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We need a crossed finger emo ... Dusty
It's doesn't matter. Pete will don his goat leggings and do the rubber chicken dance. Presto! Munter to monster.
The tappets are buggered. At this mileage I reckon its on its second set because whoever was servicing it didn't know about the rollerisation option so when the first set went tits the stuck a second set in! Yes! This happens! A lot!It also has had a Power Corruptor on it at some point as there injector cables have been chopped about and are wrapped in about a thousand kilometres of insulation tape. It's TB's were all over the place too but luckily it doesn't appear that Corporal Clothears messed about with the throttle stop screw and I've managed to get it running pretty well. There may be further tuning gremlins to discover but judging from the feel of the crank it doesn't appear that the rings have lost *All* their tension so they can't be completely worn out! My guess is that it was a bike owned by someone who drank the Power Corruptor Kool Aid and when it went tits, (Again!) flipped it, My guess is they are probably on a Triumph now. Anyway, as I said, it's my turd now, (I'm going to get a sticker describing it as such for the hideous top box!) I'll nurse it back to health and everything will be peachy-ish!It has very big boxes and is extremely black! I hate black bikes! Perhaps I'll pull some plastic off it and paint it bright, dog-dick pink! That'll upset the GS brigade!Hail the turd!Pete
I learnt an interesting adjective to describe pink today
Hi Pete,Glad to hear about your "Turd".Regarding the colour - have you any of the "Green Tree Frog Green" left?
One never polishes a turd, the best you can do is roll it in glitter! This is probably the best maxim you can apply when talking about Guzzis, especially under-maintained , high mileage, Guzzis!Pete
G'Day Huzo.1976 T3 that Ive had for about 18 yrs.nearly 2yrs back we moved from the coast to the inner city. there is only space for 1 bike, so the T3 is "layed up" at a mates place in Bairnsdale.2013 1200Sport. ex demo (150km) now has 20,000k on clock.Rollerised heads "Roperised". Hepeco & Becker allumium panniers. last year i took it to Mandello via Holland.6000k in europe 4 crossings of the Alps, 8 countries, blah blah. not really a "Sports Bike", but wouldn't have had anything else on the Autostradas, nothing eats miles like it!Many other bikes in the past.MK V the one which which did everything very well!Aprilia RS250 (12 yrs) and MV Brutale, so I know what a "Sports" bike is.
Congrats on the Steli ........... I'm going to need one of those one day me thinks. Question... Did you ever consider a Norge as a worthy unit for fulfilling your travel needs?Oh and ..... Please NO frog green on this one. Ciao