twhitaker

Wierd + intermittent + Electrical + Something + Crap = (a little drum roll here).......................Electrical. My money is on your having a problem similar to Al's. A relay to socket intermittent connection. Another possibility, exposed on the wildguzzi forum, is loose connections at the battery.

The HB bags are made in Germany. Met a guy last weekend who had a set of bags on his LeMans that looked like they came off a "Guzzi with sagging tits." Don't know the brand and won't see him again until last September. I empathize with sharing an area with a bunch of camel fleas. What I meant was all the European roads in your back yard. Wife and I are going to Italy in a couple years. Looking forward to that and at the same time dreading what the exchange rate might be. Procrastinator? I've had a PCIII for almost 2 years and have yet to install it.

Some people have all the luck. Me, I live in an area where the greatest excitement is to barrel over a hill to see the back end of an Amish buggy or to dodge the associated meadow muffins. Did you ever look into the Hepco Becker bags?

Little Faus = Michael J. Pollard Big Halsy = Robt Redford The sidecar race was exciting. I'd never seen that before when I saw the movie 34 years ago.

Here is something I picked up on the Guzzitech site. Neutral Switch Fun On pre "new gearbox" models, the neutral light being "ON" means: 1. your battery still has enough charge to light the neutral lamp. 2. you might be in neutral 3. you probably still have a transmission 4. not all your fuses have blown, or relays have gone out 5. there is still a ground in your electrical system The neutral light being "OFF" means: 1. your battery could be really dead 2. you might be in gear 3. something very mysterious may have happened in the electrical system [and based on the follow-up on the MGCL, if you have to rely on the light to know if your in neutral, trade your EV back in on an automatic scooter. Ed.-T.E.] Doug VanPelt

I consider my neutral and low fuel lights as spare bulbs for my turn signal light and nothing more. I guess if my bikes had automatic cancelling turn signals those bulbs might last longer.

I've had some success with an abrasive cut-off wheel. Be patient with it and don't overheat it. You can try a diamond saw blade. The type used for cutting ceramic tile. Practice on a piece of scrap first.

When you do your next oil change put in the full prescribed amount. 3 liters or 3 1/4 qt. Run the engine to get the fresh oil through the circuit and then check your oil level. That's where it is supposed to be. I check mine on the sidestand in the garage. It may be coincidental but when it is full I can stick the dipstick in without screwing it in and it is at the full mark. When the bike is on the paddock stand the full mark works with the dipstick screwed all the way in. Oil light during a holeshot is an indicator to me my oil level is low. The pickup is near the front of the crankcase. This pickup is a tube that goes into a hole in the screen. Its opening is a little bit off the bottom of the pan. A holeshot forces the oil to the back and allows the pickup to draw a vortex and suck in a little bit of air. A 0.3 bar pressure switch will make sooner than a 0.25 bar switch. The switch is made when the pressure falls off. Your problem is likely not the switch. It's most likely air getting in the system through the pickup.

I bought a swivel adapter at Ace Hardware for about $10. It comes with a short length of pipe that screws into the grease gun. The front portion swivels a little more than 90 degrees either side of straight. The front swivel section with collet is about 1 1/2 inches (38mm) long. With the rear tire removed you can pass this fitting through the driveshaft tunnel above the driveshaft. The swivel should be angled at 45 degrees first. With the zerk at 12:00 it is easy to connect and pump the stuff in. Wrap some duct tape around the collars that protect the universals leaving most of the tape overhanging. Take the bike for a spirited ride and remove the tape with the collected grease.

Here is something I picked up off the www.guzzitech.com site Sport 1100 Work Stand Here’s a photo of an engine support that I built to support the Sporti while removing the forks. I used a conventional front stand and rear stand to lift the bike and then put a cinder block and this support under the oil pan. I then removed the fork stand and left the rear stand in place. It was as solid as a rock while I was working on it. The bottom piece is a 2x6 and I made the top parts from pieces of 2x4. I used a contour gauge to match the contour of the pan bottom and used wood screws to assemble it - nails aren't recommended. The top pieces are spaced such that they straddle the oil filter access plate so that no force is exerted on it. Jerry Riedel

You might want to reconsider your transmission oil level. I filled mine to the top of the sight glass and found oil puking out the breather. When I put oil to the bottom of the sight glass the puking stopped.

All kidding aside. I do agree with Gthyni. If the lever broke again it would NOT be at the weld. There is not a lot of stress on this lever. After all you are just moving it with your toe.

If you have that much lever left you could put a pair of vise grips on it. You would need a bumper sticker that says, "Custom by Craftsman."

My first filter change was tough too. I dropped the pan. (You're supposed to on the first change, to check/ clean the screen.) I took a strap wrench to the filter. The filter collapsed. I broke out a hammer and screwdriver to it and the thing finally came off after slugging the screwdriver with a BMFH. I think Guido uses Loc-tite on the gasket instead of oil.

Ianj shows how to build a water manometer on page 4 in the How To section. I've got the hose, staples, and the board. Now, I've just got to get the round tu-it.

My spring broke in Sep '02 with 6,000 miles on it. The bike now has 19,000 miles and the spring is still good. Could be that karma spring I carry.

The axle nut is like your American Express. You don't leave home without it. If you do you are going to have problems down the road.

I once put 36,000 miles one set of NGK plugs. They looked to be still in good shape. Smear a little bit of antisieze paste on the threads unless you want to find a use for a "Time-sert."

How about the Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry movie with the Guzzi LAPD bikes. Magnum Force, I believe.

The big hex nut on your rear axle is the right size for the "manhole cover" and you have a box wrench in your tool kit. The two work together quite nicely.

Does he make them so you can keep the cowl??? Yes or no. The choice is yours.

Maybe the Vermont marriage laws have something to do with this phenomenom.

I'm just coming out of 4th at 60 MPH. I have even run the bike up to 80 in 3rd. You're really lugging the engine. Shame on you.

Which way is it offset? The left side of my rear tire wore prematurely. Shucks, I only got 13,000 miles out of a Michelin Macadam 50?

Should this oil be virgin or extra virgin? Maybe we should take a poll.