Well, the mighty 78 GS1000 left me stranded recently. It was my own fault...I had neglected the points...They closed up. Of course I knew it had points, but the last vehicle I had with 'em was a 67 VW. 
Had I maintained 'em, it wouldn't have happend...I knew better. End of story.
If I would have had set of feeler gauges, and a way to static time the beast, I would have been back on the road in short order.
Today when I swapped out the points, I whipped up a small portable miniature static timing light out of some stuff I had laying around.
(this is the prototype)
For any of you that want to make one for yourself, all you need is two alligator clips, a 2.2K 1/4 watt resistor and a 5mm LED in your fav-o-rite color. I had all this in ye olde electronic parts box, but most of you will have to make a trip to Radio Shack.
Works like a charm, and it's small enough you can stash it somewhere on the bike. Viola!
Had I maintained 'em, it wouldn't have happend...I knew better. End of story. If I would have had set of feeler gauges, and a way to static time the beast, I would have been back on the road in short order.
Today when I swapped out the points, I whipped up a small portable miniature static timing light out of some stuff I had laying around.
(this is the prototype)
For any of you that want to make one for yourself, all you need is two alligator clips, a 2.2K 1/4 watt resistor and a 5mm LED in your fav-o-rite color. I had all this in ye olde electronic parts box, but most of you will have to make a trip to Radio Shack.
Works like a charm, and it's small enough you can stash it somewhere on the bike. Viola!
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