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That’s something to look forward to. A tour through the southland would be a lot of fun. The south is one part of the country that I have not had the pleasure of seeing much of. Yet I have always felt a deep affinity for the music and the food! A lot of soul in both.

Touring destination goal: S'xteenth South'n SpineRaid Tellico Plains,Tennessee Weekend after US Labor Day Get there. Bring tools.

..not a euphemism..

THE Spine Raid would be a most excellent adventure. What part of LA? We'll be out in Redondo Beach over the xmas holidays..

Thank you very much! Your greenie is likewise very nice. It was a garage queen. 4500 miles in 15 years. a quick Meguire's tech wax and what you see is what I got. Here's a close up of the tank. They got the paint right! Danged horn button! Clearly, Italian riders use the horn far more than they use their signals. Horn and signals need to be reversed, but I see no way of doing that. Maybe Euro-spec switches made more sense, unless these are Euro-spec. Still twiddling with bits here and there, to get it just right. Shift-lever adjustment is my latest hair-puller.

You gots plenty of admiring friends, bud. It's just that our arms aren't long enough to put hands on your (fine) bench! Welldone on this build, Sir! Thanks, dearly, for sharing it with us!

A nice Autumn here in my land! And so we go! Verde Legnano rules!

When you press start it puts 12 Volts on both coils, this passes 10 Amps through one but 30-40 Amps through the other. When the main contacts close it puts 12 Volt on the other end of the heavy current coil so it drops to zero Amps. If the main contacts don't close or loose main lead the 15 A fuse will pop in about 1/2 second, a 20 A will last slightly longer. An oxidized battery terminal would also cause the fuse to blow. By improving the wiring you increase the current. There's a lot going on in that innocent looking solenoid.

JRD, thanks for the feedback It's interesting you should find it necessary to increase the wire size but I can see why. I calculated that the Valeo starter solenoid should draw 50 Amps inrush at 12 Volts but in fact it's draws well under 40 Assuming you have the Startus Interuptus fix this would be due to the wire gauge and resistance in the relay and base along with the fuse resistance. I don't have figures for 18 gauge but between 14 and 16 it's about half. 3 feet of #16 would drop around 0.5 V at 40 Amps 3 feet of #14 would drop around 0.36 V at 40 Amps # 18 is probably closer to 1 Volt Any Guzzi after 2002 comes out of the factory with the Start relay wired through the ignition switch (including the 2008 Norge), this in my opinion is crazy, I wonder how much this has hurt Guzzi in lost repeat sales over the years. I still maintain the factory don't have a clue as to how the starter works. With the fix the inrush current will be more like 40 Amps so a 20 Amp fuse is appropriate.