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New style BT-H mag
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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Watson" data-source="post: 34902" data-attributes="member: 38"><p>So I was out riding on the weekend and going to head over the going to the sun road in Montana. JRO 101 is an early B rapide with 7.3:1 Mk1 cams and 1 1/16 original carbs. It is running a new style electronic BTH mag. Pulling up a long hill it started to misfire, my first thought was that it was just getting over rich as we were probably at 4000+ feet. However the misfires were much more pronounced that just rich mixture. Not just an odd misfire on one cylinder but like some one was turning the sparks on and off, both cylinders, and sometimes very pronounced, like 1/4 to 1/2 a second. This seemed only to happen on hard pulls. This setup has been over 8000 feet on road rides and up to the top of Mt Evans in Colorado a couple of years ago --- 14,000 feet, and did not act like this.</p><p></p><p>I turned around and headed back to Waterton and only got a couple of very small misfires. If I wound it out in low gear as the revs climbed, it missed a bit. </p><p></p><p>The system has about 8000 miles on it. </p><p></p><p>At one point it would start, rev up for about a second and then switch right off, I didn't even have time to pull in the clutch and engage a gear. It did this several times in a row. I pulled off the mag cover and inspected all the wiring etc which seemed to be fine. After a few minutes doing this it started up and ran OK. Then I put the mag cover back on and headed for home. </p><p></p><p>I suspect that the coils are starting to break down and that is what is causing the misfire, when quite warm and placed under a heavy load. </p><p></p><p>Anyone experienced this??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Watson, post: 34902, member: 38"] So I was out riding on the weekend and going to head over the going to the sun road in Montana. JRO 101 is an early B rapide with 7.3:1 Mk1 cams and 1 1/16 original carbs. It is running a new style electronic BTH mag. Pulling up a long hill it started to misfire, my first thought was that it was just getting over rich as we were probably at 4000+ feet. However the misfires were much more pronounced that just rich mixture. Not just an odd misfire on one cylinder but like some one was turning the sparks on and off, both cylinders, and sometimes very pronounced, like 1/4 to 1/2 a second. This seemed only to happen on hard pulls. This setup has been over 8000 feet on road rides and up to the top of Mt Evans in Colorado a couple of years ago --- 14,000 feet, and did not act like this. I turned around and headed back to Waterton and only got a couple of very small misfires. If I wound it out in low gear as the revs climbed, it missed a bit. The system has about 8000 miles on it. At one point it would start, rev up for about a second and then switch right off, I didn't even have time to pull in the clutch and engage a gear. It did this several times in a row. I pulled off the mag cover and inspected all the wiring etc which seemed to be fine. After a few minutes doing this it started up and ran OK. Then I put the mag cover back on and headed for home. I suspect that the coils are starting to break down and that is what is causing the misfire, when quite warm and placed under a heavy load. Anyone experienced this?? [/QUOTE]
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