Subject: Re: Canadian National Report - Loopframe
Author: Ian Adkins
Date: Jul 24, 2001, 7:36 PM
Post ID: 1707629647
Thanks Gary,
I suppose that this is yet another testimonial for keeping the old points
system.
Interesting to note.... when I was leaving Friday morn at 5am my bike would
not start. No spark. Traced it to dirty points. I had run a file through
them the day before but neglected to clean them afterwards. After swabbing a
little alcohol on them the bike fired right up and ran the 800 miles without
a problem.
By the way...it was nice meeting you. I hope to see you at other rallies in
the future. Just to note...the Md rally looks like it is going to be a
Loopframe jamboree.
Regards....Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Cheek <kg8-@home.com>
To: Loopfram-@topica.com <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Date: July 24, 2001 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: Canadian National Report - Loopframe
Ian , I sure hope that the buna petcock seals were the problem but I have reservations. I was with Tom all the way home. The first sign of a problem was about 20 miles out. Tom suddenly dropped back and was pointing at his tank. We stopped after a few miles at reduced speeds, I suggested he run with both taps open for max flow. We got underway again only to have the same thing happen again and again. I don't think Tom ever opened both taps though I did ask him again when we stopped for fuel near Toronto. Shortly after that fuel stop Tom was again signaling for us to exit, it was |
| to look like a long day was in the cards. We pulled in to a hotel parking lot just off the 401 and Tom said he was going to check the point gap. He found them a little on the closed side ,about .01 mm ,not enough to be a problem but he reset them anyway. I suggested we bypass the Dyna and Tom said the Dynas pretty reliable and it should be ok. I asked if he had provided for bypassing the module as I had suggested when he was putting |
| bike together he said yes but we would have to lift the tank to get at the connection. Not exactly what I had in mind but better than nothing :). We put the rig back together ,suited up and Tom hit the starter but after a |
| good spins not a sign of life. We got out of our helmets hooked up a spark plug to the right lead and NO SPARK AT ALL ! At this point we pulled the seat, lifted the tank and proceeded to take the redundant Dyna out of the loop. A quick reassembly and a punch on the starter button and Cedar was alive and well. The rest of the trip was uneventful save for the brake lights giving up and the Radio Shack switch in a CEV can for the turn |
| also going South. But the engine ran fine at speeds of over 80 mph without |
| sign of trouble. Perhaps after cooling down the Dyna is working again but |
| is very prudent to have the provision for bypassing Cedar would have had to have finished the ride home in a pickup truck The petcock gaskets sure didn't cause the loss of spark. - |