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I don't know what your budget is, but I'm with my wife and we decided to splurge a bit. We're staying at the Villa Lario 2km north of the factory. And today we did a 2 hour tour of Lago di Como in a 1958 Riva Tritone. You only live once... Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

When I fitted LED indicator lamps, I needed an electronic flasher, since the current draw was too low to make the original flasher work. Then I found that the indicators on both sides flashed at the same time. Evidently the dash indicator light was providing a ground return through the other side lamps. I had to rewire the dash light as shown in the pics. EDIT: The final version has 18,000 mcd (millicandela) LEDs with 360Ω resistors.

Rent a bike at Agostini's and ride! Go to the Ice cream parlor on the water downtown...its the local town hangout in the evening.

Witnessing BMW & Ducati winning or placing second every race is refreshing to me. I am a big fan of both Cam & Josh so it’s really increased the pace for defending champs of Yamaha and Gagne. That said, beware of Suzuki with Escallante as they are within a second or two from placing third, which means MotoAmerica has four brand parity for podiums, which makes an entertaining season.

Somehow, SoCal is thankfully escaping this heat wave.

It seems MotoAmerica is in a really good place right now, with three different manufacturers up front and a fourth close, and a number of riders with pace capable of winning. It seems like Mathew Scholtz is struggling to match the increased pace that Cam B has brought to the party, not sure if that is on him or his bike. Hopefully they will rectify that soon. But clearly there are three different guys with enough pace to win on any given weekend. That is a good place to be for a racing series. And just below those three are a few more trying to make that last step in pace. Will this shut up all the MotoAmerica naysayers? Also, have you seen the bracing added to the BMW frame on Cam B's bike? Wow.

Not all needle valves flow the same, but generally any needle valve will see the biggest changes in flow when it is near closed and as it is further open changes in the valve opening have less and less effect on flow. As the needle gets further from the seat, a given change in distance from the seat has less impact on flow. The same amount of change when the needle is close to the seat has a larger percent impact on flow. But to be honest, that isn't that important. It's main relevance is that if you need to adjust your adjusters to near the end of the range of adjustment you may need to fundamentally change the valving instead to get the adjuster back into the meat of its range. Also, while I am fine with guzzler basing his counts on how far from fully open, general consensus on needle valves is you start from fully closed and count from there. That is because fully open can be different, it is not a set and specific point. But fully closed is a set and repeatable point to start from. A fully closed needle valve is the same point every time, even between different bikes.

G'day mate I had some work done on my suspension late last year and have been fiddling / adjusting and basically learning this dark art ever since ha ha. I did post my findings at the time and have been meaning to add to the post for anyone else in the same boat as myself but since seeing your post I'll add my findings here. Firstly as per GuzziMoto if you have an early red frame you NEED to BLOCK those holes in the compression side so the oil doesn't blow through them! If you don't you'll have NO compression damping whatsoever until the last inch and then BANG almost hydraulic lock! This is fun cranked over in a bend.....NOT. Then get springs for your weight and install....I'm 90kg's and bike is 220kg's so all up about 700lb's in the old money which means I have .95kg linear springs. Once you've done this only then can you start adjusting / fiddling and testing to see what works for you. I also found some good info on settings.... Forks, if you have the correct springs for you and bike you should use as little compression damping as you need to avoid bottoming out and let the springs do the work! I also found a ratio of compression to Rebound of 1 to 3. So if Comp set to 3 Rebound should be 9. I work mine thus... wind all the way out ( loose ) then clicks back in.So my forks are set at Comp 3 clicks in from full loose ( out ) and Rebound at 9 x clicks in from full loose (out ).Incidentally I also found out that most forks are set up to work best with Rebound set up at about halfway. Given our forks have 18 Rebound settings 9 is halfway! As for shocks, I have a Hyperpro 460 Emulsion shock which has preload and Rebound adjustment only.However adjusting the Rebound also adjusts the compression in a set ratio.From what I gather the comp/reb ratio for shocks is 1 to 2. Anyways as per the notion of forks working best with Rebound in the middle of it's adjustment the shock came set up for me with + 25 of 50 possible settings ( half way again ). So where am I at the moment.... Forks up through the triples by 8mm ..Comp +3 Reb +9 Hyperpro steering damper at +4 Hyperpro 460 shock with Rebound at + 28 which is good. ( I did try + 30 but bit harsh on our goat tracks might try 29 though) I gotta say though even with the limited riding ( and in some pretty ordinary conditions too ie wind / rain ) I'm bloody happy with it like this and feel like I'm really really close. Ha ha I'm on the bike again tomorrow and will hammer her through the fun bit on way home again... hopefully less wind and no traffic so I can test her a bit more. Cheers Guzzler Ps do the mods and get correct springs before trying to adjust as only wasting your time otherwise mate. Pps as for sag I don't know much about that but am lucky that it was set up pretty well that way for me at least earlier on. Hope this helps but bear in mind I am NOT a suspension expert and this is only what I've been able to glean so far! These bikes do handle well once you get it right so do persist.

