Trispark adjustment - PIA fixed

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I do not like the idea of losing the Tri-Spark's electrical connection to the pillar stud with a running engine...
Agreed. I put a jumper wire from the ground lead to the ground harness when I time mine. Then I can rotate the stator with loose studs without worry.
 
If you are running twin Amals, one of the advantages of the Madass140 gantry is that you can control the throttle from the left of the bike while holding the timing light.
 
If you are running twin Amals, one of the advantages of the Madass140 gantry is that you can control the throttle from the left of the bike while holding the timing light.
And to add on to this, if you have a timing light with a built in tachometer it’s a pretty easy task for one person.
 
I've modified the throttle tensioner on my twist grip to be a knurled thumb screw. I can set engine speed and hold it there with the screw. Great for holding 1000 while the engine warms up and I get my gear on, but could also hold 3500 for timing. I prefer to have my brother hold the throttle steady however.

Trispark adjustment - PIA fixed
 
I've modified the throttle tensioner on my twist grip to be a knurled thumb screw. I can set engine speed and hold it there with the screw. Great for holding 1000 while the engine warms up and I get my gear on, but could also hold 3500 for timing. I prefer to have my brother hold the throttle steady however.

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I'll take one of those please!
 
As I struggle to put my glove on at the top of my precipitous driveway holding the throttle with one hand
and using my teeth to pull the glove on with the other this simple solution makes me wonder why I never thought
about this.
 
As I struggle to put my glove on at the top of my precipitous driveway holding the throttle with one hand
and using my teeth to pull the glove on with the other this simple solution makes me wonder why I never thought
about this.
Everything on first. Kick. Go. Even in summer.

Unless...
 
Uphill leaving....:-(
I had a hassle entering and leaving my parking garage, fumbling to press the remote with gloves on etc. I found and decided to fit an AutoSwitch:


You wire it into an existing remote and to the bike high beam or some other little/un-used button. A momentary toggle to high beams on, then off, triggers the remote, then you ride through.
 
<The Autoswitch can sense voltage variations/changes OR ground/chassis contact on its sense wire>

The switch would be triggering non stop on my bike!
 
<The Autoswitch can sense voltage variations/changes OR ground/chassis contact on its sense wire>

The switch would be triggering non stop on my bike!
Why so? The switch requires a certain delay...one or two seconds...of high beam on before it is ready (a little LED blinks green when ready)....then switch operates when you turn off the high beam. This prevents the remote being fired if you just flick the high beam on/off as for "Flash to Pass". Also no remote if you switch toi high beams and leave them on more than 3 or 4 seconds before turning off. Quite clever really.
I have not installed this on my Norton, but it should be OK on positive earth setups. Thinking to add one to my car as having a dedicated remote mounting in a hidden location will be an improvement over forgetting to grab it while walking out the door and potentially leaving it inside the car (frowned upon by our Strata council b/c there have been thefts of these...leading to future break ins).
 
I guess for me it is just another modern gizmo that will go wrong at some point. On the whole I try to be free of modern technology it is more burden than boon.
 
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Didn’t you refer to yourself as a “Luddite“ in a post awhile back or was that someone else? Thanks for making me look up the definition.
I guess for me it is just another modern gizmo that will go wrong at some point. On the whole I try to be free of modern technology it is more burden that boon.
 
Didn’t you refer to yourself as a “Luddite“ in a post awhile back or was that someone else? Thanks for making me look up the definition.
By definition, all of this forum, myself included. And I have managed software development teams for 25 years...
 
.......I'd like to hear from other posters, excluding race prep, on this topic.

Thanks for raising the question.

Best.
Damn....

But for me it is usually one strobe timing session per engine build! Particularly now I have photos and marks of correct locations.

A second possibly, but rarely. Of course, you shouldn't ask how frequent engine builds are....

As to practicalities, a race bike on a paddock stand doesn't jump about the same as a road bike on a centre stand! And with the ignition I am using I am checking at far higher rpm, still not an issue.

And in response to those who need to enlist a mate for this job.....consider if you chose the right woman to meet all of your needs in life!

I can trust mine with a throttle and a rev counter! She's a keeper :cool:

(even if I do make a mental note of the kill switch to available hand distance)
 
Not a Luddite at all. Was a network admin for 20 before retirement. But a lot of tech stuff is just a way
to spend less money and hire fewer workers. KISS is an important idea!
 
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