In my teenage years I spent evenings working on cars and motorcycles instead of watching TV, that's my diploma.
Thanks for the info HuffyD, looks like more and more are getting into the CDI stuff, noticed Piston Bikes has something called Jet.... something cant remember now.This week I got two of the Screeming Roo magnetos and their NOT ANYMORE POWERFUL than what we have now infact metering them out the first one 336 ohms and the second one 340 ohms. However tested one of a "BeKit motor" came in at a WHOPING 347ohms. I email Jim Wilson with my test resuits and he was Greatful. We both agreed I'll ship them back with his next order from me. All good that Jim LOL
I was the same way, when I was11 or 12 Id go to the city dump and drag an old beat up push mower to the house and many times Id have it fixed and running in a day or so, completely overhauled my first engine when I was just 12, my brother was watching TV and I was wrenching on something, fishing, or out in the woods with a rifle all year long, nothing wrong with reading a book but hands on experience by someone 2ho has a gift for understanding how things work is more valuable in my opinion.In my teenage years I spent evenings working on cars and motorcycles instead of watching TV, that's my diploma.
oh Yeah That Bert Rod has got these HT 2 smokers screaming.Yeah its good Map. Just a call from Bert Rod the "Speed King of Miami" asking me to build one for him!!!! He said their running 28T sprockets down there and
kiss on 65mph. Holy Smokes Batman!!! Been to 51mph with the stroker fred built me last year and that scrared the .... ... out of me. Getting to old to be dancing with death, so I'll run anyone for a half mile after that I eaz up on it. Maybe going water-cooled KTM60 soon, of coarse with nothing but the BEST shiftkit
SBPs O'yeah boyz
yep he has made some very fast engines.Bert Rod is freaking crazy, that man works magic on these motors.
Thanks for the info on this, good to know that at least some of the newer ones are being put together a little better, I need a couple of spares myself so those are the ones I'll get.Well, I can now confirm that the newer magnetos with no white wires are much better. I bought three after reading people's speculation about differences, one for the bike, one for backup, and one to pull apart and compare with the old one. I found several things: They have thicker wires, better connections, better (and by this I mean less sloppy) coil wrapping, better (this time actually pretty decent) soldering job, and make a very strong spark. I am getting a very powerful spark, clearly visible in direct sunlight, with a gap of .032 and a $4 NGK spark plug, enough that the motor runs noticeably better. Also, in terms of getting the magneto spaced correctly, I found that you can tear strips of paper, put two or three strips around the magnet on either side, and slide them out after bolting down the coil.
Yep, the same size mag, but throwing out the useless secondary coil winding they had more room to use thicker wire and more of it.Well, I can now confirm that the newer magnetos with no white wires are much better.
Yep, though part of the boost is because the NGK's are a tad longer than stock so you get a bit of compression boost, a big nice spark is what is important.I am getting a very powerful spark, clearly visible in direct sunlight, with a gap of .032 and a $4 NGK spark plug, enough that the motor runs noticeably better.
Good tip, I use a sliver of file folder paper, about the same width but just one piece.Also, in terms of getting the magneto spaced correctly, I found that you can tear strips of paper, put two or three strips around the magnet on either side, and slide them out after bolting down the coil.
Just go on ebay, look up "motorized bicycle magneto" find a picture of one with no white wires, and contact the seller to make sure and specify that if it has a white wire, you don't want it. There are a bunch of sellers.Thanks for the info on this, good to know that at least some of the newer ones are being put together a little better, I need a couple of spares myself so those are the ones I'll get.
Would you care to share a link to where you found yours?
Ditto.................Hey Necro, The thing is there are also a lot of manufacturers, Not all are equal. What we're looking for is who YOU got yours from so we stand a better chance of getting one thats put together right.
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