Chuck

Quite a bit easier and didn't have to (cough cough) buy a vacuum pump and gauges. (Guzzi content)

I just coiled the excess behind the evaporator. A hivac guy I know says that is actually a good thing.

Nope, the lines are pre charged and have special fittings to keep them sealed until everything is hooked up. True plug and play.

The lines were pre charged on mine.. so I didn't even need a vacuum pump, etc.

After years of Dorcia telling me that the 220V resistance heater in the Guzzi Garage (tm) was too expensive to run in the Winter so I turned it off I installed a small mini split. She says she doesn't notice the electric bill going up in the Winter, and now the bikes have air conditioning as a bonus. I'm a fan.. When the ancient (naturally) heat pump/gas backup in the shop bites the dust, I'll put one out there, too.

Of course I'm a cheap Guzzi Guy (tm) but for that kind of money, I'd learn to love the sound of the stock exhaust until Guzzidiag cracks the code. (shrug)

I'm baaaack. I've been in SoCal playing motorcycle visiting kids/grand kids. there is more than one way to get above the clouds. No, I didn't look at the video. I never look at airplane crash videos, motorcycle crash videos, etc. I *assume* she was clueless. There are some people that should never take up hobbies/occupations that can kill ya. "Flying itself is not particularly dangerous.. but it is terribly intolerant of any carelessness or incapacity. " "Fly the airplane, Chuck. Don't let it fly you.." has stuck with me over all these years, along with "see those trees at the end of the runway? If you have an engine out at the worst possible time, you'd better hit them under control. Trying to stretch your glide will get you killed." Thanks, Tommy. You've saved my bacon a couple of times over the years..

Uhh, yeah. Titanium is another thing entirely to cut.

I had one. Close second place.

As far as sound goes, A V11 with titaniums is the finest sounding motorbike in the world. Case closed. I had a serious case of seller's remorse listening to Rosie leaving the driveway.

I had to return a Shark a few years ago. *Really* nice helmet, well made, but was noisy on Rosie the Rosso. It was ok on the AeroLario, though. Aerodynamics are a funny thing. Yes, I was wearing ear plugs.

What? You aren't using the Guzzi spec "white" oil so you could see it on the black dipstick?? I drilled a series of 1/16" holes in it, and that worked.

Well, ok.. I'll photobomb you.. We were in the path of totality, so had a cookout/eclipse party. My last apprentice, Austin..now the Indiana MGNOC rep, took these pix. As we approached totality, I went to the house and got my birding binoculars. It "appeared" that we could see eruptions around the corona. The temp dropped 12 degrees, colors changed, and the breeze we had been having dropped to dead calm. Crickets cricketed. I thought, "I wonder what it would look like from the air?" Quickly opened the hanger door, did a preflight, grabbed my flying jacket, silk scarf, and aviator cap, kicked the tires and lit the fires. The spring greens were a different shade, and it looked like a wall of rain 2 miles to the west. The above picture is looking west. When we got there, though, it still looked like rain ahead. Not a ripple in the air. Awesome. You can see some of the effect in this picture taxiing in. Shadows appeared to be cut out of cardboard, and the colors were still "off.: Truly a once in a lifetime experience.. it was good for me.

Attaboy, Tom..

Just eyeballing, the length of the bent tab, it looks ok.. but.. on a "factory" spring, I can see a very small stress riser from the spring winder tooling at about the area this one broke. (!) I don't know if I can get a picture or not, I'll give it a go. When I wound the springs on the lathe, that wouldn't be there. Edit: Ok, here ya go. I'm betting the tool needed to be polished.

With a filter change, I refilled with 3 1/2 quarts. No need to pre fill the filter, IMHO.

I wouldn't think so. It just make the shifting more..uh.. Japanese.

Just checked, and yeah I do. Do you want an extender too? Postage is the same. At any rate, PM me your snail mail address, and tell me what you want. Supplies are *very* limited..

Fronts are easy to find, Art.. rears however.. not so much. The best set I've found so far were Conti scoots. Comma but, they were recalled and they bought me some Angel scooter tires. I *can* get a sport demon front in the proper size for the rear and run it backwards..but I've never tried that.

I wonder if it is water in the fuel related? Probably not, of course.. but that's the first thing that came to mind.

Tell me about it. The AeroLario has 16s on both ends. I'm running a little lower profile than stock scooter tires. A guy's gotta do what a guys's gotta do.

Or you could use Docc's kid. 11 bucks a year, I think. https://imgzeit.com

Foremost. I got it through AARP. Includes break down and towing. Cheap. (Guzzi content)

Peoria, Ill a noise.