Weegie

Could not agree more with both Lucky Phil and Pete Roper's posts Although Joe and me often correspond (got a mail this morning from him) I have no skin in the game whatsoever. Steel is the only way to go for material, Pete's seen countless wrecked engines with alloy gears and I've had a few acquaintences over the years send me photos of their personal horror stories. I installed gears as I preferred the simplicity of design (although designing a gear set is a far from simple process), it was something less to think about, no lash, no adjuster to check etc: Standard setup works very well there is no denying that, so in the end you pays your money and takes your choice

I have Joe's gears in a Sporti 1100, LM 1000 engine and in a HiCam. The HiCam engine currently has issues totally unrelated to the gearset at the moment. I know of a few others who have them installed too, and never heard anything but positive things said. Apart from the cost, Joe's gears are more expensive than a lot want to pay. IMHO Joe's gears are the only viable alternative to chain sets, and after emailing him a lot over the years I can personally vouch for him Anyway this might also help if you want to enquire https://woodburymotomedia.com/moto-guzzi-timing-gears-by-joe-caruso/ John

Even though it's not revving hard I think I've got a flavour of it, sounds really really good. Can imagine that given some throttle it would be real howl, thanks for that. Of course this has now really got me thinking

Beautiful bike & of course the pipes just look amazing the way they curve and swoop Got any video? It would be nice to hear how it sounds

Why Thank You Kelly that is so kind of you to go to the effort of posting up and thanking me for the gearbox article. The gearbox isn't difficult, the hardest parts are getting these dammed nuts off the back and front after that its no harder than a Meccano set (if you're old enough to remember Meccano) I'm no mechanic just a bodger, guy's like Lucky Phil and Chuckee are the real artisans and both of them have been more than generous with their time and perhaps other members I still need to get to know For electrical issues Kiwi Roy is my main man and I see he's here too. At the moment I'm looking at a low pressure issue on the Oz's HiCam engine that's being going on forever. Now I have a plan of action, based on Phil's advice. In 2 or 3 weeks time after having completed these checks I've got to make a decision on should I tear it to pieces myself or ship the engine down to a trusted engine builder and just let him get on with it. John

Lol I'm starting to feel at home already. Phil & docc, just stop it, I know about these exhuasts and they are stunning, always fancied them. Now you've got me wondering, don't know if Magni's still up and trading right now. Perhaps I'll drop him a mail Hi Tim, well the 1100 might just have stopped leaking since you seen it. Chuckee, no real story, posted as Old Jock on WG as it was a brew in my local, a pint of which would stun a horse. Weegie is a shortening of Glaswegian used by residents of that other city to the east of us (capital of Scotland) and isn't a term of endearment Phil your correct of course on the Australia (or Oz as I irrevantly know it as) I think Ted Stolarski was a dealer and racing them in the 80s or 90s and when Magni brought out the bike it was named the Australia in Ted's honour. 2 batches built First in 93, I think 75-80 built used a tubular frame similar to Sfida 1000s and Forcelle Italia forks. The engine was the standard Daytona Hi Cam Second in 98, around 50 built, used the beam frame like Guzzi's Daytona and Sporti (and the Sfida 1100 and Sfida 1000 4V) and Paioli forks. The engine was a C kitted Hi Cam identical to the Daytona RS They planned a far larger production run but Guzzi couldn't provide them with the HiCams hence the low numbers John

Thankyou so much to everybody, to docc for providing the link, to Phil (whose already educating me big time on the HiCam engines) and to everybody else kind enough to pop in and welcome me Looking forward to getting to know you all So the Red Headed Step Child that is proving to be a bit of a challenge, when she's fully clothed which she hasn't been for some time The other bike shown there is a Sfida 1100 just a Sporti given the Magni treatment. Probably not his most attractive design, but eye catching nonetheless......possibly a love hate design. I've had people tell me it's an abomination and others that it's good looking (in a strange way), reminds me of some girls I went out with. I've added a few farkles to the 1100, which probably hasn't done much to improve it John

So after being on WildGoose forever I thought I'd come on here, I post as Old Jock on WG, but went for a change of moniker Don't own a V11 so what the hell am I doing here? Well I've got a bike with a HiCam engine in it that's giving me endless trouble and may be getting another, glutton for punishement I was attracted by the legend that is Lucky Phil, I see some other of the "usual suspects" too and some of the technical topics on here are first class As I couldn't find an introduction section I just thought I'd post up here and introduce myself. John