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Pretty awesome for 1970, great music, rather risqué! I never would have known about this California television presentation being just halfway through seventh grade at the time. Never knew Leon Russell was performing so explosively that young (28 at the filming). Thanks to one of my guitar players for sharing this . . .

At that price I'd be interested to know if the mount points have aluminium inserts. Cheap CF guards and such generally dont and this prevents you getting the full torque on the fastener so it doesn't loosen off all the time and if you do tighten them properly then the mounts end up cracking due to stress. If it doesn't have the inserts then I suggest you install the fasteners with blue loctite and tighten them down to a minimal torque and also use a thin rubber washer under the mounts of a mm or so thickness. Stops the non insert type mounts from fatiguing and the loctite prevents the screws backing off due to low torque installation. Ciao

Had success reaching the fowardest most driveshaft zerk with a 1/8" 45 degree coupler. Rear wheel on.

The main advantage of the fine wire platinum plugs is longevity. Modern engines with these plugs often have change out intervals of 80,000 klms. Old style plugs wont go this sort of mileage without maintenance. Of course there's also all the other supposed advantages but for an old Guzzi engine I am happy to stick with the old style plugs. One thing I dont like about the fine wire plugs is once they are fouled they are generally done. Almost never clear and dont respond well to cleaning either. If you do manage to recover a fouled plug they seem far more susceptible to it happening again and in a modern engine where plug access is often quite painful I just bin them and fit a new one. Old style plugs dont seem to be an issue though, clean em up and there're good to go again. Ciao

Docc - I do not know if they stock parts....

For those times when I am out of coffee and I feel like some good old nonsense.

You guys have great taste in music. I've learned a lot here. Ciao

What did I do? Well, I took the right mirror off and opened up the rather thick alloy handlebar inside diameter to accept the rubber mounting donut of a Ken Sean bar-end mirror. Of the two sizes provided with the mirrors, even the smaller of the two would not fit. After fitting the first donut, I concocted a design for a 2-piece delrin clamp, similar to the OEM bar end weights. Misery is the mother of invention.

Replaced the old & tired alternator guard with a flashy CFRE one. Old New Downside: now the oil cooler guard is ugly...

...All that said, after having a close look at https://www.briskusa.com/ , I wouldn't hesitate to try them if the price isn't ridiculous. They seem to cover all the bases.

Added a carbon fibre fairing to the Cafe Sport Sent from my ELE-L29 using Tapatalk

I just kept my Brembo plastic replacement cap. My clutch res cap was already that impervious black plastic. I like the way the caps "go away" visually, but the clear reservoirs, and their fluid levels, hang there like critical IV bags keeping the *patient* viable and in the game . . .