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A few things: 1. The Boyer box tested bad and a replacement is being sent from Rocky Point - Bill has been great about the whole thing 2. I put both green coils (total primary resistance 6 Ohms) back in and connected all four plugs 3. I replaced my points plate that was a little bent (I got a perfec...

Jean - Duly noted. I'll run dual plugs with the points and adjust it via lengthening the slots/narrowing the gap to get 5-6 degrees retarded from the "F" mark at full advance. The timing cover stays on unless I have bad performance at the top or bottom end. As it is now, I'll assume tolera...

The starter works and I obviously get good spark under compression, as the thing runs with points, and runs well. My real question is what can cause my timing to be advanced to the point that I can't adjust it out with the points plate? It seems like the recommended solution is to narrow the gap and...

One can set points from almost closed, but they won't cool and will burn up quickly. Or, set them way out to .040" but they might float and not reach a high rpm. There were times when we would find these conditions on a customer's bike. If the spark plug was under compression, how did you see ...

An update: The bike runs well (with the points; I confirmed that the Boyer is no good today and then reinstalled the points), but timing is a bit advanced. Maximum advance (about 3000 RPM) has the "F" dot past the center of the hole. In fact the actual "F" letter is centered in t...

I was able to get the bike idling and I adjusted the carbs after a brief ride. Turns out the timing was a bit advanced when I checked it with the light. I set it to "S" at about 800 RPM and it was close to the "F" dot at ~3000 RPM. I've got to check where max advance is more care...

Thanks to all who have been helping me sort this out. Today was informative. I had good blue spark when it was under compression, so I decided the starter wasn't my problem. I was not able to time the bike with a timing light. I bought a new light, the kind that clips on to the plug wire and runs on...

No, I don't have a multimeter, but I suppose I'll buy one now. Fluke is the way to go it looks like. The battery is likely not a problem. I bought a new Odyssey PC 680 about three months ago. It sat in my house until a month ago. I bought the charger with it, so I charge it back up after every round...

Back to trying to figure this out. I had only a couple hours today and didn't get much done. I did check compression and found that it was 125 psi in both cylinders. Seemed kind of low for a new top end. I had the carb-to-airbox tubes disconnected for the compression test, but I didn't have the thro...

Charles - I understand that the Boyer needs to be set at 4,000 rpm. I cannot currently achieve such engine speeds. What is your advice regarding where to set the magnets and stator plate in order to achieve ignition, as you seem relatively conversant with Boyer's system? Boyer tells me to set the st...