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Thanks, Mike!

I'm guessing, but probably any '02 gasket should work. Or you could pretty easily make one- it's not a pressurized fitting. Maybe Todd H. or Greg F. will read this and confirm or deny. What I would suggest is that you look carefully at the oil port right between the cylinders and make sure that's not what's leaking. It's a banjo bolt with an oil line to each cylinder.

So, where does one look for a plastic welder? What does one look for in a plastic welder?

cell phone, credit card, MGNOC contact directory. That's all you'll need. Oh, I've been known to take a multimeter but that's for other people's bikes. On my Eldo, I take ~25 pounds of tools and I've never used them either.

Take up hobby electronics. You can do it indoors, make an amplifier or preamp so you have something to show for it, and it's picky enough to appeal to the obsessive-compulsive but forgiving enough so that anyone can do it.

What Pierre said- Also, you could call Mark Ethridge at Moto Guzzi Classics in Long Beach. He's done more than a few transmissions, albiet he is geared (ha ha) toward the Eldos. Charley is probably your best bet, though.

That's cool- I wish I could make it. I've read Ivar's posts for years now- he always has something interesting to say, so it would be nice to meet him in person. Ah, well. So it goes. Hotlanta does sound like a much better environment in February, though. Gotta agree with you on that.

No, I was hoping it would be included in the patent. I didn't think '40s or '50s patents would be that dense, but it won't be the first time I'm naive. I'll do some more searches at work tomorrow where I have access to University databases. Uh, I'll try tomorrow. I might go for a ride instead since it's supposed to be nice. BTW- I'm sorry I hijacked this thread.

yeah, that's probably true- it's a colligative effect. Neither of the molecules particlarly likes the other one, so you get weird thermodynamics out of the deal.

Weird- the website is cutting off my posts. Hell, there's no way I post stuff as long as you do Ratchet, lol. Here's three patents to look in: Katz, Donald L.; Esterer, Arnulf K. Hydraulic pressure fluid. (1945), US 2390258

Hey, it's cutting me off. I gotta go (wife's calling), but here is the rest of what I found: Check here (a patent, so it should be freely downloadable:

I imagine it is not published because it is a 'trade secret' rather than not being interesting. While you cannot use a compound to get an accurate estimation of brake fluid, at least this will put you at the upper limit of expansion. I was looking for silicone oils as well, since they are used in some brake fluids, but I haven't found them yet. edit: apparently, borate esters are used as well. I quote the following from "Bulletin of the National Research Centre, Egypt"

You're kidding, right? These are band names? Goddamit, I'm feeling old.

Sweet!

Of course this doesn't have brake fluid, but glycerine, petroleum, or kerosene might be good approximations...or at least give you an idea of the upper end. Now... What's the dead volume of a brake slave cylinder?

Try this: Adapting a set of handlebars onto a V11 Sport Not sure it is applicable to Le Mans models.

One small addition- inspect your rear brake rotor for discoloring (blueing) which indicates heat, presumably due to brake drag. Edit: I'm not sure how much this will help you Ratchet, but I looked up the cubical expansion of liquids in my CRC handbook: V(T) = V0*(1+aT + bT^2+gT^3) liquid, T(range), aX10^3, bX10^6, gX10^8, "true coeffecient" (not sure what this is...) Aw, shoot- I'll just scan and post it. Lemme see if I can find a more recent data set also. Back in an hour. Anyone know what time it is?

Yeah, I've read your book. I'm very attached to mine also- they are wonderful motorcycles. I keep looking for the disc eldos (or any basket cases for that matter) but they are 1) rare in the midwest and 2) I don't have time to travel and pick one up. That's ok- I'll find one sometime and i'm patient. I already have a set of forks from my G5. I was going to either machine bushings so I could use the old fork clamps (with that weird taper), or machine new fork clamps. I want to keep the fork cover shrouds. I haven't looked closely enough to see which I need to do, and I have more urgent irons on the fire right now. Also, I'm using Mark Ethridge's softer front brake pads, so it actually stops ok for drum breaks. I would like to hear your advice, though- maybe off list since this is a few decades earlier than the V11 sport

I hope he's not strung out....

