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General Discussion / Re: Cranky Norge

« Last post by Oca Grassa on Today at 02:07:12 PM »

Mine does the same. If I don’t ride it for a few days it cranks longer than normal…but it also seems temperature dependent. IE, it does this when cold. I attributed it to being cold because it seems I have to leave the air tap open longer for warm up than normal also. This occurs even though I ride everyday in the cold.

When the temps are above 60F it seems this is not an issue. I open the tap for a cold start like normal, hit the starter button and it cranks over for a couple seconds and fires right off. It goes through its high idle cycle and returns to 1200 RPM and I close the tap. Idle remains at/returns to 1200 RPM for the remainder of my ride.

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General Discussion / Re: Any Guzzisti Nomads aboard?

« Last post by Dirk_S on Today at 01:39:21 PM »

Curious—I’ve never heard of Guzzisti Nomads outside of the Facebook group. Is it a group that exists outside of FB?

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General Discussion / Re: Cranky Norge

« Last post by guzzisteve on Today at 01:31:08 PM »

Ok mate, I am buoyed by that response. As mentioned, I have a new pump and filter to go in.

There you go, but maybe all you need is the pressure reg, that would be cheaper fix. It could be bleeding to cyl if injector orings are hard when off.

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General Discussion / Re: Any Guzzisti Nomads aboard?

« Last post by guzzisteve on Today at 01:15:38 PM »

MGNOC has been enough for me in USA, parties from oce coast to the other.

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General Discussion / Any Guzzisti Nomads aboard?

« Last post by SemperVee on Today at 11:11:53 AM »

 There are 3 of us according to the worldwide map here in WA. 

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General Discussion / Re: New To Me 2016 Eldorado 1400

« Last post by TN Mark on Today at 10:20:05 AM »

My new to me Eldo came with new Avon Cobra Chrome white walls. I’ve read for years how poor tire life is on the 1400 bikes. Frankly it’s quite surprising. My Victory, heavier and more powerful, averages 17K miles on the rear tire and 30K on the front. That’s with either Bridgestone or Dunlop.
Do you guys see any difference in tire life between brands. Dunlop, Avon, Shinko etc all have tires for the Eldo.

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General Discussion / Re: T-3 police bike

« Last post by Antietam Classic Cycle on Today at 09:40:47 AM »

Interesting discussion. The T3 I am rebuilding was basically a bunch of parts picked off a shelf. The side stand on mine is a lot like a Harley stand in that it locks in place when deployed and the bike's weight is on it. Is this exclusive to police bikes? I don't know too much about older Guzzis. There is also a lot of wiring in the headlight shell that didn't seem to go anywhere but it was all cut off, originally going to police equipment?
kk

T3 "FB" (footboard) and "police" would have the long stand (which originated with the Ambassador police bikes, but was derived from the Harley stand).

There's a quite a bit of wiring inside the headlight bucket of that era of Tonti Guzzi, police bike or civilian. Guzzi used the headlight as kind of a junction point.

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General Discussion / Re: New To Me 2016 Eldorado 1400

« Last post by Moparnut72 on Today at 09:36:49 AM »

The last few bikes I have owned 5,000 miles was about the average life of a tire including my 1400 Audace. The Mandello with Angel GT's made it to 9,000 and probably would have made it to 10,000 but as spring was coming I changed it early. I think with better handling due to softer rubber mileage suffers. In the 70's I always got 10K out of K70's on the rear and 20K out of the front on my Airhead.
kk

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General Discussion / Re: T-3 police bike

« Last post by Moparnut72 on Today at 09:21:58 AM »

Interesting discussion. The T3 I am rebuilding was basically a bunch of parts picked off a shelf. The side stand on mine is a lot like a Harley stand in that it locks in place when deployed and the bike's weight is on it. Is this exclusive to police bikes? I don't know too much about older Guzzis. There is also a lot of wiring in the headlight shell that didn't seem to go anywhere but it was all cut off, originally going to police equipment?
kk

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General Discussion / Re: 2002 California - valve noise. Could it be something worse than just adjusting?

« Last post by Moparnut72 on Today at 09:02:49 AM »

I would like to hear it at idle. Going down the road wind noise blocks out a lot of the sound. Hard to get any idea of the condition of the valve train the way it was recorded.
kk