Setting ignition timing

[bryno]

Need to adjust the timing on my scoot to fit the Malossi 172 kit..

I understand how to do this with a timing disc and strobe light, which I have, read that you need to check the settings at 2k revs, but short of rigging up a rev counter how do I do it ?, sure not many people go to the trouble of setting up a rev counter..

Or, is there a way of setting up the timing statically just using the timing disk, can't figure that out

[Smallframe]

with the strobe setup you can just let it rev about twice the tickover speed and blip the throttle a couple of times to check there is no deviation in your two markings that you have on the flywheel and casings. You can try the static route with a t.d.c gauge

[bryno]

Thanks mate, sorted it with a strobe, I was presuming there was some sort of advance with the increase in revs which I now know there isn't on the Vespa.. bit of a pain to mark up the timing points on a T5 as you can' really do it on the casings so i marked up the flywheel cover instead.. intrestingly the stock timing was no where near the 'standard' mark already on the flywheel cover, but spot on when I calculated where it should be with a dial gauge..