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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 77534" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>Yes everyone's comments about electronic ignition, and not knowing what the retarded point is, very... very... valid. As good as these units are for reliability, they inherently have almost nil adjustability when it comes to their total range. This is quite a king size mistake from their manufacturers as far as I am concerned. Not too many of them still run the original ATD. You would actually be better off running a good ATD and have and electronic unit with fixed timing. This can be done with the new BTH mags but no one ever bothers, as they can be ordered with fixed ignition timing. The people running twin plugs are the ones affected most, because they need less range than a single plug ignition set up. I had the task the other day of setting up the ignition timing on a 1952 MK 1 alloy head Ariel Square Four, this with its points replaced with a simple electronic trigger..........How do you recon I got on with that one.........???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 77534, member: 597"] Yes everyone's comments about electronic ignition, and not knowing what the retarded point is, very... very... valid. As good as these units are for reliability, they inherently have almost nil adjustability when it comes to their total range. This is quite a king size mistake from their manufacturers as far as I am concerned. Not too many of them still run the original ATD. You would actually be better off running a good ATD and have and electronic unit with fixed timing. This can be done with the new BTH mags but no one ever bothers, as they can be ordered with fixed ignition timing. The people running twin plugs are the ones affected most, because they need less range than a single plug ignition set up. I had the task the other day of setting up the ignition timing on a 1952 MK 1 alloy head Ariel Square Four, this with its points replaced with a simple electronic trigger..........How do you recon I got on with that one.........??? [/QUOTE]
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