Admin Jaap Posted September 10, 2006 Posted September 10, 2006 Today I decided to give the bike a closer inspection than I normally do. I'm glad I did. I took of the exhaust system for cleaning and found the Mistral X-over to be cracked at a weld. No big deal, but I don't want to cross the Splugen-pass with 120 dB or more... So I called a friend and he's going to weld it tomorrow at his job. Past week I also found the engine sweating through the gasket between engine and sump. So I rode to TLM to get a new gasket. When I put the allen key in the bolts, a few were loose! No new gasket required. Just retightened all bolts and checked the sweating after a 30 km ride. Gone. I just love tinkering on my Guzzi, especially when everything is so easily solved! Oh, and the weather is great today too!!! Bliss!!!
antonio carroccio Posted September 10, 2006 Posted September 10, 2006 Be warned on the Passo Spluga I know you and your ride style and the Spluga is spicy. Take care there... :!:
Paul Minnaert Posted September 10, 2006 Posted September 10, 2006 Antonio, there is no splugen on our roadmap. to Mandello we have the Julierpass, back home the MajolaPass. And besides some cleaning, I gave my bike a new reartyre, and fresh oils. I softend the compression settings front and rear, they were still on track setting.
antonio carroccio Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 Veel plezier daar en goede reis!
Guzzirider Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 Helen fell off her R6 on the Splugen 2 years ago while we were headed for Mandello. An Austrian BMW car had taken a wide line around a hairpin forcing her off the road. By the time I arrived at the scene (we had shot off ahead and it took a few minutes to realise she had disappeared) my friend Magnus was already there. He lied and told me the 2 Austrian men had stopped to help because he did not want me to cause an international incident. Helen was fine and her bike not too bad except for the front brake lever had snapped off and was unrepairable. The bike was fuly laden with luggage and the back brake hardly does anything on an R6 so it was pretty dangerous to ride on those steep bends. I offered to ride it for her but Helen decided the safest thing was to call out a breakdown truck using her insurance. We waited 6 hours at the restaurant near the border post (very nice family they were!) and by the time the truck arrived from Italy, it was after midnight, pitch black and freezing. After loading the bike in the van, I agreed to follow the van driver back to his base somewhere near Lake Como. I put on my winter gear and thought this should be simple. How wrong could I be? He was going flat out at 150kmh through blind tunnels with huge potholes in them, doing the same speed through villages the wrong way down one way streets and generally drove like a complete lunatic, doing really dangerous overtakes and scaring me silly 'cos Helen was in the van too. I had to stay in touch because if I lost him then I would not have had a clue where he was based. By the time we had descended I was sweating like a b**tard because it was suddenly a lot warmer and was togged up. Bike was sorted the next day, and I now always carry spare brake and clutch levers, but Antonio is right- the Splugen is spicy! Guy
Admin Jaap Posted September 11, 2006 Author Posted September 11, 2006 Weather for next weekend in Mandello is looking good! Wetter.com
Paul Minnaert Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 well depends on where you look: http://media2.meteo.it/Italia/Index.html
Guest Macio Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 well depends on where you look: http://media2.meteo.it/Italia/Index.html Oh yes; I guess that, like tradition wants, GMG will be a little bit ... ehm... wet...
jihem Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 I just love tinkering on my Guzzi, especially when everything is so easily solved! i wish i could be in your boots. I just installed a Scola RS cam and a PC III in the Ghezzi, and altho it's now a real rocket, i have some mechanical troubles that won't allow me to meet you guys in Mandello. I need to adjust this things before going on a 3000 kms trip and i'm afraid time is too short. the problems aren't with the new cam, altho my idle speed is now 1500 rpms at least, but some oil leaks have decided to become at last really annoying. have a good time there !
Admin Jaap Posted September 11, 2006 Author Posted September 11, 2006 Oh yes; I guess that, like tradition wants, GMG will be a little bit ... ehm... wet... With regards to weather forecast I have complete trust in the germans
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