After re-reading all of this Ive decided, for now, to continue overeating and doing lots of leg curls on the home gym.
Glen
I did several 100 miles testriding of Ernst Hegeler´s home made Norvin with his own home made engine. He
does not make bigger engines, than 1000cc. You can find his starter system pictures within this subject. The
problem of his solution is the price. Interested ones do not value, that his starter is in the place of the original
dynamo, so causing the purchase of his dynamo/ignition solution as well. His dynamo delivers safe 150W in
place of the original magneto, being gear driven and having an electronic ignition in place of the original
ATD by 2 wearfree pick-ups, feeding a black box for both single or double ignition.
Starting goes easy by pulling the decompression lever, when pressing the starter button, keeping the lever
pulled app. 2 seconds, until the engine winds at a continuous sound, then releasing the valve lifter and continue starting. The engine starts immediatly after closing the valve lifter with the throttle untouched all the time.
The system operates dead reliably, the engine starts every time like any car engine. The starter motor used
is a Volkswagen manufactured starter which can be bought world-wide at low prices from any Volkswagen
dealer. The only problem is, you have to order according to Volkswagen business terms, ie. delivering an
identity number of the car, the order is related to.
Regarding the fact, that the Hegeler solution is a complete unit for starter, ignition and dynamo, it is not
expensive at all. It is simply the best in reliability, but not separable into its single parts: ignition, starting and
generating Voltage, it´s a unit.