Chuck

As long as you don't go over 14.9, you're golden.

If the trip set knob sticks out of the left side, it's left hand thread. Right side, right hand thread.

The small block gear box is entirely different from big blocks. It's just nuts and bolts though. *I haven't been through one,* but my kid just did a Monza. He said it was easy. To get a small block apart, you essentially sit the oil pan on "the box", remove electrical and fuel stuff. Then you can take the frame rails loose, pick up the frame, and wheelbarrow it away. Have a saw horse ready to set the rear fender on. You'll have the engine, transmission, swing arm and rear wheel sitting there. Take the swing arm off, and you have the transmission hooked to the engine sitting on the box left. Takes about 2 hours start to finish without hurrying. Easy. I did a small block tutorial on Wild Guzzi in the "finished projects" section that details all this with pictures. It's named, Lario rehab. All the small blocks are similar.

Sure it could. I would not at all be surprised if they are not from the same manufacturer, though. For instance, I have a 9X20 harbor freight lathe. They were closing them out, and I couldn't pass it up for the price. (less than $500 with stand) Since then, I have learned that "EVERY" 9X20 lathe is made in the same place. They paint them different colors so the seller knows how much to charge for them. Seriously. $600-$2200.. same same. It could very well be that this TPS is the same scenario.

Add me to the small coterie.. After the Mighty Scura, my Centauro was my second favorite motorcycle of all time.

The weather in the midwest has been horrible this year, I've ridden the G5 twice, the AeroLario twice, and the Mighty Scura once. There were tornadoes around last night, but it's sunny this morning, so the Scura rumbled to life for a look see. What a sweet bike. Everything just feels right. Light and nimble (for 500 lbs. of road huggin weight) bitchin sound, plenty of power.. I was in the zone. Oh, the damage? It's an old town, and most of the trees are down, no power, roads blocked. (for cars). Amazingly enough, no serious injuries.

Sometimes, new tech isn't all that.. fluorescent light bulbs come to mind. I've changed out Odysseys at 10 and 12 years just because I thought maybe I should. I've seen lithium causing grief on a cold start.

A very nice looking bike, but not a Rosso Corsa. Sorry..

A claw hammer???

Me, too.

I respectfully disagree. Timing chain/tensioner is a simple job, and it sounds to me that it may be in order..

<scratching head> It was a standard .dxf (Autocad drawing exchange) file.. You'd think any decent cad file would open it. Oh, well, glad you got it done. Now for the fun part, degreeing the cams. I was lucky, mine were ok. Some were off from the factory. Surprise surprise..

I'm thinking my $100 Odyssey charger has already saved a $100 battery, so it's free.

Docc.. as a machinist, I'm a tool whore. Micrometers are really nice *if you have a need for them.* Certainly 01s,1-2s and 2-3s are useful with bikes. FWIW, BIL Harley Bob bought a set of 0-12" for cheap. They are perfectly adequate. I think they were from Poland. I have a set of 3-4s from Poland that are very nice. The rest of mine are Lufkin and Starrett, but only go from 0-6. For big stuff, I have a set of 24" calipers. The Mitutoyos you are looking at are *very* good Japanese tools, almost as good as the antique American stuff. They'll last a lifetime, too.. but are really too good for occasional use, IMHO.

No kidding. I wouldn't let anyone have a sniff of the Mighty Scura for 36 hunnerd.

Several years ago, we had three Scuras on a ride in SoCal.

The only issue I see is that one lead is awfully close to the ECU and/or ECU ground wire. Yeah, I know.. it's insulated, but I'd get it away from there just the same.

When I got my Rosso Corsa, the rear rotor was blue and cone shaped. (!) The bolts sounded like a gun going off there was so much pressure on them. The brake line was routed incorrectly. I'm thinking it was too close to the exhaust system, got hot, and held the brakes on. Dunno. I bought a new rotor and caliper and made sure the line was routed correctly and totally bled. I've read of improper bleeding causing this issue too. Yes, you should be able to push the pucks back into the caliper.

the Dead sticker..

The analog is definitely easier to read.

Unfortunately, riders..just like pilots.. are human. That's why there are check lists for airplanes. All it takes is for something to interfere with your "start up" routine, and you *will* forget to put up the sidestand. I don't disable that stuff.