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<blockquote data-quote="BigEd" data-source="post: 94090" data-attributes="member: 161"><p>I have met Peter who now owns BT-H a few times. He seems a really nice guy. (Just my own opinion.)</p><p>He is not a motorcyclist or an automotive engineer, nor does he claim to be. He just gets the parts made to the drawings and assembles them to earn a living.</p><p>The unit he makes seems to generally work very well for most standard old bikes applications. The electronic advance range is similar to the range one would get from the original mechanical auto advance. It works well for most standard old bikes that had a magneto with a mechanical auto advance.</p><p>If you want a smaller range with a mechanical advance you can modify the stops on the unit as some readers of this forum have done. If someone wants a different electronic advance range then that would require a redesign of the circuit, something that most of our readers would not be able to do. It is also unlikely that Peter would do it either as it would mean paying someone to design, make and test a new circuit. It would unlikely be viable from a business point of view for the few modified units he might sell.</p><p>I have no financial interest in the BT-H business but have used one of their units on my Rapide since 2008. I did have some (very) small input with the original owner who set up a new business and spent a lot of time without income while he designed, prototyped and tested to produce a unit he could sell.</p><p>I think that there are probably several electronic units available that may offer the ability to reduce or increase the amount of advance available. I can't comment on these as I have not used one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigEd, post: 94090, member: 161"] I have met Peter who now owns BT-H a few times. He seems a really nice guy. (Just my own opinion.) He is not a motorcyclist or an automotive engineer, nor does he claim to be. He just gets the parts made to the drawings and assembles them to earn a living. The unit he makes seems to generally work very well for most standard old bikes applications. The electronic advance range is similar to the range one would get from the original mechanical auto advance. It works well for most standard old bikes that had a magneto with a mechanical auto advance. If you want a smaller range with a mechanical advance you can modify the stops on the unit as some readers of this forum have done. If someone wants a different electronic advance range then that would require a redesign of the circuit, something that most of our readers would not be able to do. It is also unlikely that Peter would do it either as it would mean paying someone to design, make and test a new circuit. It would unlikely be viable from a business point of view for the few modified units he might sell. I have no financial interest in the BT-H business but have used one of their units on my Rapide since 2008. I did have some (very) small input with the original owner who set up a new business and spent a lot of time without income while he designed, prototyped and tested to produce a unit he could sell. I think that there are probably several electronic units available that may offer the ability to reduce or increase the amount of advance available. I can't comment on these as I have not used one. [/QUOTE]
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