darrylri
Cannonball Rider #52
When's your hexhead showing up, Darryl?
I think the R1200ST will be here in a week or two. It was supposed to have arrived in New Jersey yesterday.
Today, however, I discovered that my 1928 R52 isn't timed right. Fortunately, it's made of stone-axe reliable parts, so it's no problem to set the timing.
- Remove the carburetor and induction pipes to get some clearance.
- Remove the Bosch magneto.
- Remove the right head.
- Bring the motor to TDC on compression on the right side.
- Back the motor up beyond 12mm of piston travel in the bore.
- Roll the motor up to just 12mm of piston travel left before TDC. (This takes all the slack out of the system.)
- Set the magneto so that the points are just breaking for a spark on the right cylinder.
- Without moving the magneto or the engine, get the big gear on the front of the magneto into mesh with the idler gear in the motor.
- Button everything up.