Progress!! Good deal.
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Could this make the bike run hot?
- Thread starter Tully
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Now that you have it running good off of "static" timing... it's a good time to use a timing light and dial things in. I'm guessing you don't have a dwel meter... don't worry about that, but using a timing light is kinda important. Helps prevent things like holes in the pistons... 
6 mile ride are these ok?
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Ideally, they'd be a similar color (maybe the lighting). Realize it takes a few highway miles to burn-off the soot from choke & warm-up. Look OK
How'd it run?
How'd it run?
One looks close to right the other kinda dark?
As JP alluded to above... 6 miles ain't enough to read plugs.
I was able to get bike running. This evening I was able to ride to town and back 30 miles. Very happy Guy tonight.
Congratulations! Your persistence and hard work paid-off; makes the success that much sweeter....
Apparently you fixed the charging issue (way back) too?
Apparently you fixed the charging issue (way back) too?
15 mile trip to town and sat for an hour and 15 back.I was able to get bike running. This evening I was able to ride to town and back 30 miles. Very happy Guy tonight.
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The bike was charging. But I still installed my 12volt 5ah battery. I found a small one mentioned earlier the size of a cig pack. But the price is a bit high.
That's looking more like it!
Soot ring could be a bit further down the insulator yet?
Soot ring could be a bit further down the insulator yet?
But go put a 100 or two miles on it.
Agree with JP and Gary above... but I'd really like to see you put a timing light on it before any serious highway miles/speeds. These engines been known to hole pistons if the ignition is too advanced.
Is the static timing not a good way to go?
Not on the top needle slot. I have 2 open slots below where my needle sits. I moved it down before I found the leaking head gasket.
Static timing is what you do just to get the engine running. Dynamic timing (strobe light) is what you do to get it running right. Static only gets you close... close enough to run. From the sound of it, you got pretty damn close.... maybe dead on even, but until you put a light on it, you'll never know for sure.
If you're too advanced....and possibly too lean to boot, well that's a recipe for detonation... which leads to holes in the pistons. Not to scare you, but yeah... always a possibility.
Leave it there then if it takes throttle well. (talking about carb needles)
It's good, mostly required, to set the initial timing statically. However, especially since you have a PMA rotor, it's much better to set the timing with a strobe and verify that the advanced timing above 2000rpm is not more than 40degrees before TDC
It's good, mostly required, to set the initial timing statically. However, especially since you have a PMA rotor, it's much better to set the timing with a strobe and verify that the advanced timing above 2000rpm is not more than 40degrees before TDC
Over 300 hours. I know its a bobber. But its what Ive wanted for many years just couldnt afford one so I built it instead.
