Looking for some Ottawa area riders (BMW or otherwise)

It's 15" from the axle to the bottom plate so it would have no problem that way with a 19" wheel, but the width is 7.5" across the axle. Would your hub fit into that? It does not include an axle but any bar which fits through your hub would work.

Amazon has a listing for the stand and it says it works for motorcycle wheels. And RevZilla sells it for motorcycle use.

I run a 4" tire, so the width should be fine. I will send you a PM.

You'd be removing the tire before truing it. I was thinking more of the hub width.

For any of you that are interested, there's a vintage motorcycle show in Oxford Mills this Saturday.

I got what you meant. The hub, with dish, is within those limits.


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I went last year and saw some nice bikes, got a couple of good burgers and chit chatted with friends. Good time for a lazy day.

And it's in my small town

So that's where you've been hiding

It's nice little town.

Was, anyway.

Im using it to check my ignition timing on my yz125,my bike isnt running very well and so im ticking off the boxes of what it might be.in the picture in my shop manual,it looks like the gauge has an "arm" that threads onto a bolt on my cylinder.

my gauge has a magnetic stand, and or a plug which threads into the spark plug hole which the gauge mounts to.

if the engine has never been apart. or the mag has never been touched,, it is unlikely the magneto that has slipped its timing.

Idle jet dirty, dirty carb, leaking head, leaking base gasket, carbon in the power valve if you have that. you changed the pipe without jetting... just a few thoughts. what is the burn look like on the plug?

Leaking crankcase seals also possible cause.

What happened to the days of sticking a screwdriver down the spark plug hole and rotating till TDC

how would you measure .019" btdc with a screwdriver?

crank seals as well.... Mikey your right!

Depends on your skill level I guess

Anyone planning to do the Calabogie Boogie?
The thread just came up for this year's event, Sept 7-8.
Got clearance from the Dept of Domestic Operations, so I'm planning on running the "Adventure Tour" route.
Anyone else in?

Those days ended with Betamax buddy.

Shipwreck,you right it could be some of thos and/or all.So far ive checked for leaks,none(havent done a leak down test tho).Carb is in good shape although ill take it apart again.another symptom is the bike takes a ton of kicks to start.Anyways that gauge sounds like it may do the trick,would you mind if i borrowed it?

If it takes a lot of kicking, it's often a plugged exhaust. Have you decarbonized the pipe lately? Does it have a baffle you can pull out of the exhaust? If so, try it without the baffle. For that matter, pull the muffler or expansion chamber off and try starting it that way to see if it's got too much back pressure.

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