Points V Electronic

[redangel]

I've heard many stories over the years about Tridents throwing number 3 conrod, excuse being the points not firing correctly, adv/retard going out at high rev's, I had 1 blow on me as well, I also had trouble with the Adv/Ret prior to the blow
I have heard just as many owners swear by points, as those who swear by CDI, CDI peak around 6 th and start to miss.
I was told today by a Triumph mechanic, to leave my points in my other Tridents, he also owns a number of them and has never had a problem, his own everyday Rocket 3 has done over 100,000 miles and never played up.
I kinda of fell damned if I do, damned if I dont, he also enlightend me as to why they tend to blow, which is more due to condensation and water stuffing the jets, starving the cylinder of petrol, resulting in overheating and throwing a conrod.
Can any older Triumph owners share your opinions please, would be much appreciated.

[Motu]

I'm certainly not an expert in Tridents....but I alway thought they blew up because they didn't know when to stop revving.If you don't watch the tacho,they will rev until they go boom....a rev limiter would have saved many Tridents from destruction.As far as the points go,and timing going out - I think for the average person getting 3 set of points firing at exactly the same time throughout the rev range is a big ask,especially in this day and age where points are not understood at all...unbelievable as that seems,but they disapeared over 20 years ago.

I would go for electronic,with electronic advance too it that's available.But being a cheap bastard....I'd just keep playing with the points and keep the revs down.Wear super powerful earplugs,as that Trident sound can lead you astray....