wrscomncents Posted April 24, 2018 Share #1 Posted April 24, 2018 Maybe someone can help me with this. While going through my checklist of maintenance items while putting my bike back together I decided to look up the ignition timing procedure. I went to the manual and started reading the procedure. To my surprise at the end of the procedure I find out that the timing is not adjustable. So my question is, is it necessary to check the timing at all? Would checking the timing be more of a trouble shooting procedure? I currently do not have a timing light and really don't want to buy one if the timing cannot be adjusted anyway. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowrod Posted April 24, 2018 Share #2 Posted April 24, 2018 Maybe someone can help me with this. While going through my checklist of maintenance items while putting my bike back together I decided to look up the ignition timing procedure. I went to the manual and started reading the procedure. To my surprise at the end of the procedure I find out that the timing is not adjustable. So my question is, is it necessary to check the timing at all? Would checking the timing be more of a trouble shooting procedure? I currently do not have a timing light and really don't want to buy one if the timing cannot be adjusted anyway. Thanks. The only time I ever saw it mentioned is when doing a valve adjustment, but there is no way to adjust timing, so I would say no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrscomncents Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted April 24, 2018 Yeah that's what I'm thinking also. Well I guess it saves me the cost of a timing light. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafterd Posted April 25, 2018 Share #4 Posted April 25, 2018 Even if you had a timing light and the timing was off, you still can’t adjust it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSky Posted April 26, 2018 Share #5 Posted April 26, 2018 The timing does advance when the engine is revved. You could confirm that it is indeed advancing. But the bike would be low on hp if that was the case. Timing check is briefly mentioned in this maintenance video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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