Powerplus or Bust, Eh?

[Spacke2speed]

Kevin
While the separate manual compression release shown in Post433 is different. You may want to rethink that as you would have to let go of the handle bar controls to use it. While there are more then one way to start a motor, some bad, some better, some good. Other people out there may have even better ways then the way I start mine.
This is how I start mine.
With the stock setup, when fully backing off the control, the magneto is killed (with the kill pin and the grounding feeler in the magneto) and the compression release is open. That is use to kill the motor when stopping. It is also used when starting. Normally, at the start of the kick start stroke, the control is fully backed off, with the magneto killed and the compression release open. This allows the motor to spin faster at the start of the kick stroke without compression. Then partial thru the kick stroke, while the flywheels are now spinning, the magneto is advanced (which un-shorts the magneto) just enough to also close the compression release. This way, the motor with start easily with the spark retarded, while the flywheels are getting up to speed. This also takes a LOT of STRESS off the whole kick starter assembly by not fighting the compression without the help of the spinning flywheels, also helping to keep the kick starter gears engaged and keep the starter gear dogs to clutch plate dogs engaged. If the kick starter mounts flexes, moving the kick starter gears apart and/or causes the starter gear dogs and the clutch plate dogs to pop apart, the kick start is disengaged and the kick starter arm with go down very quick resulting in hurting only your knee if you are lucky. It also WILL damage the kick starter arm gear and starter gear teeth, and chip the corners of the start gear dogs as well as the clutch plate dogs. Once those dogs corners are rounded over, it well just keep popping out more and more. With the motor spinning faster, the magneto is putting out a hotter spark, a lot more then when it is just barely turning over.
Once the motor is running at this mid (for lack of a better term) spark advance setting, that is when the attention to the carburetor settings are adjusted before the motor dies. After the carburetor is adjusted to the proper settings, the spark can be advanced fully ready to ride.
Again, this is not the only way, just the way I start and the reasons why I start that way. Most important is you are up and running and riding!
Spacke2speed

[exeric]

Fantastic Kevin, and like Jim said, "Let's go for another ride!" I sure wish we had some long, lonely roads like your's, here in this part of Florida.

[Jim]

That was FUN! Let's go for another ride! ;^)

[painterdale]

Love the video, Kevin! Dale

[Shaky Jake]

Thanks for posting the pictures Scott. That was a fun crowd. They stood up and cheered when I rode it around the parking lot.

Here's a short shakedown video:






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[Tom Lovejoy]

Fantastic ! sounds great, well done ! and good luck !!!!

[sswaney]

There are some pictures of Kevin doing his thing located here
http://fountainphoto.zenfolio.com/p133339882

[sswaney]

Kevin, Thank you for bring the bike out and amazing the crowd last Sunday.
A 16 Indian doing hot laps in the parking lot has got to be a first for Butterfield's Party!
It sure sounds and runs strong. Coast to Coast should be no problem. Congratulations on a great job.

[Shaky Jake]

I want to express my sincere appreciation to the members of the Omaha Chapter of the AMCA for their generous donation to our Motorcycle Cannonball effort, as well as their friendship and support over the last couple of years. They are a great bunch of folks and fun to hang out with. Team Kelly's Heroes will put the money to good use in coaxing Old 97, the hundred year old Indian, from coast to coast in September. Thanks again!

[exeric]

Kevin, I hope you have a great time on your adventure. I love 1916 Indians, and you did a fantastic job on yours'. Thank you for the beautiful documentation, and thoughtful insight on your restoration journey. You did a great job of getting pictures of the tiny details that made your hurdles, and challenges easy for us to understand; and that is hard to do, not to mention, sidetracking you from the mission. You did things the right way, and that is also hard to do when a short-cut would be so much easier. I'm looking forward to your next project

[Shaky Jake]

Cannonball number plates. Hand riveted. Old school.








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[Jim]

VERY NICE! Sounds great! poor kitty cats... although, they may be used to the sounds! Nice JEEP Too! Congratulations!!

[Robert Luland]

Well done sir! Well done! Bob Luland

[TechNoir]

Re: Powerplus or Bust

Jake, great to see you reach this key milestone. Well done.

Have you ridden it yet?

Also I know what the "thing" is but I wont say, I will let you reveal all.

John

[gww]

Beautimas !