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Thanks for the replies, everybody. I think it was just really dirty points. I cleaned the points by dragging a folded piece of 600 grit wet-dry sandpaper spritzed with 'Lectra-motive cleaning spray through the closed contacts; then I followed that with a business card wetted with contact cleaner. I ...

Okay. I've learned over on my restoration thread, where we're also discussing this bad-when-hot issue, that the classic condenser failure is due to heat. So mike from idaho's suggestion has been corroborated. This is encouraging. We may have to move this thread to the Ignition section... ;-) I'm hea...

Thanks for the discussion, G! Is there an intermediate failure mode for the condenser? Wouldn't it just stop the bike from receiving spark? And would it return to normal operation after cooling a bit? This is intriguing. If this is all just a bad condenser, that'd be nice, since I have a spare conde...

We've only ever put Chevron 91 octane or Mobil 91 octane in it. We use premium because it remains stable longer than regular and has less, if any, ethanol. And in Southern California I believe the stations are now serving the Summer Blend, which is less adulterated than the Winter Blend. I run the s...

Hey Graham! Well, at first, before I even saw the plugs, (remember way back in a previous post how beautifully tan they were?) I was convinced it had to be just an idle mixture issue causing the faltering when hot, since, when the engine gets hot after riding a while--like, at least 30 to 90 minutes...

Well, the bike has very good throttle response all across the range and in every gear (and has for the 500 miles since I restored it). And as you can see in Video 1 above, it idles well... Only after it has been run long enough (at least 30 to 90 minutes depending on the ambient temp and riding styl...

Okay so I may have to deal with the skull issue later. Right now we're having a troublesome situation with the engine not idling when it gets hot, as in: not until we've ridden about 45 minutes on a hot day kind of hot. Please read about the problem in detail over in the Carburetion - Fuel section. ...