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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Dinsdale" data-source="post: 136360" data-attributes="member: 58"><p>Vic</p><p>I woudn't say that Lucas was stuck in pre war thinking, it was probably more that Lucas didn't want to spend any money to make a better product. I remember reading once it was BSA that told Lucas they wanted to pay no more than X and so Lucas made them to that cost and the rest of the industry had to suffer the consequence as BSA was their largest customer.</p><p></p><p>When you look at the size of the weights in a car mechanical distributor generally they are a lot smaller and weigh less and so easier to control by springs etc. I suspect that is what is wrong with the Lucas magneto ATD and Martyn may be onto something reducing their size.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simon Dinsdale, post: 136360, member: 58"] Vic I woudn't say that Lucas was stuck in pre war thinking, it was probably more that Lucas didn't want to spend any money to make a better product. I remember reading once it was BSA that told Lucas they wanted to pay no more than X and so Lucas made them to that cost and the rest of the industry had to suffer the consequence as BSA was their largest customer. When you look at the size of the weights in a car mechanical distributor generally they are a lot smaller and weigh less and so easier to control by springs etc. I suspect that is what is wrong with the Lucas magneto ATD and Martyn may be onto something reducing their size. [/QUOTE]
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