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Offline John A

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Re: Ercole
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2023, 10:06:34 AM »
I remember going by Mike Harper broke down hauling a bunch of riders in one at the Iowa rally. We just waved, he had it covered.
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Re: Ercole
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2023, 12:36:10 PM »
 :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:  Grazie mille!  Would love to have one out here.  Almost bought an Indian tuk tuk version out here.
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Re: Ercole
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2023, 03:53:25 PM »
If I lived out in the country I would have one of these, it oozes cool compared to a modern side by side with a lift box.
I saw a couple of them in Mandello during the 100 (101st) anniversary a couple years ago, lovely in an agricultural sense, same blue/gray paint, one in nice condition, the other one .... well broken in. Thy are surprisingly big!





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Re: Ercole
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2023, 07:48:53 AM »
Many years ago, when I was a college student living in Rome, those things were all over the place there. Stone workers were perpetually to be found doing stone work on the roads and ancient buildings around my apartment close to the Vatican.  Those guys, most of whom seemed old enough to be my father, wore gray worksuits that were always just covered with white stone dust. They milled around all the little narrow alleyways, jabbering and laughing among each other, hauling stone pieces and tools in those 3-wheelers.  I was about 3 storeys above them and I'd often watch them at work from my window.  I remember the ever-present putt-putt-putt sound of those machine as they trundled about the skinny cobblestone ways. I was familiar with Guzzi at that point on my life but I'm not sure I appreciated that most of those workhorse machines were made by Moto Guzzi. To be sure, some were two-strokes that buzzed around spewing blue smoke. Not sure who made those.
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Re: Ercole
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2023, 09:37:19 AM »
Many years ago, when I was a college student living in Rome, those things were all over the place there. Stone workers were perpetually to be found doing stone work on the roads and ancient buildings around my apartment close to the Vatican.  Those guys, most of whom seemed old enough to be my father, wore gray worksuits that were always just covered with white stone dust. They milled around all the little narrow alleyways, jabbering and laughing among each other, hauling stone pieces and tools in those 3-wheelers.  I was about 3 storeys above them and I'd often watch them at work from my window.  I remember the ever-present putt-putt-putt sound of those machine as they trundled about the skinny cobblestone ways. I was familiar with Guzzi at that point on my life but I'm not sure I appreciated that most of those workhorse machines were made by Moto Guzzi. To be sure, some were two-strokes that buzzed around spewing blue smoke. Not sure who made those.






Nice memory. I would love to have one of them to use around here but wouldn’t want to use it hard like I do some of the old tractors that are not so rare that it doesn’t matter if they get minor damage when I screw up
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Re: Ercole
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2023, 06:34:48 PM »
hi flock,

im having trouble kicking my '56 ercole over as the kick lever is very spongy and very hard to kick down.  i assume its a compression release problem but i dont know.  it kicks fine when i remove the spark plug so thats where my assumption lies.  any thoughts?

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