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I used some really small plastic boxes I bought at Radio Shack and used velcro to attach the boxes to the frame just aft of the steering head. The dropping resistor for the low heat position is buried in the wiring behind the headlight. The box itself has a SPDT subminiature switch and an LED indicator. I have a matching one on the other side for my vest but I don't bother with the low heat position on that one.

Yanking the tank won't affect the wiring for the fuel pump. You probably just missed getting the fuel petcock connector completely connected is all. Don't you just love a simple fix?

You cannot discernably hear the petcock when it activates. Normally, what you hear for the first two seconds is the fuel pump pressurizing the system. Check to make sure that the electrical connector for the petcock is firmly seated. Did this occur after you had removed the tank for any purpose?

No.

Just some of the reasons why I'm removing myself from the state of California. If I had the accident money back, I'd be picking this duo up and taking them where they'd be appreciated. By me mostly, but certainly not sequestered in fear of the legal entanglement system that passes for government in the formerly fair state on the Pacific.

Loses something in the translation doesn't it? The eBay add should read "replaceable", but says "replacable". So, taking way too much liberty with the phonetics of the misspelling, we get "plaque". It's pretty obvious you will not find an MGS01 mounted to a plaque and hung on a wall. It's okay if someone parks an MGS01 in my living room though. I've got other stuff for the wall. Sorry for the confusion, English is the language of abused usage - and we enjoy the hell out of doing so.

Hey - it says the bike is not replacable. I didn't know these came mounted on one to begin with

I remember when swabbies were also squids. ET1 (USNR) retired. 1972-1980 USS Henderson DD-785, USS Davidson FF-1045, USS Pegasus PHM-1, 3 WestPacs and 2 RimPacs plus shore duty - all on active duty plus another 12 years (1980-1992) piddling around with the Navy Reserve in such diverse activities as shipboard and shore electronics maintenance, chemical, radiological warfare response team and augmenting a communications team in Denmark when the Special Forces were holding a large exercise. I still periodically have dreams about the Navy and categorize them as nightmares. There seem to be a lot of Guzzi owners that were formerly in Uncle Sams Canoe Club. Must be a similarity there of the Guzzi engine and the one in a 51' motor whaleboat...

It's a beautiful bike. Putting it together though, has got to be pretty close in cost to purchasing the real thing. Personally, I'm hoping for a resurrection of the VA10 in street from in this livery. That, would be a truly attractive street bike.

Or you can learn a pseudo Red-Neck epitaph: "You ain't nothin' but a long-hair Commie prevert peace faggot degerate Pinko left-wing radical hippy bomb-throwin' student demonstratin' motorcycle ridin' weirdo what doesn't believe in God and Mother and Apple Pie runnin' around nekkid smokin' that heroin and shootin-up that maryjoowanna!" The band I was in in my junior college days wasn't any good, but we did come up with that! I don't think the stoners in the band ever did manage to memorize the whole thing, but they did contribute to it's continual embellishment and evolution.

Hey, I'm glad to hear you got it fixed. When I put my California back together last year, there was one more black battery cable than I expected. I hooked it up to the negative battery terminal and - blooie! - ruined the battery. MG, in their inifinite wisdom, has one cable on the Californias that is hooked up to the positive terminal yet it is black where the others are red. Live and learn I guess. I'm lucky I even got the bike back together after leaving it in pieces for 18 months.

This is great - even affordable, maybe. The hardest part these days is getting a Centauro. Still, you could go with a 2V engine just as easily and call it an MGS02. What would you call this one though? It doesn't have the advanced chassis features of the MG01 so I would be loathe to call it an MGS01 replica although MGS Strada certainly would be appropriate.

There was a 97 Sport 1100i at Moto Italiano four years ago that had the worst paint job I've ever seen on ANY vehicle (I had a Fiat 2300S one time that the former owner had painted with a house paint brush, and it didn't look as bad as this Sporti). Paint blisters that made the Scura crankcase popcorn look about average. Right from the factory. I've heard that the Mandello plant had a lot of leaky roofs before the Aprilia monetary infusion that repaired a lot of the factory. Perhaps there was (and may still be) a bit more moisture in there at times than there ought to be.

Oh lord, please, not series, that might give you 24 volts! Jumping a battery is in parallel - 12 volts. Not that I'm trying to be didactic, but someone got really literal... At any rate. On the Guzzi's, you can unplug the ECU and still test the starter circuit. Unplug the ECU, try the starter and if you don't get much more than a click, you can hook up a car battery in parallel with the bike battery and give her a whack. At least you won't damage the ECU. You could even disconnect the battery and with suitably gauged jumper cables, just hook directly to the battery leads to determine if the battery is toast.

Don't thank me, thank Godfrey DiGeorgio, I snagged that from his EuroMoto web site a few years ago when he had it posted.

You are correct sir. I stand corrected.

