Pablo,

The Miller Dynamo unit has a manual ignition advance, which is controlled by a cable to a lever on the handlebars. I do not recall ever having seen one with an automatic ignition advance, but it would be possible.

.. gREgg

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My dinamo Lucas has not advance manual, has not advance automatic but have the place for to put i think the manual advance because the motorcycle have a lever for to controll by a cable
I feel my english is very bad
Gracias Pablo

Hi Pablo

Your English is a bit difficult to understand,
however:

Dynamo - generates power for lights nothing to do
with ignition, so no advance/retard.

Magneto - generates spark for plug - usually fitted
with a manual advance/retard using a cable. On a Lucas
Magneto (or Magdyno), it is obvious where the
advance/retard cable enters the unit. You should be
able to tell easily if there is a manual advance by
looking at the area of the ignition "points" assembly.


Suggest you Google Search the Web for "Lucas Magdyno".
You should be able to find useful literature.

Regards
Martin Walton




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My dinamo is a model of Lucas with the distributor and contact set in the end i think you do not know this model for this cause has a place for to put the manual advance,all model of royal has the sistem with dinamo distributor and magdyno is a extra for the year 1936,37,38
Pablo villanueva

Edited by author 09-06-2007 05:01 AM
Hi, as a new member/owner a few naive questions if anyone thinks can help!
Just bought a '93 350 semi-trailised. Cosmetically quite good. Starts easy (even though I've not used a kick start for over 30 years!), seems to run fine, BUT doesn't want to idle (perhaps becasue recently fitted with a trail high-level pipe and/or fact that had been allowed to run out of petrol). I am NOT a mechanic and happy to throw some money at it (it was a choice between the Bullet or a 3 grand Harley, chose the RE simply on light weight). Already thought of new/better(?) carb, electronic ignition and whatever else needed, but no RE dealer near me...
So, is carb/ign best place to start spending and if so does anyone know of a decent shop/mechanic in/near Nottingham (England!)?
Thanks in advance. d.j.

Hello Davey Jones..
Point One ,It Depends on what carb is fitted (Ie?:Mikuni / Amal or Other?)
or could beas simple as an Air leak.
Point Two, I live in Nottingham (A52 Radcliffe on trent)... I am Not an Expert but Have been Running (And Run a 350 std) Enfields for a few years Now..So if I can be of Help,Or Give you some Links:E-mail me at:craig(Dot)craig(AT)ntlworld.com Forgive me my (you Know Whats) anti-spam.
But to cut it short ,I live local I will Help (Or laugh!) with you... Cheers Craig

Craig, my thanks! And SO near (I'm in Carlton).
Fitted a "mute" into the exhaust system today (in what I suspect is a vain hope that it will pass MoT). That with a bit of fiddling with the air screw seems to have got it idling fine. The carb is a MikCarb.
I'll drop you a PM.

Yippee! A nice new Ticket despite being a main contender in the "loud saves your life" stakes!

In answer to Dave Jones. It sounds like you have an air leak in the system. It's possibly a crack in the rubber before or after the carb. While you are at it, have the jets blown through with compressed air. Another problem I foud with mine was the float setting. It was taking too long to open the needle valve. Now set to 28mm and works ok. With carb off, and inverted measure from top of float to carb body. Look up hand book if you have access to one. Try one thing at a time or will not know what the problem was. Hope this helps.

Does anyone know what problems I am likely to have fitting a 350 Bullet engine into a 250 Continental / Crusader frame?
I believe that this is a common conversion for pre65 trials bikes, but can find very little on the WWWeb.
thanks.

Actually, I have seen a 500cc Bullet engine in a Crusader frame. Looked very awkward but it did go in after some work on the rear mounts.
...gREgg

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Triumph 350 or 500 unit twin is a good fit and engine
plates are available. folding footrests required for
kickstart clearance and reversed gearchange lever are
the only issues I know of. A good engine frame match
and Trifield is a nice name!

Martin
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Hi can any one tell me what engine numbers were used on the 4t in a turbo twin, I know cotton & francis barnet used 687E cotton also used 353E and greevs used 086F.but unfortunately there is no mention of Royal Enfield in the villiers book by Roy Bacon. thanks a lot.

i remember my turbo twin had the prefix engine no. 401e.
i was told this was correct for villers engines sent to royal enfield.
hope this helps.

Hi All, has anyone changed from a 3 wired alternator to a 4 wired, the 3 has the grey and green connected and white wire, the 4 has 2 purple, 1 yellow, 1 orange. which colors for the 4 wired do I need to join together?
Kind Regards from Aussi
James Reece

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Hi all, Has anyone here any experience with the 1963 Unit construction Bullet. I have the crank out at the moment and looks very similar to the non unit bullet conrod and big end. anyone know if they are the same? Main bearings look like crusader items (crank cases very similar) with additional phos bronze bush on the primary side.Also anyone know what size carb its supposed to have as the head looks to be identical to crusader sports (barrel obviously a lot longer)

Mike