Topic: How do you make a static timing light?

[Tugboat]

Or can you just get them at Autozone?

[CycleRanger]

You can just use a multimeter.  Connect one lead to the blue or yellow coil wires and the other to ground.
When the points make contact you'll get a reading.

[TwoTired]

Here is one that I made.
12 v bulb, two alligator clips, two wires, solder.

Cheers,

[Gordon]

If you still have the turn signal buzzer, that makes a good timing aid, too. 

[greenjeans]

I got one at Autozone for $7.99    Looks kinda like a pen - has a point on one side and an alligator clip on a wire that comes out the top.
The light is inside the "pen"    Battery operated.  If you have a complete circuit, it lights the bulb.

[Bob Wessner]

If you can, find one with a clip on each lead, I personally find it easier to use, otherwise three hands might prove useful. 

[octagon]

the radio method mentioned elsewhere on the forum works well

[greenjeans]

If you can, find one with a clip on each lead, I personally find it easier to use, otherwise three hands might prove useful. 

Agreed - After I set the timing on my bikes, I always say "next time, I'm soldering a another alligator clip to the other end - instead of the point"