How to find a lighting coil on dirt bike?

I just got a dirt bike the other day its a honda xl250 from 1983. The headlight doesn't work on it and i don't like how the headlight looks so i'm getting a new one but i need to findout if it has a lighting coil how do i find it also if i get a new headlight will it mess up where the speedometer is?

The XL model is street legal.
Therefore it was produced with a headlight.
The lighting coil is incorporated in with the stator (behind the flywheel).

Just look for it

Buy the workshop manual and read it before you do anything else. It'll save you a bundle.

Look for it

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