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Old Aug 23, 2023 | 09:26 PM
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What is the best clear plastic timing plug? There seems to be a lot of them to choose from. I don't want to get a face full of oil. I will use a white paint marker pen to make the timing mark easier to see.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2023 | 10:33 PM
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You want one that has a long enough thread to touch the flywheel. Then back off the plug one turn. The closer it is to the flywheel the easier it'll be to see, and it wipes away oil film to some extent. Even with a really clear plug, it's really hard to see the mark.



 
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Old Aug 23, 2023 | 10:43 PM
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Tried several versions, none worked well enough the plastic and cardboard didn't get laid out anyway.

Good luck.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2023 | 05:12 AM
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They're more trouble than they're worth.
You're better off marking the stator cover and setting the timing through the inspection cover.
If you have one.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2023 | 07:09 AM
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Just buy a full face clear plastic face shield, a disposable set of overalls, and put a plastic bag over the timing light.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2023 | 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by PRM068
Just buy a full face clear plastic face shield, a disposable set of overalls, and put a plastic bag over the timing light.
^^^This^^^ works too, and being the Dem's are bringing back COVID mandates for the 2024 election, you'll get more use out of these items than you'll get from the plug.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2023 | 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by RANGER73
^^^This^^^ works too, and being the Dem's are bringing back COVID mandates for the 2024 election, you'll get more use out of these items than you'll get from the plug.
not doing it - if they can rob all the stores at will I can not go by the fake pandemic - arrest me wont be the first time maybe not the last
 
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Old Aug 24, 2023 | 08:03 PM
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This is the one I've used on 2 different bikes and it seems to work just fine.

https://www.jpcycles.com/product/dra...?sku_id=996701
 
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Originally Posted by johnjzjz
fake pandemic -
You do understand that the death count from Covid in the USA, is over a million people that have died from it, and that count is still climbing.
Hospital morgues running out space and having to use refrigerated trucks to store the dead bodies during the worst of it was not made up either.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...de-by-country/


 
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Originally Posted by Dano523
You do understand that the death count from Covid in the USA, is over a million people that have died from it, and that count is still climbing.
Hospital morgues running out space and having to use refrigerated trucks to store the dead bodies during the worst of it was not made up either.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...de-by-country/
If that's what you want to believe, more power to ya....
 
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