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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Poor starting on new Amal and BTH Magneto
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<blockquote data-quote="riptragle1953" data-source="post: 42501" data-attributes="member: 2328"><p>Sidney,</p><p>You are quite welcome for the complement.... I said it because it is true.</p><p>As you know, I rebuilt Lucas magnetos usually finding the main problem with the old condensers, which, believe it or not, would go bad unused N.O.S still in the original box and packing. I replaced them with modern ones. Sometimes you would run into a bad winding and have</p><p>the armature rewound using wire with modern insulation. The Lucas Mag works fine. People bad mouth it but give no credit to the fact that is wonderfully compact and can fit about anything of the age. Poor Joe gets a bad name because he built exactly what the motorcycle</p><p>companies demanded: cheap. Oh name the day when a buyer from any Brit bike company came and asked for the best dimmer switch Lucas could provide? So, you are right again! A Lucas mag worked fine.... and if it didn't you could fix it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="riptragle1953, post: 42501, member: 2328"] Sidney, You are quite welcome for the complement.... I said it because it is true. As you know, I rebuilt Lucas magnetos usually finding the main problem with the old condensers, which, believe it or not, would go bad unused N.O.S still in the original box and packing. I replaced them with modern ones. Sometimes you would run into a bad winding and have the armature rewound using wire with modern insulation. The Lucas Mag works fine. People bad mouth it but give no credit to the fact that is wonderfully compact and can fit about anything of the age. Poor Joe gets a bad name because he built exactly what the motorcycle companies demanded: cheap. Oh name the day when a buyer from any Brit bike company came and asked for the best dimmer switch Lucas could provide? So, you are right again! A Lucas mag worked fine.... and if it didn't you could fix it. [/QUOTE]
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