Just do the upgrade yourself. You can still buy the kits. Phil

Interesting to see auto correct turned 'put in' to Putin in my previous post!

It's also possible that the dealer Putin the claim for the work even though they didn't carry it out. I've heard of that being done before.

Some things are always worth repeating . . .

Done. Thank you, Jaap!

Nobody wants to be that guy going down the road with signals flashing. I have seen someone build an auto cancelling system using numerous sensors and microprocessors. I can solder LEDs. This is a problem for those who have installed LED signals. The stock indicator lamp will not work. Whoever installed the leds on my bike must have had a great memory, which didn't come with the bike. I'm experimenting with a super thin row of 8 leds that will sit on top of the panel. At some point I remembered that somewhere on this forum this problem was probably solved 15 years ago.

I filed off a lot of the encapsulating resin of square LEDs to make them fit.

I never directly worked for them. I worked for a well known service company. But my first ever job, in Cameroon was on a jackup rig, named "Texas Star", drilling for Mobil. At the time, I would have never suspected that one day....

Not that bad, but I can tell I have lost acuity. I started to suspect something was off when I had trouble to understand the Mobil (before Exxon bought Mobil) company man from Louisiana yelling at me because the logging tool failed.... lol Nothing like an irate company man to test your hearing...

Those Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas stops are still awaiting your visit...

I haven't been on the bike for several weeks now...just not enjoyable being outside in these conditions...the swimming pool is much more enjoyable!

Nine monkeys ? Not the sound ANYONE is after . These bikes operate in one of two modes / agony or ecstasy.

@Joe I watched the 3 Superbike races... It is clear that Gagné has now a healthy competition in 2023. I would put my money on the BMW with Beaubier. I don't think the Ducati is as homogeneous. The BMW has the power and the handling and.... Beaubier! I enjoyed watching those races more than MotoGP.

+1 on starting with the correct springs. Also, apparently the damping adjustment is not linear. As in: half the clicks is not half the damping change. There is less change between clicks to start (from loose) and more between clicks at the high end such that half the damping change is found at about 3/4 of the clicks turned in. My reference for that is Peter Verdone. His site is also where I learned that choosing fork oil by "weight" is futile. He publishes a chart of common fork oils measured in centiStokes. http://www.peterverdone.com/archive/lowspeed.htm

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Hi Art, I was successful in opening the headlight...quite easy to do. I did JB Weld the broken diffuser and it worked for a few hundred miles and then broke again from normal road vibrations, so unfortunately it's rattling around inside the headlight again. Opening the headlight is quite easy, not hard at all to do. I will try again and see if I can find a better material to use to bond the piece together...barring that I may just leave it off. I'm not doing much night riding on the Scura anyway, so it's not critical...but I think the Stein Dinse option is the better one for a long term fix! One thing I noticed when taking the headlight out was the two bolts holding it in were different, so off to ACE hardware to get a nice new set of matching black bolts...

