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CB500 Timing marks - what's what?

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StPeter:
OUCH! In 1975 that was a week's take-home - yeah, old git and all that. Guilty as charged.
Bitsa, fully appreciate the cash/quality tradeoff - as demonstrated by z1100r. There are a couple of Yankee sellers on ebay who are a  more competitive than DS. I'll get some from them. I have to make some concessions to my imaginary budget! OE should work properly. It did when the world had yet to hear of Sid Vicious. I haven't had enough brave pills to deviate too much from the Honda party line.

Previous general experience on infernal combustion engines has taught me that replacing, plugs, points, condensor, rotor arm, disti cap, plug leads/caps, coil . . .  mostly in that order, hasn't cured the fault in question. Adjustment was normally the answer - the replacement just eliminated a (very small) possibility! Still, someone wins the lottery most weeks so I'll press on!

Z11, your 1998 set of points have probably shown better % growth in value than your house.

Thanks for your comments, all. Much appreciated.

StPeter:

--- Quote from: bitsa on August 03, 2012, 08:48:27 AM ---On the 750 board its listed as timing problems started by UKROB,take a look might be of help to you.
Cheers

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Forgot this one - sorry. Couldn't turn anything up via the search function . . .  either via "timing problems"  or UKROB. I've had problems searching on this site in the past, though - at one point the search couldn't find anything related to "clutch". Wierd!
Anyone got a link to Bitsa's reference?

StPeter:
Thanks, Oddjob!
Don't know why I couldn't find it via the search. I think I'm suffering from poor feng shui this week . . .

StPeter:
Update on timing problems  - and confirmation of collected resident forum wisdom

I got myself a set of genuine Honda points. They timed up nicely with settings somewhere in the middle of the adjustment range. The bike fired up and runs much better - there's a surprise! Stick to OE kit here seems to be the motto.

Thanks again for the guidance, guys.

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