Motorcycles

Motorcycle Points Saver

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I decided to fit out my Royal Enfield Bullet with an electronic points saver.  I was happy to keep the points and the mechanical advance/retard mechanism – I really just wanted to take the load off the points and the capacitor.
The advantage is that the points will not wear although the heel of the breaker will wear as before.  ( A smear of lithium grease is probably a good idea). The points gap is not critical, other than making sure it opens at the right point. Read more

Bullet – 2 months in

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Changes so far:-
I fitted a pair of new Heidenhau K34 tyres with new Michelin Tubes
I have changed the handlebars to the standard for the bike.
I have re-routed the speedo cable to behind the bottom yoke instead of in front of it thus taking out an unnecessary S bend.  I can now tell how fast I am going the needle used to oscillate wildly it still oscillates but not near as much.  Actually the speedo is very optimistic.  It is calibrated in Km with a MPH scale too.  Rather than reading the MPH scale it is more accurate to… Read more