[Ducati] carb sync

[Antonio Nolasco]

Phil thanks for your mail - I think you're rigth with old magnet ignition, 
like the spanish OSSA 500cc 2stroke twin. Old BMW R75/5, R90S had battery 
ignition with contact breakers. Some of my dudes have been pluging out one 
cap as sync method for ages on those bikes.
Regards/ Antonio

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "phil hitchcock" <beveltracker at yahoo.com>
To: "ducati list" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:00 AM
Subject: [Ducati] carb sync


> antonio - NEVER try to balance carbs on old euro bikes
> by fast idling then pulling a plug cap off one
> cylinder unless it has points. i have replaced stacks
> of cdi units on bmw - krauser bmw - ducati bevels with
> stator plate ignition + all sorts of trail bikes
> because the bottom unit keeps generating & building up
> voltage that cannot get out to earth via the plug.
> they either burn out the generating coil or a section
> of the box. no real problem with later stuff which are
> basically battery tansistor ignition.
> even some of the 80s hondas can do it - the old XL185s
> would do it if a plug died & you tried to start it by
> clutching down a long hill.ditto with euro bikes with
> SEM/BOSCH cdi.
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