything modern, it has a completely separate and independent CDI (capacitor discharge ignition) system that in no way depends on the lights. The CDI has no pulser coil.

Manet/Korado also made the mid-to-late-1990’s Jawa remake. The wiring for that not currently available, but is expected to be close to this wiring and electrical equipment. 

Manet-Puch Korado
remake of ’86 Puch 1-sp
all lights 1 wire 12VAC
2-wire CDI magneto

Minarelli Wiring: Most Italian mopeds, US models, that have Minarelli engines have this same wiring, functionally. Many have the same exact colors as well. There are at least 21 names: Aspes, Baretta, Bianchi, Cimatti, Concord, Fantic, Gadabout, Gitane, Intramotor, Lem, Maico, Motomarina, Motron, Pryer, Red Foxi, Safari, Silver Foxi, Snark, Testi, Yankee Peddler, and others. They all have the Minarelli V1 or V1L engine with CEV 6932 3-wire magneto with external ignition ground (blue wire) powering the brake light. Ground the blue wire first if there is no spark.

Minarelli Wiring for Testi/Gitane & others

Morini Wiring: Franco Morini moped engines can have two possible Dansi magnetos. Which one it has is determined by a number stamped on the flywheel. Some Italian mopeds, US models, that have Morini engines have this same exact wiring. This “universal” wiring can be configured for either NC-in-series (for Dansi 101765 or 101732), or NO-in-parallel (for Dansi 101286 magneto) brake light switches. Most others wirings are functionally the same as one of these two versions. There are dozens of brand names: Arciero, Benvenuti, Bianchi, Colt, Cosmo, F. Morini (no relation to Franco Morini), Intramotor, Italjet, Italvelo, Italtelai, Lem, Malaguti, Motomarina, Motobecane, Negrini, Pacer, Snark, Velomec, West Wind, and others. Morini is only the engine name.  

Morini Wiring Diagram

Dansi magneto 101286 3-wire 2-coil
has normally open brake light switches in parallel
and an internal ignition ground.

Dansi magnetos 101765 and 101732 3-wire 3-coil
have normally closed brake light switches in series
and an external ignition ground that powers the brake light.

Motobecane Wiring: Two versions for USA model mopeds.

Early “6 volt” version: Before Jan 1978, Motobecane mopeds had a 2-coil Novi magneto, with an external ignition ground. The ignition assisted in keeping the lights bright, in a complex way.

Later “12 volt” version: After Jan 1978, Motobecane mopeds had a 3-coil Novi magneto, with an internal ignition ground. However, the ignition coil still needs at least one of the two neighboring lighting coils to be active. Amazingly, the lights not working can make it loose spark, even though they are not connected. It has to be from the magnetic field. The wiring is also complex.

Motobecane 6V, 1974-77 2-coil
3-wire Novi mag, external ign. gnd

Motobecane 12V, 1978-80 3 coil
3-wire Novi mag, internal ign. gnd

Euro version: They were much simpler. No brake light and less watts.

Motobecane 6V 1968 Euro model
internal ignition ground with external spark coil

Motobecane Sebring, Morini MO1 or MO2 eng.
Dansi 101765 magneto, external ignition ground

Moto Guzzi Wiring: There are two kinds of Moto Guzzi Robin. They have the same name but different frames and wiring. Moto Guzzi made a stamped sheet-metal frame model, called Chiù in Europe, and Robin in the US. They also sold a Robin with a mono-tube frame made by Seimm. Both kinds had the 1970’s Motobi (Benelli) moped engine, with a Dansi 3-wire magneto.

Moto Guzzi Robin (mono-tube) The mono-tube Moto Guzzi Robin is identical to a Benelli G2. The Dansi 3-wire magneto had an external ignition ground on the green wire. It must always be connected to ground to have spark.

Moto Guzzi Robin (sheet frame) The sheet frame Moto Guzzi Robin is the US version of Chiù. The Dansi 101441 3-wire magneto had an internal ignition ground. It would never loose spark because of loose brake light wires, but the lights are not as bright.

