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European and Other Bikes / Benelli 650 Tornado ignition timing
« on: May 09, 2011, 10:04:38 AM »
Hope someone can help me with the timing of a Benelli I have just acquired. The handbook shows a timing disc (a factory part?) method of timing the points opening. Does anyone know the BTDC reading for the points at opening perhaps? I can then work out how many mm BTDC on the bore so I can set it statically that way. Many thanks. Glyn Pickering, Auckland New Zealand.

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British Bikes / Re: BSA D1 PLUNGER 1952 I NEED LOADS OF HELP
« on: June 28, 2010, 08:18:05 AM »
Hi Budice

I have a 1954 D1 here in New Zealand. It it pretty original except for the headlamp. Your's has a later exhaust and rear light by the look of it. The early ones had a flattened chrome expansion type pipe at the back and are quite loud. Also the battery seems to be on the wrong side. If you e mail me on pickteam@xnet.co.nz I can send you some pictures. I had one in the UK in the 1980's and used to drive between Liverpool and London regularly (camped 1/2 way) and it never let me down. I've altered my single seat by building a triangulated frame to raise it and move it rearwards by 2 inches. I have also made handlebar risers to raise the bars also by about 2 inches. (These were made after the attached image.) I am over 6 foot tall and not so young any more and it was just too cramped for me as standard. I've also put on a 6V  R/R off a Honda CD175 and mini indicators. I'm running a very small 6V sealed battery which lives inside the toolbox. 

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