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Last Sunday, Brisbane had its largest Motorcycles show with about 4000 people walking through and 180 bikes on show. Laverda Concours 2017. There were a LOT of nice bikes this year including some major standouts like a CX500 and an Egli Vincent to name but a few. My fav was a lovely Guzzi powered Morgan 3wheeler. my clunker and some silverware

You're undoubtedly well past this point now, a week later, but I haven't checked in on V11LM in 6 months? Longer? So I just now saw this... Anyway, on a quasi-related note, I took a Corvair engine-rebuilding class once [for folks who adapt them to experimental aircraft usage] and after the 1st engine was built, the instructor put it on a stand and hooked up his handy-dandy drill motor on a dizzy shaft [for those who don't know, the oil pump is on the bottom of the same shaft the runs the distributor on those engines] so he could spin the oil pump & get all the oil into the galleries w/o actually turning the motor. Here's the significant bit: it took a good 10+ minutes of spinning before oil was squirting out the rocker arm oiling holes on all six cylinders. So you might want to disconnect the timing chain and spin up the pump from an external source until you see the oil working its way out the heads [valve covers off to see things, of course! All good now. After about 45-60secs oil pressure is good. Taking the timing case off is not particularly easy and probably more trouble than its worth but also its definitely the best wat to do it or run an external pump. Having said that the in motor pump just takes a minute to prime after rebuild so no problem doing that as long as you don't run the engine to prime it Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Tune it. Ride ride..it is my forever Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Wow. That sounds great. I hope you get a chance for a good ride soon. Can you share some details about the fuel pump you got from the auto shop? What it an exact fit? Did you get a make/model of car that it's compatible with - or a part number? Yeah. The model number wasnt exactly the same , maybe a newer version but dimension wise and spec is identical. And i thought it was well priced at $109 aud and on the shelf. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Oh what a day.So van it to friends shop. Try running it and found the coils were firing wrong side. Typical 50/50 guess since the manual i had was in German. So then swapped leads. Coughed.. no fuel. Pump dead. Seized and fried. New pump fitted. Lucky a auto shop 1/2 mile down the road. Still now fuel. Injectors stuck. Got them cleared. Runs.. stopped. Out of fuel as i only gave it a splash to check sealing .. more fuel. Runs like treat. Thats 6hrs inbetwee n getting a roadworthy and registration. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Yeah . Will do. There's are a slight chance an alcoholic drink may be present in my spare hand too. Down side, weather has turned shite. This weekend is the bike show. Theyll cancel the show if the rain continues... this is after 3 solid months without a drop. FFS... Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

well that was before breakfast this morning, and so after breakfast i tried again and maybe after 10secs the light went out and so oil pressure must be ok. Every subsequent check after was good too. Spark is firing on the plugs, so tomorrow morning or perhaps tonight.. hopefully ...fire in the hole.

Hi Guzzi brainstrust. So ive got the electrical system done and before I run the engine, im turning it over without plugs in an effort to get oil pressure up. I gave about 30 -40secs total over 5 attempts but oil light is still on. Do i need to prime the system or it will self prime but just need more cranking time? Ps : i lubed all the parts as it went back together but it was completely drained of oil during the rebuild including the oil cooler which is new. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Lurking in the loom. ..or is it looming in the lurk? Burnt wires and melted insulation. Glad its all coming apart. Wiring in a M unit. Chuck all the relays and all but one fuse. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

There comes a point when you step over a line............congrats, you're now looking back at that line:) Ciao It took more time to pull the gaffer tape off than polish it [emoji4] besides... the line was crossed loooong ago. But its almost finished now. 1/4 way through the wiring and making a battery box. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Griso. Tough naked bike. Sort of power cruiser. In the spoked wheel model please Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Funny.. under the gaffer tape and gunk is a fuel pump waiting to be polished And a little holder for the shock reservoir Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Crossover Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Na its got decent amount of packed stainless steel wool inside. I want a nice sound without it being like a harley with straight throughs Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

I don't think that should be an issue [emoji848][emoji101][emoji48] Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Got the bike back from exhaust shop and starting to reassemble Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Just trying work out if there is a valid reason to ditch ecu. Have a few engine mods now and need to find a place for ecu. Don't want to use stock ecu if there something smaller and better Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Whats the difference in the ECU , does anyone have specs ... availability, something compatible?

apart from the obvious paint scheme and suspension... etc what are the other differences that the Coppa has ? engine internals ? ECU ?

agree, theyre as ugly as a hat full of monkey butts.

Thanks... I am taking it as a compliment

Bike is away getting pipes but the seat and tail are done. Leather seat and black anodised subframe. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Hey all, I know a few have expressed interest in the lights i made for this bike and my other bikes, so finally I was able to get a production run of 50 of both sizes and have now got them up for sale. So if anyone is interested, they are now available. https://purposebuiltmoto.com/product-category/cafe-racer-lights/ regards Neil

I just bought one via ebay from Latvia that was cheaper by half than buying a guzzi one in Australia. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk