That manual advance was the undoing of the '64 we restored and won the Trophy at the Rat's Hole Chopper Show back in whenever the heck it was.
The engine and tranny had NEVER been disassembled, so we decided to rinse out the tranny with mineral spirits, and then take the old rig out and ride it.
Anyway, my buddy (the owner and financial backer of the restoration) sold it at auction to "some old, fat
[email protected]" in Orlando to help finance home-building. The OFB went out drinking one afternoon, and then took off up I-4. But not far. Apparently, he forgot to advance the timing, and turned the motor into a large ingot.
LongRide, that bike started with 1 kick. Sometimes two, if it had been a while. He'd idle that bike so low it would start to bounce up and down.
I'm starting to water up, just thinkin' about it...