/2 advance plate

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laurent31
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/2 advance plate

Post by laurent31 »

Hello,
Look at the three pictures of the plate on Duane's page :
https://w6rec.com/bmw-motorcycle-idles-too-fast/

The two small metal plates where the advance springs are fixed have 4 holes to attach the spring. And the spring post are at different positions on the three pictures ! These are probably for tuning of other engines.
What would be the right positions for an R50/2 ?

Laurent.
MikeL46
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Re: /2 advance plate

Post by MikeL46 »

There are 4 holes, but only one hole has the pin for attaching the spring. I don't think you will have to worry about using the wrong attachment point.

Now, is it the right spring???? Who knows.

Mike
67 R50/2 w/R100 drivetrain and Ural S/C
65 R60/2
76 R90S 154K Miles
77 R100RS 127K Miles
70 Triumph w/Spirit Eagle sidecar
dougr
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Re: /2 advance plate

Post by dougr »

Hi Laurent,

There's a really good diagram of the springs on different advance/retard units here:
https://bmwclassicmotorcycles.com/index ... 11-mm.html
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