How much for postage to the US?
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Upgrade ignition?
- Thread starter Wingedwheel
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How much for postage to the US?
No idea
I did a look, it’s reasonable. My total for postage would be $37.
Also says tarriffs included in the price already
I got around to Jim’s suggestion of wiring the weights and seeing if it affected anything and I will report that with the weights wired, no revving issue. Removed the wire and it came back pretty quick. I also saw something I was unsure of. Looking down at the spinning weights as I gave it throttle and the advance unit sped up I could see an outward movement as if there was side to side slop in the shaft. Anyone know if that’s normal?
Did you check your advance at idle with a timing light as well as where it is at max?
No I didn’t.check it with a timing light but here’s what I’m finding. With the weights wired I could play with the idle screw and adjust it to exactly where it would idle nicely. Pulled the wire off and engine speed shot up right away. Kinda hard to do any checks with the runaway revs. So annoying!
i wonder if you have a combination of a very retarged timing and loose weight springs. are the springs holding the weights snugly?
They are NOS OEM springs with a loop cut off each one. Weights appear to snap back with no issue. That’s what has made this issue so annoying and why I floated the idea of going electronic. I think I ruled out any Carb issue today.
Just snapping off a loop does not work. It delays the lift of the weights and the rpm at which advance starts starts. You should try stock equivalent springs and start from there.
I did start with stock springs and there was no affect on the revs. The suggested fix was shortening a spring for more tension. One side didn’t do it so I snipped the other to not much change as well. Timing is spot on, carbs are vacuumed synced and advance unit was cleaned and greased. Even @gggGary took a look at the weights in Arkansas and gave them an approval stamp for snapping back but there’s something amiss and it’s very elusive.
Lug on the right hand weight isn't sitting in the groove properly. To me it looks like the weight pin is not straight . Something is off
This is the same as another poster who is having ignition problems.
mikes advance rod was to long and needed to b shimmed.
Are the rod and weights original?
I am with skull here.
I’ll take a look but it may just be how I wired them. It’s all OEM original parts except the springs which were replaced with OEM.
Here’s a better pic
Other than the mismatched c-clips, cannot see anything wrong
OK, my options for electronic iggy.
Boyer Bransden shipped to me around $300
Tri-Spark, shipped to me $380.
From what I’ve read I’m leaning toward the Tri-Spark.
Boyer Bransden shipped to me around $300
Tri-Spark, shipped to me $380.
From what I’ve read I’m leaning toward the Tri-Spark.
Either will be a fine choice. I would choose the Tri Spark if they're both available.
I bought the BB kit. It has it's foibles but works really well once set up. At the time it was much less expensive here in the UK than the Tri Spark. And the UK distributor wasn't especially interested in supplying one. Shipping from Tri Spark in Australia was too expensive. The BB kit has increased significantly in price since I bought it.
Still on the fence. Did my research on installation procedures and they are both pretty cut and dry. The Tri-spark uses the advance rod while the BB systen supplies a piece of all thread. Santa will bring me whichever I choose as I talked to Ms Claus and got the OK
I set a couple of bikes up with these. Very simple to set up, programmable and reliable. I liked them so much I bought 5 for my own spare parts shelves and have installed in 2 of my bikes. Made by an XS specialist for his own bike they're not always available. He also makes good starter wheels that throw into the crank. The problem is that as a Euro sole trader production runs aren't that big, how reliable is future supply/support and post. But then, I'm not going to last another 100 years either and now is NOW.