Ok then, I'll thow my shi*t out there- Art Blakey absolutely rocks. Try 'Moanin' or 'Night in Tunisia' If you like weird Jazz, listen to the Lounge Lizards- they are very good, but dissonant. Anything by Stan Getz, but that's Bossa Nova Anything by Oscar Pettiford- best damn cellist...evar. Not to be confused with Oscar Peterson- a piano player and also very good. I just got a Julie Christie album that is fabulous- 'something cool' And don't forget Stan 'The Man' Turrentine or Jimmy Smith (on the Hammond B3 organ!!). If you like guitar intstead, there's Wes Montgomery- go for the early works, though. Um, rock stuff- been listening to The Band, Van Morrison, the Ventures, the Mar-Keys, and Desmond Dekker. Blues- offhand- For modern stuff, give Duke Robillard a listen. He is way good and not well recognized. Cajun influenced blues. I've been listening Charlie Musselwhite and Albert King a lot lately, but you could go back to the classics and get some Magic Sam, some Sleepy John Estes, JB Lenoir, Elmore James, Champion Jack Dupree, Jimmy Rodgers, Buster Dupree, etc. All good, but primitive. The most modern I've been listening to is Aimee Mann and 'Lost in Space' is just brilliant. Holly Cole is a modern Jazz singer- not everyone likes her stripped-down style. Your wife will, you might not. For Country AND Western (both kinds) try Asleep at the Wheel- country swing and a lot of fun. He's following in the tradition of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. Just fun music, even if it is 'country'. Other Non-traditional types...Lyle Lovette (he rides a Ducati, but I won't fault him), Elvin Bishop (sort of), Jimmy Dale Gilmore is pretty good, and one more guy I can't think of. I don't even like country music that much, but the above are pretty good. Aaannnd, finally- don't listen to my suggestions if you want. Let the music genome project make some suggestions for you. Go to this website: http://www.pandora.com/ and put in a few songs or artists and it will analyze the style and make suggestions of similar music. It's free (for now) and a cool experiment. And free. I'm just cheap right now, but I'm working up to be curmudgeony. V50man, get the hell off my lawn.

Dan nailed it. The singles are pretty rare over here. I'd love to have one, but they are spendy for what they are and parts are not terribly common. They're also fairly primitive bikes if you get down to it. Not bad- but you should know what you're getting. The later V-twins are all pretty similar with the big jumps coming at the change from single to twin, from twin loopframe (Carcano designed frame) to Tonti frame, and from Tonti to spine frame. Who designed the Spine frame? Not Dr. John was it? I'm drawing a blank here. Too much Anyhow- Eldo's are getting slowly more expensive as are the parts. The best bang for the buck is probably a mid/late '80s Cali or so. Ugly, but indestructible. They have the same frames as all the 'T' models (T3, T5), the G5, the Spada, the Cali, as well as the V7 sport, and the 750S or 1100S, as well as the Connie. I have an Eldo and I love it, but the Tonti frames are better handling and cheaper. Some of the early 1000S bikes had the big valve heads, as did the SPIII models (at least some of them) and some of the Le Mans models- not sure which ones. Unless you're looking for a specific application, all the big blocks are otherwise remarkably similar. Frankly, any late 70's -on Guzzi big block is an excellent value. Hell of a bike for what they sell for. Come to think of it- don't worry about the model- buy one that runs well, was well maintained, and makes the owner cry when he sells it. You can then make it into any Guzzi you want. I would stay away from the earlier smallblocktwins- the 350, 500 and 650 bikes. The modern smallblock Breva 750 is very nice, but not what you are looking for. Edit- Greg just posted while I was writing this. I pretty much agree with you, Greg, but I think you're overly attached to the Eldo- they aren't all that inexpensive any more (not for us peons). Who can afford a front disk setup that was made for one year only? And if you want any battery charging at all, you need to put on an aftermarket alternator...which you sell and by the way works very well. Also, the V7 sport is a TINY motorcycle. Talk about folded up.... other than that- they are a hoot to ride. I regret that one I bought was wrecked the day I was supposed to pick it up. (kicks some sand around)

OK, but the "beaver" name was pretty funny. I wonder what kind of chip this writer had on his shoulder?

I think my taste in music runs a different direction, so I can't help you there. However, a very, very cheap place to legally download is allofmp3.com. It's some Russian outfit. I've been using it for a couple years now and had no problems. It can be slow occasionally.

The circumference of a circle = pi*diameter, so it could be a pretty fair change in your leverage and in the travel.

Try this: Cliff Jefferies, MyECU