Steve has lots of tricks up his sleeve 😁

And Hilly, I had to find a better way. There I was in 1971 with a POS C15 BSA, I reckon it was BSA's worst bike ever. The service notes told me to determine points opening by being able to pull a cigarette paper from between them; and I didn't smoke. Read about the radio method in a mid 70's Yank bike mag and used it until I bought a timing light during my Norton days.

It works better if you have a copper wire cored HT lead. I have one in the shed for timing purposes.

And no officer, I don't run it on the road like that, why that might interfere with people watching TV, and govvys of all stripes won't allow that. Why, if people didn't watch TV they won't be able to absorb the ads, and they might stop consuming and start saving. Shit, that might crash the economy!

Or maybe I'm just an old hippy that lived in the bush with no TV reception for 40+ years.

Jeez, don't tell me any more! I just got out the soldering iron, some clips and some old fashioned plug wire and made myself a couple new plug leads!

Somewhere in my tool maze I have a device that's made for the aircraft industry that beeps and lights up like a Xmas tree for checking timing, specially for twin points. Maybe because light aircraft have twin magneto's? I've never used it because I could never understand the instructions. The radio trick reminded me of it. Looking forward to trying the radio some time tomorrow. Finished with the medical profession this arvo and still living, so I'll be back into the Ironhead tomorrow. Back with good news I hope. And Hilly, I've enjoyed the education in this thread as well, and thank everyone who responded.