[Ducati] Thank God! More Superbike Pics from a higher

[mike major]

Yes indeed, that Moonbeam is still around and currently running for the attorney general of California.  Not to be confused with yours truly who earned the nickname by being a refinery worker with long hair and a 69 International bus conversion.  If you miss adjusting points I have some on my Honda CL350 and Suzuki T500 that slip out of adjustment all too often.  Later, Moonbeam #2

Art Ramos <hyperpastabiker at gmail.com> wrote:  Oh yeah!
I remember setting the points with a feeler gauge. It's where I learned or
developed the technique for proper feeler gauge resistance when setting the
clearances. Then in high school I discovered the Dwell meter! Shortly after
that I was playing with dual point distributors/magnetos, hot Mallory coils,
and silicone spark plug wires.
Honesty, my back wouldn't stand for all of this today, Thanks
Mr.Shockleyfor inventing the transistor!
Oh and Moonbeam was what we called the Governor of California, when I was in
college.

I go out for a ride on my new 999R and am blown away at what motorcycles
have become over the years!
Life "IS" Good!

Art


On 11/5/06, mike major wrote:
>
> Right, as I remember it they advertised their bikes as being capable of
> doing 17.5, with the tach's so marked, and then when motorcycle mags put
> the production bikes on a dyno the truth came out. As a young cheap
> hotrodder I used to make my own tach's using a homemade square wave
> generator triggered by the points with the output read on a re-calibrated
> ammeter. A long way to go to save a buck but time was a lot easier to come
> by than money then. Points? that was a long time ago. Later, Moonbeam
>
>
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