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and on the 2002 with lightened flywheel/single plate clutch there don't appear to be any marks at all. I asked about this before – maybe if anyone knows different you could tell us what to look for? Otherwise the screwdriver on piston does the job.

Someone must have opened up a stock can and put in a straight through inner pipe? (And then put it back together of course.) Anyone?

Although the local shop said that you can't can a Guzzi, it appears that you can – in quite a variety of ways. Most have been mentioned on the site here, particularly in the FAQ. So I have sent the shop this list (doesn't include every option) to see if they will investigate and decide if they might be able to supply any. Has anybody seen/heard/tried the Venom road legal silencers? Moto Guzzi's own Ti kit + ECU Bos: round Alu M00125A, CF M00125C Carbon Can Co Fast by Ferracci: F33700 CF slip ons, F33700T Ti Galassetti: high level Gianelli : Maxi oval racing Alu 73317A, CF 73317C1, Ti 73317T1 Leo Vince: Leo vince SBK Alloy Type: KR Alloy 5431, Carbon 5432, Ti 5433 Mistral - lots of options: Round aluminum, Round carbon, Oval carbon Raceco: SS oval; balance pipe Renegade: Round & oval SS,Ti, CF Shark: Alu & CF Staintune: Oval, Removable Restrictor Venom: road legal oval cans titanium

Not titanium: must be the aluminium surely? I've been trying to find UK prices. No luck so far. Here are US pices I saw earlier. Round aluminum $477.88 Round carbon $750 Oval carbon $895

I'm not sure what you mean: do you think that is too expensive? It seems a very good price to me. It's much cheaper than prices that I have been quoted in UK. I enquired the other night about buying kit from 'Arbi K', but, like this one, it was the wrong one for my bike. It would have been quite expensive to ship from California, but I see that FbyF won't even consider delivery outside USA.

At last, I found the diagram There seemed to be general agreement that the 'left' spring was the bad one. Is that the spring & pawl that you are talking about? Sorry I'm ignorant at the moment, but won't be shortly, as I intend to check this out on my 2002 gearbox. (The evidence, of this prolonged investigation, indicates that you must be that amateur detective, by the name of Baldini, who resides on Radio 4 from time to time?)

hey, you forgot to mention, his good taste

DO IT and post the answers here as soon as poss. Hooray! I'll buy a pizza.

I think I recognise them. Isn't that Sport Nuda 2001, A65, and the third one's Lightning 650? They live in G.'s garage. That could be why he's been all reved up today.

Uh oooh You have scared me now. I followed your link and look what I found – SWEDISH PEOPLE!

Linux-drive myself (greeting from -ny Luleå) Phew! I was worried about you there. PS it's been fierce thunder, lightening, hail and rain here. But I'm still on track for heading to Lund in a few weeks, so keep hold of that – maybe push it south a bit.

Thanks for the suggestion, G, but I'm a Mac driver so I'll not be having any of that Windows stuff

Maybe they could be cheer up by this irish clip totally OT but I saw it yesterday and almost off my chair. I can't get the video, just the audio, but I can hear that it is Father Ted – so it must be

not just so good for Mighty Honda Motorcycle Corporation

So what were your other two races then? I thought you meant the Superbikes.

True enough. Thing is I'm pretty much on my own here, so have to get information secondhand from somewhere/anywhere. I've no means of comparing bits and pieces at first hand – at the moment anyway. Looking forward to V.11 rally in England, June. Maybe one of those MG Ti set-ups will turn up there. Thanks to Al for pointing out nature of the 'advertisement' article. You're clearly impressed with your stuff, Janusz. I don't need more speed, but I would like to free-up some good-natured sound and get the thing pulling smoother through 4-5.000 rpm. The Guzzi exhaust would seem a good bet too, if one can be got, but I'm worried about the need to have final set-up done by a dealer with the right equipment. There's none here. I need something that can be done at home and then maybe by a dealer who can make adjustments with a PCommander. {Exciting news. I've just had an e-mail from someone near-by who has got hold of a black Centauro. So: another Guzzi at last.}

Yeah & Yeah! An unbelievable finish at San Marino too. This is the stuff.

What A Screamer! It's time to lie down now. Phew.....................................................

It's Moto GP time at last!!!!! and Rossi has the Y@*&%! on pole!!!!!! it's gonna be tasty (Come on Jeremy McWilliams I don't think so)

Have you seen this moto-euro article?

Have you had the bike from new? If you haven't had these parts off before, they must just be 'baked' on. On my new bike they came off easily enough, so maybe penetrating fluid and more brute force is needed. :!: BTW, I think this question/thread probably belongs in Technical Topics, as I think this forum is for explanations / demonstartions of how to do things? I could be wrong – Jaap? Mod? What is the Official difference between the two forums?

You can't treat royalty like that! Off with your head! The spring boss – are there any photos or diagrams of this sitting around the site somewhere? From what Baldini describes, the boss is on a removable part – is it a big job to get at it to examine and, if needs be, remove it and file it down to size? I wonder would the edition numbers of bikes be a guide to when they were assembled and so possibly point to a particular period when out of tolerance parts crept in? Does anyone know if a batch would all be made at the same size, or is it just an individual thing? Have many others who replaced springs had them break again? Does anyone know what the difference is between the original spring as fitted and the replacement spring as supplied by Guzzi? Questions, questions...and I'm sure some have been answered here before What is your limited edition number, Baldini (and anyone else with a broken spring Scura)?

That style is tried and tested, though most see it as a temporary measure. A big box of coloured felt-tip pens are great for further mods. Doesn't usually increase speed.

I don't know what 'easy' or 'hard' engine braking is referring to, sounds like a play with words. Engine braking in itself is the FRICTION from the engine and driveline that transfers to the rear wheel to give a braking effect. This friction includes the piston rings, valve springs, cam and lifter friction, trans drag, driveline, rear differential, just about every moving part in the engine has some level of friction. This braking effect that is experienced when the throttle is closed at speeds is the result of engine friction, NOT compression or cylinder pressure. To put into perspective, when the throttle is closed and the bike is moving, there is now very little air/fuel to be compressed. Cylinder pressures take a nosedive. No, surely not 'parts friction'. Cylinder compression acts as a brake. Take the spark plugs out – the engine turns easier because air compression has gone, not because the parts have all gotten a lot slippier. High compression engines brake hard, low compression engines don't. Diesels give great engine braking. Then there's the 2-stroke system...

Throttle Position Sensor - tells the ECU where the butterflies are in relation to their extremes(open/closed), so the ECU can then deliver the proper amount of fuel. al After looking for more information, it appears that the proper diagnostics software is required to set everything up properly. So any old garage with an exhaust analyser probably can't do it then? For me, that would mean a ferry to Britain and a trip to maybe London (as per Baldini). It would be interesting to hear more from people who have fitted the Guzzi kit as a 'plug and play' without further adjustments. How has it performed?