500 Sport Desmo - Ignition
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:43 am
Well I have now started in ernest the running in process of this bike, so that we can make some proper use of it on the Moto Giro d'Italia in June.
With the family away I was able to get out both days over the weekend and look at getting some serious miles on round the wonderful leafy lanes of Kent.
At the end of each run I noticed that the bikes was running a bit rough. I checked the points and each time they have closed up a little, reset them and it is fine.
A close examination of the NOS points that I bought showed that they are not the same as the originals and that they are not sitting square on the base plate.
I called up a guy from Leeds who also has one of these bikes and he has put an electronic ignition on his, from a guy that normally does them for British twins and found it sucessful.
So I called the guy at lunch time and he remembered doing the job and appreciated the article in the April issue of Classic Bike about my bike. So the long and the short of it is that he is going to make me a kit, including the amplifier, pick-up plate and rotor for the middle of next week. I am going to extend the shaft that the advance retard fits on and also pack the base plate out by 30mm so that it is no long burried down a big hole.
Will post up more information once we have it running, but the cost looks like being less than 2 pairs of contact breakers that dont fit very well!
Chris
With the family away I was able to get out both days over the weekend and look at getting some serious miles on round the wonderful leafy lanes of Kent.
At the end of each run I noticed that the bikes was running a bit rough. I checked the points and each time they have closed up a little, reset them and it is fine.
A close examination of the NOS points that I bought showed that they are not the same as the originals and that they are not sitting square on the base plate.
I called up a guy from Leeds who also has one of these bikes and he has put an electronic ignition on his, from a guy that normally does them for British twins and found it sucessful.
So I called the guy at lunch time and he remembered doing the job and appreciated the article in the April issue of Classic Bike about my bike. So the long and the short of it is that he is going to make me a kit, including the amplifier, pick-up plate and rotor for the middle of next week. I am going to extend the shaft that the advance retard fits on and also pack the base plate out by 30mm so that it is no long burried down a big hole.
Will post up more information once we have it running, but the cost looks like being less than 2 pairs of contact breakers that dont fit very well!
Chris
