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the stock points ignition system. I also used my ohmmeter to check the pair of spark plug wires as the plug caps can open up and create poor running issues. Both checked out okay with a normal Slash Five 1K ohm resistance. Then, as I looked for the wire that led to the points, I noticed that the Dyna booster system wire that should have been firmly plugged into it was not attached. After static timing the points with a test lamp, they were fine, right on the "S" mark on the flywheel; I plugged the two wires back together. The bike then sure started easier, and my guess
is that the two wires worked themselves loose with all the banging and bumping I was doing on those bad mountain roads. Though they remained in contact with each other to allow the black box to fire, they would regularly lose contact and cause a stumble. It just happened that I was getting low
on pesos, so I needed to ride to the next town, Lazaro Cadenas, to a banco and use the ATM. It seems these days that's how most travelers get the currency of the country they are in. On the ride to the bank the next morning, the bike ran as well as it ever has. I had hoped it would with the problem fixed, the engine as finely
tuned as it could be, and the carbs having just been nicely cleaned out. With that problem solved, my only other
bike problem was losing a bolt out of one of the bag mounts. With one more night in Tultepec, I
attended the "Globos" event, which proved to be a lot more than kids sending up paper hot air balloons. Three castillos had been built in the town square and as the evening wore on with a mass globos ascension and bands playing away, a group of 30 men arrived in several trucks. With much smirk- ing and grinning, they began setting up racks of 5-, 6- and 8-inch mortar tubes on the edge of the crowded square, apparently
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The castillos as the sun goes down. The entire field was packed with people, standing and watching the towers.
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