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I bought an electronic ignition from Newtronic for my 750, and they sent the wrong contents in the package, though it was labeled correctly as I ordered. They were very kind and sent me the replacement "brain" unit immediately, and everything seemed fine...
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Anyway, ever since I installed the replacement "brain" unit that you sent to me, the bike has suffered an occaisional strange "stammering" at low idle. I have done all kinds of troubleshooting, and have always verified that the timing was set correctly according to the service manual.
Today, however, at wit's end, I tried adjusting the timing too far in each direction (advanced/retarded) just to see if it makes a difference.
Here is what I found: When I adjust it so that the timing light shows the line lining up between the "F" and the "T", the problem is worse. However, when I adjust it so that the line lines up at the LEFT side of the "F", the bike runs much better and the stammering is nearly eliminated (of course "normal" is aligned to the line at the RIGHT of the "F"). I suppose if I adjust it even further away from normal, it will run better...
This is very strange - I never had to have it adjusted so strangely with the points! Here is a picture of an example of where I have it currently set:
biquetoast.com/bigpics/78-750-1/20051023...teCurrentSetting.JPG
So I'm wondering - when you sent me a replacement "brain" unit", should I have gotten a different trigger unit as well?
Or has anything like this been reported by anyone else?
Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks for your time...
Post edited by: biquetoast, at: 2006/04/08 08:33