Pickup coil gap

[Incubus]

I would probably have better luck producing a consistent spark in my bike by riding it while flying a kite with a key during a thunderstorm. I'm that good.

While delving deeply into this mystery others know as spark, I had occasion to pull off the pickup coil plate. Repeatedly, in fact. Often enough now I can do it in the dark under fire. Sadly, I seem to have proven more adept at removal than installation. This evening, after changing out my coils, I had spark on all four cylinders. That was just a test with the starter motor. I decided before I ran it I should check the gap on my pickup plate again. I made minor adjustments. Now I have no spark on one and four. Pretty cool, huh?

I think I may be doing the pickup coil gap thing wrong. Where exactly, do you measure this gap? What are the symptoms if you have the gap too narrow? Too wide? I already know about the loss of spark.

Patrick

[mro]

originally posted by randy
3. Check the pickup coil gap, should be .7mm. You'll have to remove the timing plate to get a feeler guage in there and replace the center bolt with a few washers to keep the rotor on. Then use the rear wheel with the motor in gear to rotate the crank into position for each pickup

mro