- Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:02 pm
#75533
Hi Tom, thinking back, you say you have a Boyer ignition fitted. I once bought a Trident at a good price because it was all rebuilt, but no-one seemed able to get it to run right for the owner. I struggled with carbs, static timing etc, until I spotted the two wires from the stator to the black box were crossed [black and white and black and yellow]. I undid the connectors under the seat and swapped them so the colours matched and it was a different bike. With the wires crossed, it was starting on full advance, even though the static timing was 'correct' then retarding as the revs increased, accompanied by banging and popping and no way would it go past 4000 rpm. Could you have a similar problem? Also, make sure you have the correct orientation of the stator plate to the rotor for the rotation - there will be two small holes, one for clockwise timing, the other for anticlockwise. Regards, Paul.
