3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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ol Bombero-JC wrote:
Prof - Great place to start an "electrical career" with one
of the finest electrical systems by the "Prince of Darkness" (Lucas).
However, Triumph twins - like a Daytona 500 - were easy one-kick starters.
I had lots of Triumph 650s - incl the high compression (10 to 1) TT Specials. Still have a '67 TR6C. "Painless" - No compression release needed.
I was kinda thinking of the old Matchless, AJS, BSA Goldies, etc.
Even when equipped with a compression release - timing (yours) was everything.
JC
I've got a compression release on my '78 Yamaha 500cc single. Little lever on the handlebars.
Use it to bring the piston up to TDC (little window on the head)...then I get's up and jumps down hard bringing my 230 lbs. to bear down. It usually starts, but then I've go the knack, after 30 years of starting it. When I first got it, I was almost frightened to turn it off, as I was worried I wouldn't be able to get it going again. I wear tall boots that cover my calf, after ripping open my calf (not too bad) 29 years ago, when foolishly I tried to start in runners and shorts.
My Matchless G15CS, 750cc twin Scrambler (Norton Atlas engine) doesn't have a compression release, but then it's a twin. If it had the Matchless 500cc (G80CS)then I would need all the help I can get.:)
