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markcrossley

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  1. Having rebuilt my TL, I am now fettling all the little niggles. The kickstart I have doesn't clear the footrest. Should there be some sort of clip to keep it folded up, or is there a kickstart lever that is cranked to miss the pedal? Apparantly the Sammy Miller ones need heating and bending. Is there something from another bike that will work, or is easily modified? I don't have the kit to get one hot enough to bend, and I'm not good enough with a MIG to cut and reweld. Mark
  2. So after letting my TL sulk for 6 months in the shed after your help, I had 10 minutes to spare at the weekend. I checked the points and reminded myself that I had actually set them to the high end of the range at .016". So I reset them at the recommended .012". A half hearted kick and bloody hell it started! Five minutes later and I was riding round the garden like a big kid. Ebay project brought back to life. Thanks for the info chaps. So can you now help with suggestions for carb settings and any other twiddles for a newly rebuilt 124cc motor with a Sammy Miller exhaust and a brand new "Sheng Wey" carb that appears to be an absolutly exact copy of the very rotten original that came with the project. I'm inspired again. Ta. Mark
  3. Thanks chaps. I'll clean the points and check the gap again, and check all the continuities. I've repainted the frame and made a new mounting bracket for the coil, but I didn't clean the paint from the mountings, so the earth might not be getting down. Thanks again. I'll just have to defrost the shed door now... Mark
  4. Thanks Max, Points brand new and .012" Mark
  5. I'm new to this site, so please be gentle. I've just completed refurbishing a TL125 K1 imported from the US. I've rebuilt the motor with many new parts, and am happy with it mechanically. I have only a very faint occasional spark though, and the bike won't start. There is only one generator winding which I have checked for continuity. Its resistance is about 3.5 ohms. The HT coil is a new pattern one. The points and condenser are new, gapped and timed correctly. I've replaced the wiring, such as it is. Now I've run out of ideas. Do flywheels loose their magnetism with time? The flywheel is lined up with the key on the crank, so I'm assuming the mangets are phased correcly with the generator coil. I can't find a definitive figure for coil resistance, but 3R5 sound reasonable. It's sparking but only just visible if you look closely. What does the panel think? Mark
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