Chuck

No blue hair in a Buick or brain dead texter trying to run over me..

They don't make that size..

Conti Trail Attacks. It was my first "Attack" tire, and I liked them so much I put road attacks on everything.

You can get a cheap (Guzzi content) carbon pile load tester from places like Harbor Freight. It will tell you instantly whether the the battery can take a load or not. No guesswork, no unnecessary new battery being bought..

I kept Darth Quota for a while.

well, there is nothing quite like em, John..

^^^ This. You aren't going to find it via internet, ya know.. Since you were riding it when it happened, it may not be obvious where it is coming from. Aerodynamics can do funny stuff with spreading oil around. If necessary, you *may* have to clean every thing up and apply baby powder to suspected areas, then run it. That will make a fine mess to clean up..

Well, that should cover it. Thanks, Pete.

It doesn't hurt anything. I've never used the "A" plug. It's easy enough to booger the threads up, so I just drain and measure.

That's a fact, Art. There is no better resource in the world.

What Paul says.. BTDT, wrote a song about it.. ^^^^ I don't remember anything about the clutch, so it must not have been very stiff.. but then I don't remember yesterday very well. Edit: Oops, missed Dinosaur monument.. maybe I need another trip west.

I've done a 1300 mile trip on a Quota, and my statement of "one of the best touring bikes Guzzi ever made" stands..

I've never been a fan, but I needed a light weight at all costs battery for my little homebuilt airplane. Did the research and found one about the right size and cranking amps. It weighs practically nothing. Since I needed it to mount it and leave room for all the other things on the firewall, I bought it first. From the time I bought it until first start was about a year and a half. Cranked right up.

Yes, it's the switch.

One of the best touring bikes Guzzi ever built..

Of course, there is a special tool.. but. What you need to do is (somehow) machine a cavity that the ring fits snugly into. I did it on the cnc mill, but a lathe or template with router, etc. would do it too. Once fit into the cavity, take something like a tack puller and "carefully" work around the crimp, picking it up a little and moving around the bezel several times until the instrument can come out. Reinstalling is putting the assembly back into the cavity and taking a flat punch and "carefully" tapping the bezel inward. When moving metal like this, a hundred small pecks is considerably better than one big one..

Thanks, Mick.. I have a remote mic that may alleviate much of the issues. I'm still very early in the flight test stage because of the weather, and taking a video has been low on my priorities. When the audio was unusable I downloaded Openshot and (mostly) turned down the audio except on the last few frames. Sorry for the thread drift, Docc..

It can. Only one is right, though.

Yeah, it was a gorgeous evening. The wind had been blowing all day, and calmed down right before sunset. I'm still very early in the flight test stages, but found out "Bullet" was in trim in roll and yaw on this flight. I've always said I'd rather be lucky than good..

Oh, forgot my excuse for not coming. Grandson Max is coming in from Iowa State to visit for a few days and leave his truck here for the summer before flying back to Socal. The planets just didn't align, and no dog could get them lined up.

Crappy video of a flight around the pattern right before sunset. Had to turn the sound down because of the wind noise so you can't hear the little Verner run. Pay no attention to the growling of a dragging brake. The weather has been shall we say unconducive for flight testing and learning how to use the cheapie video cam..

Crap, I'm out. No dog..

He got to you just in time. I was just going to mention I had two.. one for a V11S, and another for a Quota.

Thinking about it. I'd have to bring my sweetie though, so I'd have to put the AeroLario in the van.. All the ducks haven't lined up, yet.

^^^^Sounds like Leafman.. the author of the Mr. Nevada epic.