Dr. Snide's Various Tuning Raves

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Dr. Snide's Various Tuning Raves
- Being a collection of stuff I've written over the years, and whichsome people, at least, have expressed a wish to see saved somewhere.
-Last revised 2003
Ed. NOte: (I did this some time ago (as of Dcec 2004.) Since then, I've written a couple of Enfield Manuals and a manual for the Meriden Triumphs. As well, there is an embarrasing number of duplicates of this site all over the web. Cleanup is a Work In Progress. Meantime, I hope you'll find something of help here.

Dr. Snide Sometimes, it's nice to see who you're reading from. ( - But then,sometimes, it's not! The overly sensitive may wish to avert theireyes, or hit the "page down" key)
Dr. Snide's Daily Beater - '69 TR6
I know - you're probably asking, "How can anybody this good-lookin' also be so dam smart?" Well, I guess lightning does sometimes strike in the same place! Anyway, here's the raves:

REBOOK Samples:Some sample pages of my forthcoming written-for-profit Royal Enfield Manuals
BIKEBUY:Some advice based on 47 years of buying vehicles - concentrating on motorcycles.
BOXES: Are the various black boxes worththe trouble?
BRAKETUNE: Front Brake Tuning
CAPS: Adding a Capacitor to your charging system
CHARGE: Fix your charging system
6V CHARGE: Some wrinkles on the Early Lucas 6V alternator systems - too many wires coming out of your alternator?
CIRCULATION CHECK: How to check that your oilsystem's working
COMBUSTION:A discussion on combustionefficiency -
DNTHONE:Careful with that hone, Eugene! - a popular Old Wive's Tale is challenged once and for all
ESPRESSO MACHINES: A little humour for lovers/hatersof Ducatis
GENR8RS:A rundown on the theory and practiceof getting Generator (Dynamo) systems back to work
JETTING:Jetting Your Carburetor
Inspection:Making those decisions when you're in themiddle of a teardown
LIGHTFIX: How to get your lights working better,especially with Halogens
LUCAS: Lucas; Prince of Darkness? I don't thinkso; but here are some tips on understanding and caring for your Lucaselectrics !
MILEAGE:Tuning for mileage
PINGTIME:Tuning Ignition Timing for bestmileage and power
PLASTIGAUGE:Using Plastigauge to examineclearances
PLGSREAD: A Comprehensive Ar ticle on ReadingSpark Plugs
PLUGS A quick rundown on plug reading scanned from the Meriden Triumph Workshop Manual
PUMPFIX: Reaseating the check valve balls in your Meriden Triumph oilpump fixes a few things
POINTS: How to work out points and generalignition problems
TORQUE:Some ins and outs of tighteningfasters - "to torque wrench, or not to torque wrench? _That_ is thequestion!"
TIMCHECK:Check your ignition timing well and often!
Want More?
There are other rants by other equally expert ranters. Here are linksto three of my favourites:
1. Guru Nandan's Indian Enfield Site
2. Jan Lanke -The Sage of The North
3. My Anglefire Rants page (A bit better developed than this one.)

You may want to bookmark this site; it'll be changing with time. Feedback? Email me if you like - snidey at look dot ca (c, eh?)
'Bye, now!