I went race meetings and had problems with the magneto which cost me my entry fees and travel expenses as well as the cost of a rebuild of the unit. Magnetos are good if you have somebody who knows what they are doing with them when they replace the capacitors, which are often inside the windings. I had more success with the Lucas SR industrial magneto than with the Wader type.
The only thing I dislike about the Boyer is the battery situation. I run total loss and maintaining the battery is a pain, when you don't ride very often.
I think you must mean timing cover not primary coverMy commando came with a wassel which was rock solid until I removed it to take primary of to adjust cam chain. I assumed that the points orifice in the timing cover had been machined to fit the wassel by the previous owner but it hadn't... I refitted it but couldn't have been seated quite right as one of the magnets got knocked off.... I decided not to machine the cover and fit a new wassel pick up so went for a new pazon unit. Once pazon fitted I had tick over problems from the start, I eventually took it off the commando and fitted it to my Triton which had been running great, the Triton developed the same tick over issue with the pazon as the commando. I sent it back to pazon and they tested it and found nothing wrong.. they sent me a new unit anyway. I fitted it and it's ok but will get primary machined and fit a wassel soon as no confidence in the pazon. Wish they had found something wrong with it what tested as intermittent electrical faults are a nightmare...
I've never heard of this eitherI didn’t know the timing cover had to be machined to fit the Wassell ign?
I am probably silly in the head. But with my bike, I hate even having any Japanese parts on it. A Joe Hunt magneto would stick-out like dog's balls.
I didn’t know the timing cover had to be machined to fit the Wassell ign?
If you do that, don't you also have to strobe it at idle to make sure it's not already over advanced?So you set the maximum advance to line up with the timimg you want when the system is at its upper limit.
A month ago my mate and I were going out for a drive in our "Classic Cars" I have a '77 MG-B and he has a '94 348 Ferrari. 30 minutes before we were due to meet I got a text "Bring some jump leads to my place" Oh how I laughed and ridiculed him - wish I'd taken a picture. But what a car though.The place I took my car for servicing last month had a Testarossa engine on the bench being fixed. It's just an engine with a few more pistons than most.
If you do that, don't you also have to strobe it at idle to make sure it's not already over advanced?
Cheers,
cliffa.