Moto Guzzi Robin (Chiù)
sheet frame, Benelli engine
Dansi 101441 magneto
internal ignition ground

Motron Wiring: Functionally the same as the “Minarelli Wiring”. 1978-79 had the CEV clamp-on plastic slide switches. 1980-81 had the CEV “diamond” switches integrated (fitted into) the Domino controls. 

Motron Wiring Diagram
Minarelli V1 engine
CEV 3-wire magneto
external ignition ground

Motron Sliding Switches
left,CEV 8188 lites & horn
rt, CEV 8189 engine stop

Murray Wiring: Same as Puch Series B. Bosch 6-wire with external ignition ground powering the horn. Ignition, brake light, tail light, and head light all have separate source coils (armatures). Ground the blue/black wire first if there is no spark.

Murray Wiring Diagram
Bosch 6-wire magneto
external ignition ground

Lazer Sport 50 and General 5-Star have the same wiring, except for: 1) General has a steering lock key switch, that kills the spark and ungrounds the battery when the key is removed, 2) Lazer has an extra lt green/red ground wire, 3) Lazer battery is the smaller 6N2-2A, not 6N4B-2A. 

Lazer Sport 50 Wiring

Lazer Wiring Actual

Lazer Wiring – battery

These wirings are for the 1977 Lazer Sport 50, orange, top tank moped, made in Taiwan by Jui Li. They are not for the 2000’s Lazer 4-stroke mopeds, made in China by Bashan. That is a completely different “Lazer”. 

Lazer Battery Versions: All Lazers use a 6N2-2A small 6 volt battery. Modern replacement batteries have different wires than the original batteries did. See section “B” about Battery Wires.

Kinetic Wiring: Kinetic TFR, Luna TFR, Magnum, and TFR-USA are modern 1990’s-2000’s remakes of a 1970’s-80’s Italian made Vespa(Piaggio) pedal-start mopeds. They have modern electrical wiring, with all lights on one wire and a shunt type voltage regulator. So there is no battery, and no DC anywhere, only 12 volt alternating current. They have modern CDI ignition, no points. The Kinetic Pride is a scooter (with a floor and no pedals) with a battery, electric start, and a different wiring, not shown here.

Kinetic (moped) Wiring, India-re-make of a Vespa, 4-wire CDI magneto

Korado Wiring: The Korado is a Puch re-make, made by Manet. See Manet Wiring.

Kreidler Wiring: These wirings appeared only in the Kreidler owners manuals, in tiny unreadable print. Now they are deciphered and made easy to follow. Even the mysterious diodes are explained. These 3 took 14 hours to scan in and fix up. Because the US requires a brake light, and requires that the head light not get dim when the brake light is on, that is why they used diodes, for bright lights with less bulb burnout.

Kreidler Flory MP9(early)
up to frame 2409540
Bosch 3-wire 2-coil mag
external ignition ground

Kreidler Flory MP9 (late)
from about late 1977-on
frame 2409541 and up
Bosch 3-wire 3-coil mag
internal ignition ground

Kreidler Flory MP19
turn signals & mag whls
Bosch 4-wire 3-coil mag
internal ignition ground

Green/black wire explained: Many Bosch magnetos have a green and black wire that simply goes to ground. Did you ever wonder why they did not just ground it internally? The Kreidler Flory MP19 is one moped that uses the grün/schwarz wire the way Bosch intended it. The green and green/black are inputs to a full wave rectifier, which is the four diodes inside the turn signal power pack. It is for battery charging. If the green black were grounded, it would only be a half wave rectifier, and the battery charging would only be half as much.

Kromag Wiring: Kromag makes the Sears Free Spirit moped line. All Free Spirits have the same wiring and electrical equipment as 1977-78 Puch Maxi (6-wire). The blue/black horn wires need to be connected, or grounded in order to have spark. The external ignition ground is through the clamp of the light/horn switch. Wild!

Kromag/Sears Wiring, Sears Free Spirit (1-spd)
Puch 1977-78 (6-wire), external ignition ground

KTM (Foxi) Wiring: This wiring is functionally identical to Cimatti, with a hi-lo headlight, console type light and horn switch, external ignition ground running the brake light, and a secret toggle switch under the headlight. When that switch is in the forward position, the blue (external ignition ground) wire is grounded, and the engine will run, even with a burned out or disconnected brake light. When the switch is in the rear position, the brake light operates normally, where the engine dies when the bulb is removed and either brake is squeezed.  KTM Foxi mopeds have CEV 3-wire magnetos. Some of the later ones with 504/1D engines have Motoplat 3-wire magnetos.

