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Certainly worth inspecting, adjusting, and perhaps tightening the external shift mechanism. Make sure the two "arms" are parallel with one another. Sometimes the pivot bolt benefits from a shim to reduce slop. Even after performing (most) of Lucky Phil's excellent Shift Improvement, I still preload the lever and take up the clutch play to get best shifts.

I don't usually touch this subject in the wild, but I'll stick this out there. I did a lot of homework, read a lot of medical and white papers and here's what I've discovered. Disclaimer; the Medical Industrial Complex does not endorse this statement. Melatonin. early research into why age was such a significant contributor to mortality found that Melatonin uses the same ACE-2 receptors that COVID attaches to. Kids have a ton of natural melatonin, after 40 we make far less, and less as we age. Melatonin blocks COVID from attaching. I take 20mg before bed every night; discussing with a friend who has an unspecified congenital lung condition, she and her pulmonologist discovered that 20mg/day of melatonin is actually a known therapy for her condition. I'll save space and tell you that I and a few friends also discovered a marked improvement in lung capacity and ease of breathing after a month. You will feel like a 15 year old kid who sleeps all day for a while. YMMV. Vitamin D. Get it from the sun if you can. Sweat in the sun and don't wash it off for 3-4 hours. UV rays convert cholesterol in your sweat into Vit-D and you reabsorb that as a lotion; this mechanism is important to know, as the reaction takes place mostly on the surface, not in the skin so if you wash it off you get far less effect. Zinc. Zinc kills apparently nearly all viruses. But to do that it must be inside your cell walls, so you need to have a steady appropriate diet. Hydroxychloroquine has been in the news since day 1, but nobody wanted to say why; HCQ is an anti-parasitic, but in an unrelated mechanism chemically transports zinc to inside the cells. Even better, Ivermectin does the same, costs less, can be found everywhere (without prescription if you use veterinary Ivermectin and can do the math on dosage). I have apple-flavored horse Ivermectin, $6. I'll take it only if I get infected, though it has been around for 70 years and has zero side effects. I use Airborne or Emergen-C daily. Airborne works so provably well that the US Military has a NSN part number for it. I'll not be vaccinated under any circumstance, but that's a different and less friendly thread.

Yes, pursue repairs. It should shift smoothly. Several points need attention, most of which is addressed in

Shifting can be reluctant at times. Typically 4th-5th shifts are crunchy on my bike. The key is to make the shift more deliberate and not as quickly. I have had a couple of rides where it would miss about every other shift and grind. About the time I called the shop, it shifted fine. I suppose sometimes those dogs and gears just hit the wrong combination then it just grinds and misses? Anyway, 4th-5th is pretty common, just be a little slower and more deliberate. If you're used to a modern unit transmission shifting like a Japanese bike, Guzzis aren't quite in that category.

PM me your number and I'll text you pics. Then you can shrink and post them here. Im kinda Cro-Mag with this new forum tech posting pic stuff. Actually looking at it now. Res goes right where it should. I have the adjuster running near the battery tray. But the adjuster is about the size of the res so it would fit. Just prolly need shorter cables for all the plumbing.. I'll send you pics..

Soooo, my spacers are 60mm. Always found them long but never considered shortening them, but I have also only used the bag once in a weekend.

Scura #600 - new to me today. Just sold my old Scura w/ Coppa paint job couple months ago and the garage just didn’t feel complete anymore. This one was apparently on and off the market a couple times and popped up again yesterday.......brought it home today. Will need a little TLC, but I’m excited nonetheless.

Fausto Gresini has just succumbed from Covid. Ciao