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Hot to trot…

while ago I mentioned that I had bought a temperature gauge to help me to set the jetting and timing on the little two-stroke Puch Maxi that I have been tuning. It’s just a ring-type thermocouple that sits under the sparking plug, which gives me a reading of the temperature of the head at that point. At least theoretically, if I have pushed the timing a little too far or got the jetting a bit lean, this gives me fair warning, should

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