I really don’t want to be one of those guys 😢 but it’s not an explosion🎉. It’s a burn. 🔥. The top dead center tool is your friend. I believe it’s 7/16 before top dead center that you want the points to open. I’m on memory here, but I have done this about 100 times. I believe you set the first set of points on the front cylinder and then you have to twist the base and lock it down (with the strange side clamp on the timer) which changes the timing and then you have to do it again until you feel good about it. then you go to the rear cylinder 7/16 before TDC and then that you have to adjust the gap width so it opens right there at full advance. You monkey around with that by using your advance and retard so when you hit full advanced, the point just opens right there.. I happen to have a new Old stock dual point timer sitting on my bureau in my bedroom, along side a magneto. I spin them both from time to time. Don’t ask questions😅
@Mr39knuck Sounds like you earned the rights to be that guy.......but you have to admit that explosion sounds pretty cool.......Hey, I really appreciate your help. Your 100 times doing this, is 100 times more than I've done it, so I'm all ears. Thanks for the help and I won't ask any questions about...........
@@SilverNutsGarage-di5ls probably shouldn’t say it, but when my kids were bad, I would tell them to hold the business end of the magneto wires while I spun it 😵💫
@@MoeLarrycurly1 yes the dual point timer on a Harley is quite similar to the 60s British bike point plate. The main difference is the automatic advance onthe Brit bike.
Good explanation of timing
@richardschaffling9882 Thanks for your comment. Every now and then, a blinde squirrel will find a nut.........
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Well said ..
Thanks.....I just caught your last video about your cylinder. Wish I could help identify it.
@SilverNutsGarage-di5ls tx.. ✌️.. I think I figured it out for him ..
I really don’t want to be one of those guys 😢 but it’s not an explosion🎉. It’s a burn. 🔥.
The top dead center tool is your friend. I believe it’s 7/16 before top dead center that you want the points to open. I’m on memory here, but I have done this about 100 times. I believe you set the first set of points on the front cylinder and then you have to twist the base and lock it down (with the strange side clamp on the timer) which changes the timing and then you have to do it again until you feel good about it. then you go to the rear cylinder 7/16 before TDC and then that you have to adjust the gap width so it opens right there at full advance. You monkey around with that by using your advance and retard so when you hit full advanced, the point just opens right there..
I happen to have a new Old stock dual point timer sitting on my bureau in my bedroom, along side a magneto. I spin them both from time to time. Don’t ask questions😅
@Mr39knuck Sounds like you earned the rights to be that guy.......but you have to admit that explosion sounds pretty cool.......Hey, I really appreciate your help. Your 100 times doing this, is 100 times more than I've done it, so I'm all ears. Thanks for the help and I won't ask any questions about...........
@@SilverNutsGarage-di5ls probably shouldn’t say it, but when my kids were bad, I would tell them to hold the business end of the magneto wires while I spun it 😵💫
I am 69 triumph tiger if I remember right it had dual points and that was something new to me too
Yeah, it's definitely new to me. We will eventually find the right way of doing it. Just might take me a few trys. Lol
@@MoeLarrycurly1 yes the dual point timer on a Harley is quite similar to the 60s British bike point plate. The main difference is the automatic advance onthe Brit bike.
@Mr39knuck it has been a long time since I had my triumph. I just remember having two sets of points.