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Behold, the latest wonderment of safety technology: Hit Air

He doesn't do much for me either. Does he have a sister?

I can't remember who suggested it, but they suggested a shortened allen (cut the short leg down on the L) would fit a lot more easily in getting the side plate off. Congrats on the Tenni! You drink wine? You'll have to start.

open the pod bay doors, Hal. Hal?

copied and pasted from Russ Maroney via the loopframe list:

Jesus- Michiganites. I can't stand mayonaise. Anyhow- I'd have the crank, rods and pistons balanced. Call up Mike Rich and get his ideas- apparently, he is 'the man'. J

There's no guarantees, but if you build up a Tonti frame with good parts- it should easily run thousands of miles every month without problems. You will have to do some maintenance, though. Guzzi definitely has had issues with relays, connectors, the odd cast part and some poor choices of bearing retainers, but I think that it's Pete Roper who characterized most of the problems with Guzzi as the bean counters. 99% of the problems I've encountered on my bikes are operator stupidity. The base machine is brick-shithouse solid. Build up a good looking Guzzi, use good parts in it and it'll run like stink and last twice as long. The 5 speed has been around for-freakin'-ever. The clutch is bulletproof- use a RAM clutch if you like a lighter feel, but I'd advise against used Scura clutches. Anthro- that is one ugly bike. Whoever designed it had a hangover, or worse.

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Did anyone mention relays? Other common problems- bad safety interlock switches on sidestand, clutch, neutral indicator (most to least common), bad ground (which could account for your tach), or crap in the big molex connector behind the headlight. This last one you can check by moving the bars back and forth- if this makes it start, look at the connectors.

What's an R6?

Greg, it might be easier if you use a photo hosting site like photobucket. It is easy, free, and did I mention easy? The way it works is you upload photos to that site, then just copy/paste the URL for your picture into this site. You can also use the same photo (one upload) to put pictures on multiple sites. If you want to set up an account, I can walk you through it- just PM or email me.

forks: For the 2000 model year, the instructions are to turn the adjuster counter-clockwise, then unscrew the fork cap. Drop the fork stanchion down some, then you can remove the cap from teh adjuster rod. So, not having done this- it doesn't look like there are any tricks. I'm sure someone will chime in if there is. valves: World spec for valves is 0.004" (0.1mm) intake and 0.006" (0.15) exhaust. Euro spec is as loose as 0.15/0.2 mm (or is it 0,15/0,2?). Either works well.

No, no, it's not little. It's a virtual flock.

Are you thinking about the genetic mutant 'broccoflower'? How about an Ardetta?

Oh, c'mon Mike, you can't just copy and paste all the models. That's not sporting, and it would end this fascinating discussion of European style far too early. A Colibri?

Oh, I guess that makes sense. Well, Slug, I guess the only thing you can do is rewire your bike for retro flashers. Sorry dude.

So- let me state my assumption at the beginning: the turn signal flasher uses a thermistor or some other sort of current sensing switch. Light comes on, heats up a resistor and opens the circuit. If that's so, then putting a resistor to ground, in front of the LED, will increase the current draw. You should be able to figure out the resistor pair (one to LED, one to ground) that will give you current and correct voltage to the LED. Does this sound close to right?

Sorry- can't help much with the heated grips. I have electric gloves. Are the heating elements embedded in the grips? If so, just mount as normal and route wires unobtrusively. Use a relay, if you can, to power them (depending on their current draw). If the heaters are pads that fit under normal grips...I'm not sure. It may be easiest to glue the pads to the bars with a strong glue, then try to slip the grips over them? Say...here's a bodge point on the hoof, which is another way to say that I've had an idea (scary). Nichrome wire is a resistive wire often used as a heating element. Has anyone made their own heaters by wrapping nichrome around the outside of the grip? Just wire in a high wattage potentiometer to control the heat.

I believe Staedler is in S.A. and Supertwin is in S.M./Austin....but two out of a million+ people is a little scarce, I suppose.

Does your bike have a rack?

BWHAHAHA that has got to be the goofiest thing I've seen all week. Oh, jeez....

Wow, hope I dont get a virus like that. Perhaps you could get your wife to come up with the Guzzi idea as physical therapy?

eh? speak up.

LOL. Remove the circlip and pin that hold the peg in the peg bracket. There's a hex bolt that mounts the bracket to the pork chop. On one or both sides, I think you need to use a wrench to back up the nut on the inside of the pork chop (13 or 14 mm?). BTW- the bolts are very soft, so get a hex wrench that fits. I didn't need an impact wrench for the pegs. I doubt you need one for the porkchop (but I haven't taken mine off).

You have a wife or girlfriend? No, no scrap that. Sorry. Depends on what you have around- In the past (but not on my v11), I've used a stump, a wheel off a car, some concrete blocks, whatever I can find. The back end is pretty heavy on a Guzzi and there's not much to grab onto with the V11.