Chuck

Attaboy, Scud. I don't need one.. I made one for me..but I'd like to have a look at the finished piece.

Uhhh...

Racing? Inexpensive solutions? Not compatible. I don't care what you are racing. There is someone else that is racing and has deep pockets. You have to beat him. Sorry, but that's the way the world works.

So. How are you going to work out the shipping? That's the real PITA on this job.

Austin is finding that out. He now has two KLR engines with bad cams. Once he gets all that sorted out, he'll probably find an oiling issue.

Yep. Doohicky. I just thought it interesting that they get better performance with a torsion spring compared to the coil spring. If you need any money up front, just say the word.

Thought this might be instructive. Austin, a kid that is working in the shop, has a KLR, and the "upgrade" to the timing chain tensioner is to do away with the coil springs and go to a torsion spring. You can almost see where it goes in this picture. 2018-01-09_02-53-12 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr Gimme a nice simple Guzzi..

Ah.. yep. Guzzis seem to call to characters..

The engine is the allure to me. I've had all sorts of "modern" Guzzis, from the V700 to the Norge. Big block, small block, 2V, 4V, had em all. Loved every last one of them. I love the Mighty Scura the mostest, though..

John, fwiw, they said they didn't have a motorcycle group set up for that date.. just a heads up.

Tell Bev thanks for that..

The pandemonium is finally over at our grandkids place.. 15,15, and 10 going on 23. Whew! Fortunately, I had a motorcycle out there and could occasionally escape..

Thanks. I found it apart, unloved, etc. Cheap. (Guzzi content) I'd never seen one before, much less ridden one. I'd heard of their reputation, though, and thought it would be a good bike to leave out by the ocean to rust and corrode instead of the Mighty Scura. I bonded with it chasing Scud up and down Polomar mountain last fall. After a change to Continental Sport Attack 3s this trip out.. youza. It's a much better bike than I am a rider. Just the same, I'd rather have the Monza out in the canyons.. but I'd be back to worrying about rust and corrosion..

I could give you some pix of the last three weeks hooning around in the SoCal mountains on the.. uh.. notScura.. ferinstance: 2017-12-28_03-25-22 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr 2018-01-01_01-05-36 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr

Most excellent..

Absolutely. The spring calculator says the ID will be less than 16mm at 39 degrees rotation.

I assume you've never been over here? It's a BIG place. It is. After doing around 3 trips to the west coast over the years my wife and I had our honeymoon in the states a couple of years ago and travelled from LA to New York and back by plane. Yep just jump on the plane and 4 hours later your on the opposite coast. Then add the airport fiascos at both ends and, oh yeah, the timezone shifts and bugger we've lost 2 full days there and back. Doesnt seem too big until you go from one side to the other. Ciao You must have a faster plane than we take. It's 4 hours from Indiana to LA non stop.

It sure would be fun to have a look at an early preselector and pawl spring.. I didn't realize they never broke.

Just be aware that is very easy to over fill if you drain and measure. It's so tenacious that it all doesn't drain out..

As they say.. "Yer a legend.."

Attaboy, Marty.. Going to tell us what it was?

As I understand it, the stock cam is very similar to the smaller Megacycle cam.

I tested the new design with 10 degrees extra preload, and the hooked end barely on the lever for a quarter million shifts.. At any rate, I'm convinced it won't break in service. My concern was how it would work in a bike. So far, Scud thinks it might be better. Footgoose mentioned a shifting problem with his coil spring mod. Again, so far.. the new spring has been without issue.

That's a really strange one. Even if he did short the positive wire, it should be dead unless the horn relay is stuck or horn button shorted, etc. Marty has beer. He'll get it sorted.

And.. some Caig DeOxit in relay bases, connections, etc.