This ought to get you into the ball park: TORQUE WRENCH SETTINGS Typical torque wrench settings for Moto Guzzi big twins, from the V1000G5 shop manual Description -----------------------------------------...................... Setting Bolts and studs, cylinder head-cylinder to crankcase........4-4.2 kgm (29-30 ft/lbs) Spark plugs................................................................... 2-3 kgm (14-21 ft/lbs) Cap screw, oil mist recovery pipe (dia. 12 x 1,5 mm)............4 kgm (29 ft/lbs) Self locking nut, con-rod caps securing bolts............... 4.6-4.8 kgm (33-34 ft/lbs) Bolt, rocker pin securing............................................ 0.6-0.8 kgm (4.2-4.5 ft/lbs) Bolt, flywheel to crankshaft...............................................4.2 kgm (30 ft/lbs) Nut, gear to camshaft....................................................... 15 kgm (108 ft/lbs) Screws, intake pipe........................................................... 2 kgm (14 ft/lbs) Cap screw, oil pipe to cyl head................................... 1.5-1.8 kgm (10.5-12 ft/lbs) Nut, front and rear engine securing studs to frame................8 kgm (57 ft/lbs) Nut, layshaft securing..................................................16-18 kgm (115-130 ft/lbs) Oil filler plug, on gearbox and rear drive box........................3 kgm (21 ft/lbs) Oil level and drain plugs, gearbox and rear drive box........ 2.5 kgm (18 ft/lbs) Safety nut, layshaft.........................................................7-8 kgm (50-57 ft/lbs) Nut, bearing to bevel pinion..........................................18-20 kgm (130-145 ft/lbs) Screw, crown wheel to hollow spindle.............................4-4.2 kgm (29-30 ft-lbs) Bolts, cradle to frame securing........................................... 8 kgm (57 ft/lbs) Nut, cradle to frame securing screws...................................8 kgm (57 ft/lbs) Cap nuts, swing arm spindle.............................................. 8 kgm (57 ft/lbs) Nuts, drive box to swing arm...........................................3.5 kgm (25 ft/lbs) Top plugs, front fork.................................................. 12-15 kgm (87-108 ft/lbs) Nut, front and rear wheel spindle................................. 14-15 kgm (100-108 ft/lbs) Bush, steering lock..................................................... 17-18 kgm (122-130 ft/lbs) Brake caliper bolts, 8x1.25mm................................... 2.3-2.5 kgm (16.6-18.1 ft/lbs) Brake caliper fixing bolts, 10x1.5mm...........................3.5-3.8 kgm (25.3-27 ft/lbs) Standard settings Screws and nuts, dia. 6 mm (.23")............................. 0.8-1.2 kgm (4.5-8 ft/lbs) Screws and nuts, dia. 8 mm (.31")................................ 2.5-3 kgm (18-21 ft/lbs) Screws and nuts, dia. 10 mm (.39")...............................4.5-5 kgm (33-37 ft/lbs)

I'm terrible at it! Satisfying explosion when you hit the ground though. I bet you sit there and ace it and sing the Monty Python Lumberjack Song the whole time you're playing it. Or while you're at work

The bottom one is just so appropriate for my day yesterday (Monday). Is that one called "Murphy"?

I should, except that I cruised down the road this weekend at 7000 rpm in third gear for two miles. No problem. Slowly exceeded the rpm limt, and wham - the fuse blew. I still haven't added an extra ground on the regulator though and I will add one to the ECU case as well. You should see the ground wires I'm putting together - you could tow another bike with 'em Just waiting for the damn rain to quit. No riding for at least a couple of more days anyway - Doctor's orders.

Got rear ended on the freeway yesterday by an SUV. My 2004 Prius is going to be in the shop for a very, very long time. When my neck isn't so sore, I get to start commuting to work on the California again. I may use the V11 Sport too, if I can keep my throttle twitch under control as that blows the ECU fuse. All of this, and I was just 100 days from retiring and getting the hell out of the homicidal traffic in my area. It better stop raining, I'm PO'd enough as it is.

If it ever stops raining, I'm going to try swapping relays. Kind of hard to see where they would be rpm sensitive, but in this game, you never know. I will also be trying the Cliff Jeffries computer too.

Cal Rayborn was the last good thing to come out of an association with Harley Davidson.

Back when Hank Blackstock was on this forum, he came out to my house for a visit and a ride. The ride was to Kenny Roberts house where Hank's protoge was training. Kenny wasn't around, and I didn't get the big tour, but it was sure neat to get inside the gate and see the layout of his ranch. King Kenny's playground Just 18 miles from my house.

Mine had the wires up and they are (were) quite mushed together (no insulation displacement). Separated all of the wires, flipped the ECU over and I still have a problem with the ECU fuse blowing. Not likely the connector though. I don't see any real need to change the orientation of the ECU unless you're uncomfortable with how it sits in your bike at present.