Guest Nogbad Posted January 25, 2006 Posted January 25, 2006 A girl I used to work with who had a boyfriend also with a Moto Guzzi used to call them "Money Guzzlers". Guy 75684[/snapback] That from a woman is the best case of the pot calling the kettle black that I have ever seen!
mdude Posted January 25, 2006 Posted January 25, 2006 Some Guzzi wisdom 75712[/snapback] I thought we all agreed that you should whack the f***er with a huge rubber mallet? the above is worthy of a bodge point IMHO
Guest Nogbad Posted January 25, 2006 Posted January 25, 2006 I thought we all agreed that you should whack the f***er with a huge rubber mallet? the above is worthy of a bodge point IMHO 75717[/snapback] Only if he really did it. Hitting your bike in your imagination has to be ok. Otherwise I would run out of bodge points.....
Guzzirider Posted January 25, 2006 Posted January 25, 2006 I really do the rubber mallet thing with the sump if I need to. Unfortunately I had no pics of a Guzzi being whacked with a rubber mallet- the pic in the poster is a friend caled Magnus in Montmedy, France when his ignition switch got full of water beacuse it rained so much and it rusted inside. Nothing that a bit of temporary hot wiring could not fix! Guy
Frenchbob Posted January 25, 2006 Posted January 25, 2006 I know that the "monopoly house" switch blocks on early eighties Guzzis contain small springs trained to seek the nearest gravel patch. When I had finished with mine all that was left inoperative was the starter button, so I unscrewed the front door bell push, wired it up and taped it on: worked a treat. I got into this fix in the first place by hitting the right-hand switch block with a rubber mallet. Can I have a bodge point?
Guest Nogbad Posted January 25, 2006 Posted January 25, 2006 I know that the "monopoly house" switch blocks on early eighties Guzzis contain small springs trained to seek the nearest gravel patch. When I had finished with mine all that was left inoperative was the starter button, so I unscrewed the front door bell push, wired it up and taped it on: worked a treat. I got into this fix in the first place by hitting the right-hand switch block with a rubber mallet. Can I have a bodge point? 75815[/snapback] yes if you can provide pictures
Frenchbob Posted January 25, 2006 Posted January 25, 2006 yes if you can provide pictures 75817[/snapback] You think I'm making it up, don't you? It was before the days of digital cameras; come to that, it was before the days of PCs. Can't find one of the bodge, and I have looked, but here's one of the bike. I'll forego the bodge point...........until someone asks me for a photo of the Armstrong I fitted with handlebars off a Jap 50cc trailbike after the originals were bent. And, no, I don't still look like that. I can't believe I ever did.
docc Posted January 26, 2006 Posted January 26, 2006 Not to be uncolorful, but, other than the depreciation ( shocking!), my warranty was stellar and the bike is so servicable, I believe I can keep it running for decades. Makes me so glad not to have bought that BMW.
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