ignition switch for MZ TS125

[wisebeuy]

Am currently rebuilding this bike, but have noticed something a bit... odd.

There does not seem to be an ignition switch. All I can see is a knob on the top of the headlight which can turn left and right in about 5 positions. There is a keyed compartment or something on the left side under the petrol tank, but that is all. Any ideas?

[stinkwheel]

The knob in the top of the headlamp is the key, it should pull straight out when in the middle position.

The key itself looks like a kind of metal tube with a notch cut in the end and the kind of teardrop shaped, plastic knob on the other end.

As I remember (I am a bit vague on this so don't take it as gospel) the central position is 'off', turn one way (clockwise, I think) for 'on' and the other way for 'emergency' which should allow you to start the bike with a flat battery or bump start it (the normal 'on' position needs charge in the battery to power the coils initially). I think on some models it may also switch the lights on if you turn it another notch round from 'on'.

Switch labelled 4(a) on This diagram (which is for a slightly different model.

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