Fast Eddie
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Let him sell it… you’ll still hear it run… promise….!No, no ,no.... persevere, even if it means changing the ignition system. You gotta hear it run...
Let him sell it… you’ll still hear it run… promise….!No, no ,no.... persevere, even if it means changing the ignition system. You gotta hear it run...
You've got enough toys and not enough room!!!!Let him sell it… you’ll still hear it run… promise….!
That much I knew even with poop for brains. I thought he had some unique Norman magic I was unaware of. ThanksA fresh battery!
My battery will last a full weekend, but I choose to keep it topped up between sessions. And this is in no way unique to race bikes built by Norman. It is standard Norton twin race practice as used on race bikes built by Mick Hemmings, Steve Maney, Minnovation, NYC Norton, oh, and me!
Typically as battery voltage drops it will start to misfire at high RPM, unless you are foolish enough to use LiPo batteries....game over.
i bid £10,100Let him sell it… you’ll still hear it run… promise….!
In any case...it SHOULD be dragged kicking and screaming into actually running!![]()
Ah, thanks for the correction Steve. I have AB5 & AB11 systems on 2 bikes, so I _thought_ this may help. My apologies for the muddy waterThat all refers to the AB11 Inductive pick up amplifier. It is irrelevant to the Hall Effect item the OP has. And as posted before Mistral were the go to people for inductive Rita ignitions for many years
I had one of those inductive ignitions, it came from Thruxton in the '70s. It had the cut away timing cover and big pick up you see on the works JPNs. They jumpered out the advance circuit and ran fully advanced.
Typically, the AB 5 and AB11 blew output transitors....no spark. With the help of a TV enthusiast colleague we found a transistor that would work and repaired them!
I hear you and after a carb clean out, that's what I will be doing. As to race versus road bikes, I agree with all the comments and have raced two strokes with 200rpm power bands that were impossible to use on the road!If the OP intends to race as he says then he would be an idiot not to go back toNorman White for whatever preperation the machine needs.. Given what he paid he will still be quids in..
Always try the flux generator first!Sorry to be a bore but there are 8 pages of suggestions here going from the basics and then entering into flux generator territory, but you haven't even cleaned the carbs yet! I respectfully suggest that you get off the internet and do this simple cleaning task and then get back to this site if the problem persists, or hopefully with the good news that the beast is running.