MartyNZ Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 Today I tested MartyNZ's new dipstick/thermometer (source MG-Cycle) on my LeMans before sending it on. Marty - you'll be glad to know that not only does it look cool and tell the temperature in degrees Celsius, it makes the bike faster, and improves handling, braking, and fuel economy. ...now I want one. That's excellent! I was hoping that it would tell me about the oil; how much & how hot, so this is an unexpected benefit. Have you had it fitted long enough to see if it makes you more attractive to the opposite sex?
Scud Posted March 31, 2016 Author Posted March 31, 2016 Have you had it fitted long enough to see if it makes you more attractive to the opposite sex? Haha. I cannot think of even one answer that I would be willing to post in a public forum. Perhaps another time... 1
Scud Posted April 3, 2016 Author Posted April 3, 2016 Rode 150 miles to my favorite taco shop (near Mexican border) for a $5.00 breakfast burrito (weighs about 5 pounds). Someday I am going to sit there till I can finish one of those monsters. Marty's thermometer said the oil was 105 Celcius. On the way home, I started missing about half of my 5>4 downshifts and was getting some bothersome chatter/feedback - also bothersome to be in neutral leading into corners. But searching here suggests that I probably just need to get friendly with acorn nuts, springs, levers, and pins in the gearbox selector area. That and a some slipping of the clutch will be sending the red girl back to the lift... she must like it there. 4
Walterg Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 Thanks for the advice MartyNZ. I've been riding the bike all year round and it stood outside a lot. The contacts didn't look very clean so I'll check all the electrics and see what else needs to done.
czakky Posted April 9, 2016 Posted April 9, 2016 Looked at the poor girl still with her forks in the shop.... 50s this weekend. I'm no good at riding wheelies though.
Gino Rondelli Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 Pushed it 200 yards to the gas station thinking I'd run out (first ride on it in 7 years) then after I fuelled up it was still cutting out after 10 seconds. Had a think and realised I hadn't put the fuel tap full on. Doh! After that I had a sweet but cold 90 miles, great to be out on a V11 again (although my wrist hurts tonight, need to toughen up) 1
Kiwi_Roy Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 No electric petcock?If you took it off, serves you right LOL I figured out why my Speedhut gauges weren't working, I tapped into the Ignition switch feed so the gauges don't reset when starting, the spade connector had pulled apart. I took some nice pictures, thinking about selling her My financial adviser is starting to object as I have 3 other Guzzis Later on I found I forgot to put the chip back in the camera before taking the shots, you'll have to trust me they were nice pictures.
gstallons Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 If your Financial Advisor is the same person as the Quality Time Dispensor it would not be a bad idea to be advised !
Gino Rondelli Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 No electric petcock? If you took it off, serves you right LOL I figured out why my Speedhut gauges weren't working, I tapped into the Ignition switch feed so the gauges don't reset when starting, the spade connector had pulled apart. I took some nice pictures, thinking about selling her My financial adviser is starting to object as I have 3 other Guzzis Later on I found I forgot to put the chip back in the camera before taking the shots, you'll have to trust me they were nice pictures. Nope it's a 2003 burgundy, still the mechanical one Get another financial adviser , you can't have too many Guzzi's or bikes Enjoyed the imaginary pictures Now get the real ones up, no excuses
Kostarika Posted April 19, 2016 Posted April 19, 2016 On the operating table for its annual check up. Had a problem with my headlight. Has this happened to anyone else? So time for an upgrade. Bought the kit from Guzzi Tech. Ran into the same problem as Scud. Here what i came up with. Sealed afterwards. My odometer had stopped before I bought the Bike working so I bought a SpeedHut gauge. But I got a great deal for a KMH version from member Zoro (great seller) so I went that route and keeping the SH for another project. Lets see how long this ITI lasts And now something stupid Tranny Flush Valve Adjustment Throttle Balance Greasing Driveshaft In the upcoming days. 1
Scud Posted April 19, 2016 Author Posted April 19, 2016 Nice checkup. That little bulb cover fell off mine too - and wore the chrome off the bottom of the reflector. I used some plastic chrome spray paint, which is not as reflective as the original chrome, but at least it's not black. I was "this close" to cutting the back of the headlight bucket. That's cool with the clear cover so we can see how the components fit.
Kiwi_Roy Posted April 19, 2016 Posted April 19, 2016 Sorry, what are we looking at? Sent from my shoe phone!
czakky Posted April 19, 2016 Posted April 19, 2016 Second pic, the light diffuser star lookin thingy.
stewgnu Posted April 19, 2016 Posted April 19, 2016 Heh! Mine fell off last year- been riding without it since. Damn potholes.... impossible to set suspension to accommodate these roads
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