KTM (US model Foxi), CEV or Motoplat magneto
external ignition ground

Kynast Wiring: 

Kynast Flying Dutchman, Sachs 504/1A or 508/AD 
4-wire Bosch magneto, internal ignition ground

Jawa Wiring: The original Jawa Babetta, with the famous red “Tranzimo” ignition unit (coil with electronic circuit) had 19″ rims was sold in Europe since 1972. Sometime after that the rims became 16″, and the model became also known as the “207”. Starting in 1976, American Jawa sold US versions of the model 207. They had brake lights and engine stop switches. The earliest US Jawa Babetta was the 1976-78 model 207-011, with big red Tranzimo ignition unit visible on the right side above the engine, with it’s high tech thyristor exposed on one end.

Jawa Babetta 1976-78, model 207.011 (0.9hp)
up to frame # 210999, 4-wire internal rotor mag
big red Tranzimo unit

Jawa Babetta 1976-78, model 207.011 (0.9hp), 4-wire int. rotor magneto, big red Tranzimo unit

In 1978, starting with frame number 211000, the official US model name changed from Babetta to 50 DL, the model number changed from 207.011 to 207.111, and more importantly, the “big red Tranzimo” thyristor ignition unit and stator changed to the newer “black box with separate metal-can-coil” thyristor ignition unit and stator.

Jawa Aug 1981
Service Bulletin 1
On pre-’79 Jawa, replace Tranzimo and stator assy.

Jawa 50 DL 1978, model 207.111 (0.9hp)
frame 211000 to 249999, 4-wire int. rotor magneto 
black box thyristor unit, metal can-type spark coil
no eng stop switch shown

Jawa 50 DL 1978-79, no turn signals model
model 207.111 (0.9hp), frame 211000 to 249999
4-wire int. rotor magneto, black box + metal can
revised w/eng stop switch some new wire colors

Jawa 50 DLX 1978-79, deluxe with turn signals
model 207.111 (0.9hp), frame 211000 to 249999
4-wire int. rotor magneto, black box + metal can

In 1979, starting with frame number 250000, the USA models changed to the 207.300 series. The horsepower went up from 0.9 to 1.5. The carburetor changed from Jikov 9mm to Bing 12mm. But the wiring and electrical equipment stayed the same. 

In 1980-81, they had new model names, Jawa X30 (30mph 2hp?), X25 (25mph 1.5hp) and X20 (20 mph 1hp). The wiring did not change, but the tail light changed from Peterson to CEV.   

Jawa 50 1979-80
207.311 C,DL,DLX
250000 – 349999
same wiring

Jawa mopeds 1980-82
207.311 50C,DL 207.300 50 DLX, X20,X25,X30
frame no. 350000-up
4-wire int. rotor magneto
no head light switch

Jawa moped 207.305
no brake light (Euro)
no engine stop switch

In August 1981, American Jawa sent out it’s first service bulletin, telling dealers how to cure the Tranzimo ignition problems once and for all, by replacing with the newer black box thyristor type.

In 1983, an all-new model was indroduced, the Jawa 210. It had a two-speed instead of one speed transmission. It had a new frame and other improvements. In the mid 1980’s the 210 was made in sport and deluxe versions. The wiring did not change on the 210 models for the rest of the 1980’s.

In the late 1980’s, Jawa made models 225 (25mph), 230 (30mph), 230 Breeze (30mph mag wheels). They had 2-speed transmissions, and some minor wiring differences.   

Jawa mopeds 1983-91
210 series (2-speed)
no brake light (Euro)
no turn signals

Jawa mopeds 1983-91
210 series (2-speed)
with brake light (USA)
with CEV turn signals

Jawa mopeds 1985-91
225/230 series (2-spd)
with brake light (USA)
no turn signals

Jawa Thyristor: Here is an excellent article on how to replace a burned out Jawa “black box”. There are just three components to buy and solder together, a thyristor, a capacitor, and a diode. Here is an even better article that shows in detail the ignition versions, upgrades, and individual thyristor component replacement options.  

