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POINTS TIMING CB500/4
ST1100:
--- Quote from: florence on October 09, 2011, 07:15:21 PM ---Many years ago my friend had an electronic ignition set which was always going wrong. In the end we took it off in favour of points.
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So you blokes would not recommend the use of electronic ignition control on CB500/4s at all?
K2-K6:
I think it's just that the standard setup has no significant problems and is generally very reliable, they almost never stop from a problem in this area with just basic maintenance, so you wouldn't pinpoint this as an urgent need to replace it.
Longer term you are more likely to get issues with HT leads and plug caps that give problems in the wet/damp, this would be my first point to make sure you avoid any problems in general use especially given the age of some of these parts.
As the points run directly on the crankshaft then the switching speed is quite fast which builds in a good performance. As they don't really get to VERY high revs then you don't get into other compromises either so they generally match quite well the standard performance of the engine.
Bryanj:
The way I look at it is this:-
If you are doing 1,000's of miles a year (Unlikely with the age of bikes we have) it might be worth fitting electronic to save the adjusting every 3,000
If you are doing less than 1,000 a year it simply aint worth it as you will only need to adjust infrequently and any standing problems are cured with a dose of WD40----other products are available!
ST1100:
Yes Bryanj, makes sense; I'd applied the POV of doing >12T miles a year ;)
matthewmosse:
I ran my oufit with standard points for about 100,000 miles with barely any interference but the replacement set I eventually fitted gave a lot of problems and just kept going out of time or so it seemed - I'm now having doubts that it was the points as at the same time I did a swap over to a 550 k3 engine and carbs and going by reading on this forum I think the carbs were the bug bear
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