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A pre 36 maggdyno will have a ring cam ,and quite often these rings are very worn,altering the timing adversely..........you cant regrind the ring ,as its case hardened ,and once the hardening is worn thru ,very soft steel.

I'm about to fit relays to my, new to me, twin headlamped XTZ660 as I bought it converted to twin lights but it's not happy. I've tried to find my wiring diagram but after 18 years I don't seem to have it. I googled motorcycle headlights relay and this was the first thing that came up. Isn't the internet brilliant?

I just put the bike on the lift and tried the old cigarette paper trick. It was not possible to remove the cigarette paper from between the points until the rubbing block was about 30° past the opening ramp! I did not set it like this, but I will correct this.

Strangely the bike does run okay like this, it simply has issues with hot starting.

Thank you again to those who have offer kind advice.

A late A10 should be alternator with the 4 spring Triumph cluctch....not the six spring pressed tin BSA clutch...........anyhhoo,people replace the clutch with a Suzuki one ,cant recall which ,but the swap is well documented.........Incidentally the dragging clutch will smash your gearbox gears apart.,and sharp gear chips will score the shafts.............To cure this problem ,I fitted an army beezer clutch ,this freed easily,but tended to slip under power.,just had to ride the bike sedately .............Anyhoo,when I sold the bike ,it lasted only one day , and was on the news that night..........he tried to pass a bus on the inside as it turned left .

First, thanks 33d6. Do we need to know more or do we know enough? Nah, I think we know enough.

My best advice to Waratah owners with Waratah painted on the tank is to not re-paint it, or if you have to at least document the original paint. If your bike has original paint, R, at least we know that that particular bike had a double pin stripe. My guess is the Powerhouse Museum example has been repainted. It may have had a single stripe originally, but without documentation, hard to say.

Finally the "1934" 250. Nice and tidy. I'd question the date, because the alloy-head (three bolt) sports model was "all new" to Waratah in August 1935. So hard to date the "Waratah" aspect of the bike before 1935. But what if it has numbers in keeping with a 1934 Excelsior??? I'm putting that in the "i don't need to know" category!!

Cheers

Leon