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Worked on the Showa fork seals with the MotionPro 'sealmate'. Once I got the hang of it it worked well. However I couldn't get all the way round the fork leg. Bent over double & with a flashlight could see the seal had torn & folded under the seal lip. Hence the large amount of oil recently. The seal mate surprisingly was strong enough to pull the damaged part of rubber from under the seal. Cleaned up the mess & went for a ride. So far it's working as it should. But knowing that it won't last I've decided to get all the tools needed from Traxxion to replace the seal myself. Can't have too many tools. Thanks for the link to the Ohlins rebuild Chuck, it makes more sense now that I have opened up the Showas's

largely true for the British although remember the Vincent came back post war and the Europeans were making plenty withing 25 years or so after they recovered from the war. It's hard to make judgements like this for a number of reasons primarily because of the economic dislocation after WW2 esp in Britain. Money poured into Europe to rebuild and hedge against the Russians and Communism and Britain had a war debt to pay the US. Having said all that the British motorcycle manufacturers were totally hopeless post war in just about every way, from production, to economic management. All the money went on Oak lined board rooms, Company Roll Royces and big salaries for the management instead of R&D and new machinery. Remember the Japanese didn't have any problems with construction costs producing the Honda 4 in the late 60's early 70's from a clean sheet when the British were pumping out twins whose designs dated back to the 50's and before and the Americans were making Harleys still. I've owned 3 Aprilia V twins ( all RSV1000's. 2 R's and a std RSV) and been inside them a few times including club racing bikes and they are bullet proof. If it blew up to that extent I can pretty much guarantee you it was an owner/operator issue. As for real power a Ducati Panagale makes close to 200 HP. A de-tuned one making 150 would be pretty docile for a sports tourer if they had the inclination. Ciao

OK thats some very interesting stuff. That being said would really appreciate it if any of you could PM me if you hear of a screen complete with hardware that should come available. Thx in advance Ciao

PS ... (and +1 re Phil's clarification) here is a pic of the "dealer package" jacket (that came with flyscreen and teknos) ... like the bike - some patina, but still in great shape after almost 20 years and just under 100k(ms) ... only available in choice of yellow or red at the time (no green!) ... so I chose red and received yellow - which was probably a better choice anyway. As far as colour-matching goes - my understanding is that these early flyscreens used the same production line paint as other body parts - so perhaps Stucchi made some of those for MG also ..? All good history ... although still searching for a good second home for the bike ...

Replaced the tank protection pad as it was letting go. Had a lot of doubts about the position of the new one, but chose behind the seat and am happy with it. Old: New: There was surprisingly little discoloration of the paint underneath the pad.

BTW, here is the Album posted by @LeMaynes showing his experience obtaining the unpainted Stucchi for his silver Sport:

Oh Ok docc didn't realise the Stucchi was a factory cataloged option. Ciao

This is where the wording is important. If it's labelled a "factory option" or Option then like docc that to me means it's an offering by the factory either fitted to the bike when ordered new or in a Guzzi option catalogue. Anything else is an accessory or an aftermarket accessory. Sometimes the semantics does lead you down the wrong path when searching for enhancements for old bikes and trying to work out if it was an OEM offering or aftermarket. Ciao

Lovely headers on my favourite car. You can see how they arrange the collectors from different banks and cylinders so they crosstalk. All depends on the firing order and what your're looking for in a torque curve as well as whether or not it uses a cross plane crank or a flat crank. Exhaust science, complicated. Ciao

You would need to see how it's flow path works internally docc before you could label it. I suspect it dumps into a common chamber by some convoluted means and finds it's way out via 2 outlets in an add hoc fashion. Probably doesn't matter too much anyway it's just semantics. We all understand what we mean on a Guzzi when you say "crossover" Ciao

Here is the Stucci “Fly Screen” in factory green paint, once offered as an accessory . They pop up for sale every now and then. I found mine N.O.S. from a local Guzzi mechanic. Not much of a fairing, but it does seem to help. Good luck!

Ah, Ford GT 40's "Den-of-Snakes!"

Personally I use "crossover" as a generic term not a descriptive one. So there are merged crossovers, "H" crossovers etc. Then there are "collectors" of varying configurations which merge pipes but dont change their direction. Same principle and results as a cross over to produce a negative pulse wave back towards the cylinder/s. I guess the term "crossover is used when the exhaust from one bank of cylinders or cylinder can be redirected to another bank or cylinders secondary pipes, so a twin cylinder Y shaped connection isn't a crossover but a collector. Some V8 cars use a cross over after the header collectors and that fits my definition as well. Ciao