need timing light
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Pro drag:
There used to be a company that made a product called Kwick-Tyme or quick-time that bolted onto the two inner primary bolts and had a pointer and degrees marked on it that worked like what you are doing. I found a site on the internet that still carried them a few years ago, but haven't looked lately. I still have one on the shop shovel head.
There used to be a company that made a product called Kwick-Tyme or quick-time that bolted onto the two inner primary bolts and had a pointer and degrees marked on it that worked like what you are doing. I found a site on the internet that still carried them a few years ago, but haven't looked lately. I still have one on the shop shovel head.
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So no special timing light is needed then ? Is there not an advantage to haveing the degree dial on the timing light?
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timing light
we use both,the one with the dial is alittle more complicated to use,for a regular street bike the regular ones are fine,if you time it the way i said,put 3 marks on the alt rotor.if you put the mark just as its comeing in the window,itll be retarded about 4 degrees,just as its leaving the window,advanced about 4
kirby
vee twin racing
kirby
vee twin racing
#16
Using the rotor is interesting, but I just look in the timing plug hole, clear plug or not, and use a cheap timing light I've been carrying around for 30 years. If all you want to do is set your timing to the factory spec, then all you need is a cheap no-dial timing light, or you can get a super top-of-the-line timing light with dials, switches, bells and a bottle opener and set everything to 0 so it flashes just like a cheap no-dial timing light and do the same thing.
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You guys really don't want oil in your eyeballs and what if you don't have a rotor but a generator The story I told about the guy doing his own timing behind the shop is true but I lied he did it in front of the shop so everyone that went by the shop saw this disaster I did have one of those Quick times (sp ) but sold the bike before I ever used it !
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George, what made that so funny to me is that I didn't know first time either. I grew up on Triumphs and tried to use the (diesel) shop timing light to help out a bro on a 80" Shovel back in 84.... IT WAS A NASTY SCENE
PS: I figured you were lying - no one would ever pull that trick on someone and let the general public miss out on the show
PS: I figured you were lying - no one would ever pull that trick on someone and let the general public miss out on the show
#20
Ok so maybe the cheap one will work and I don't think I want to pull the primary cover off to make atiming mark although it does sound interesting. i ordered a clear timing plug last friday so will be in tomorrow. Now excuse my ignorance but if I hook up the timing light and start the bike will the timing light not flash at every TDC on the line mark? Am I not looking for a 35 degree mark on the crank? Sorry I can tear them apart and put them back together but I really suck when it comes to the timing end.