Update
Just a post to provide an update.
I bought a couple of second hand parts on ebay. A stator and pick up for £40 and a coil, lead and plug cap for £10.
Since I had already tried the ignition coil I changed the stator and pick up first. I was thinking that maybe the wires from the pick up had gone brittle and hard after years of hot oil spalshing on them.
After swapping them over I fired the bike up and let it idle until it got really hot then it stalled - so it wasn't the pick up.
Lifted the tank off next and put on the other coil, lead and cap that I got.
It seemed to go ok so I took the bike out for a long run. When up to work and back, through a town centre and into the country without any problems.
So.... I think at the end of it all since I already had tried a new ignition coil and HT lead it must have been the PLUG CAP that was the culprit all along.
Will keep you all informed if anything else develops.
Ralph
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