In 1993, the country of Czechoslovakia split into Czech Republic and Slovakia. That was pretty much the end of the old Jawa. Then in the mid 1990’s, Jawa mopeds were re-made in Hungary at the Korado factory. The step thru models were called Babetta, while USA top tank models were called Jawa (1995 Sport, Supersport, Ultrasport). The re-make Jawa/Babetta wiring changed, to be like the 1995 Puch Korado, made in Hungary by Manet, with one wire for all lights and a 12VAC shunt type voltage regulator. See Manet Wiring for that. The last year for the beloved Babetta was 1997. Click here for the full Jawa history.

JC Penney Wiring: JC Penney department stores sold the Pinto and Swinger moped models, made by Kromag. They have Puch engines and 1977-78 Puch (6-wire) wiring, where the blue black horn wire must be grounded to run. See Kromag Wiring.

Indian AMI-50 Wiring: Indian AMI-50 was made in Taiwan by Merida or Mira.

Indian 1978 Wiring, WTEMCO 3-wire magneto
no key switch, internal ignition ground

Indian Wiring 1979-81, WTEMCO 3-wire magneto
brake switches normally open, in parallel, internal ignition ground

Indian 2-coil Magneto
is actually 3 coil, since
2 are combined into 1
blue=ign, yellow=lites
green=battery charging

Indian 4-coil Magneto
early models 1978?
2 small battery charge coils are in series, to
make the same 3 outputs

Indian Magneto Testing

Indian AMI-50 Battery Versions: All Indians use a 6N2-2A small 6 volt battery. Modern replacement batteries have different wires than the original batteries did. See section “B” about Battery Wires.

Indian ME100 Wiring: From 1971 to 1976 there was a line of small motorcycles made in Taipei, Taiwan by Indian, and distributed from Los Angeles USA. This Indian brand is different from the 1978-81 Indian moped made by Merida in Yuanlin, Taiwan. Some of the componentry and design was the same as Taiwan mopeds like General, Lazer and Indian.

1973 Indian ME100

Intramotor Gloria Wiring: Of the 3 or 4 Intramotor Gloria models, Scout, Blanco, Kid and Mini-Kid, only the Scout wiring is shown. The others may or may not be the same, depending on their Dansi magneto type. See “Morini Wiring”.

Notice how the Euro model version has no brake light, and one clamp-on switch for lights, horn, and engine stop. Simple!

Intramotor Gloria, Schema Elettrico
Dansi 3-wire magneto, internal ignition ground

Intramotor Scout, (USA) with brake light
Dansi 3-wire magneto, internal ignition ground

Intramotor Scout, (Euro) no brake lite
one switch for all, Bosch 2-wire+spark
internal ignition ground

Harley Davidson Wiring: 1965-66 Harley Davidson M50, MS50 models have Dansi ASL222S magnetos. 1967-72 M65, ML65, ML65 Leggero models have a Dansi ASL236NS magnetos. They all have 3 magneto wires, black (ignition), green (ignition ground and brake light) and red (lights). Red and black are opposite from most other Dansi magnetos. Green must be grounded (connected to the frame) in order to have spark. It powers the brake light. If the brake light burns out, the engine will loose spark when the brakes are applied. Any other situation where green to ground is interrupted will cause loss of spark, like wires under the rear fender cut by the tire, loose or rusted fender mounts, loose or rusted bulb contacts, or the tail/brake light connectors loose or corroded. Always ground the green engine wire to eliminate those causes of no spark. That allows the engine to run, but without a brake light. 

Harley Davidson (Aermacchi) M50, M65

Hercules Wiring: Hercules mopeds, made in Germany, are also known as Sachs. See Sachs.

Hero Wiring: Hero Panther

Hero Panther

Honda Wiring: Honda has hundreds of small motorcycle models worldwide, with different wirings. 

Honda C100 Cub series 50 and 55cc, 1959-70
CA100, C102, C105, C105T, C110, CA110T

Honda PC50 (US model)

Honda PA50 Hobbit

Honda NC50 Express, NA50 Express II (US)

Honda NC50 Express (UK model)

Honda NS50 1990 (US model) wires needed to run