Vintage car leds again have a quite normal looking 7inch. I was tempted, but decided my reflectors was new and in good shape, so got the bulbs. Seems doable with the stock chrome ring. Cheers Tom.

What Paul Thede said in 1985 is not relevant, and I only know one guy who ran his stuff that loose on the racetrack; he was very fast, but we swapped bikes once and I could not ride it *at all*. Back then frames were spaghetti and tight suspension flexed frames causing head shakes, wobbles, etc. I set my sag front and rear at about 1/2-3/4" depending on where I am. For general riding I go a little loose, for curvy riding a little tight. Damping adjustments depend on speed and road surface. Simply put, wallowing is due to not enough spring and trying to tighten it up with damping only makes it harsher and worse due to the inputs. Tighten up your sag to 1/2" without sitting on the bike, and set the damping somewhere in the middle and try that.

Let me Let me suggest a couple examples of what this thread is about: "music" [action reported, as usual]

"We'll now have a brief intermission, with two minutes and fifty-six seconds of pre-recorded music " . . .

That was shocking noise, wasn't it @kalev11 ? Apparently, the dramatically mis-set TPS caused such running imbalance at idle that the cylinder firing combined with the wear of my flywheel to sound like nine monkeys fighting their way out of a steel barrel with ball pien hammers . . .

Docc, my comment was not a real criticism, as there is no perfect place for such things. And, after all, it was banter. Yes, some solemn, even reverent between-the-lines meaning, but still banter. I apologize if I came across as the Old Guy I am. Bill

As so many times, I will make this reply and promptly report myself. It is on me when topics get moved. There was no other place for this, yet this matter has come up before: A topic gets posted that is not technical, motorcycle, or Guzzi related and . . . where does it belong? I will discuss this with our Admin/ Chief Whip @Admin Jaap and perhaps we may retitle this subforum as a "catch-all" without suggesting silliness or frivolity. Matters of Silly Banter and Redneck Trashtalk shall ever have a place here, though. Some of our best "conversation!"

Joe, Apologies for this much-delayed response. Short answer? LOTS. Temper that with I've only ridden it 1055 miles, with only one longish -- and VERY wet -- trip to see grandkids in North Carolina.. Riding it to Erie in a week or so, SSR in early September, and Mutton Run after that, and those real miles should tell the tale. Meanwhile, I'll just say that I have been pleasantly surprised by its performance and comfort. Bill

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Is the vibration felt in the bars or foot pegs? How long since the cylinders were synchronized?

This is a great post! Be nice if someone could turn this forum into a giant coffee table book.

Working on my head light last week.... three showers and complete change to carry out the task.... My biggest problem is vision..... I am short sighted, so I need to remove my glasses all the time to alternate near sighting and far sighting. It is only with old age that I no longer have glasses that do both. At least, I don't need so-called reading glasses. Do you have a bench with a vice?

I like the older Rush, but had not heard the song you posted - nice one! Here is Numb, by Gary Clark, Jr. - a recent favorite of mine. BTW - How do you embed the play window? edited after I figured out how to embed.

For those of you who live in the US and check the weather reports, you are aware that the Southwest is under an extreme heat wave. Combined with the Texas humidity, it is suffocating. I think it is even worse than last year which I thought was the highest heat index I ever experienced. Riding a motorcycle in these conditions is very different.

It is hot here, 90 degrees F or so, but not like much of the country is experiencing. We are just normal hot, thankfully. Side note, the entire planet hit a record high the other day.

Oh quite, but it seems a lot of people don't give a shit. They seem to start a business, rip off their customers and staff, go into receivership, shut the doors, rinse and repeat! It seems to be a very 'American' way of doing business. To outsiders it's weird.