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Offline johnr

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A visitor from afar & an unusual Guzzi
« on: February 01, 2016, 02:20:09 AM »
Jeroen (AKA Jay and an occasional contributor here)  is from the Netherlands and came out here to NZ for a year to do an internship. That done he is touring about looking at the place. He turned up at mine a few days back.



He holds a typical Guzzi tool. I should have taken a better pic of his bike. It is a militarised V50. Nato bike.

Access to a garage here was the ideal opportunity for him to deal to a misbehaving transmission.


Reassembly

In the course of all this we visited Hayes Hardware for some stuff. A must do in any case. Jay was particularly taken by the Norman Hayes Engine


This is it. It was built by the firms founder as the result of a bet that he couldn't build a working engine out of scraps he had in his garage.

I had to get a guy in Hayes to start it up to prove to Jay that it worked.

In all, a pleasant encounter.

« Last Edit: February 01, 2016, 04:23:18 AM by johnr »
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Re: A visitor from afar & an unusual Guzzi
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2016, 03:12:25 AM »
Rube Goldberg/Heath Robinson would be proud :grin:
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Re: A visitor from afar & an unusual Guzzi
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2016, 04:18:04 AM »
Dag, Jay.
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Re: A visitor from afar & an unusual Guzzi
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2016, 05:49:57 AM »
I'd love to see/hear that run..  :smiley:
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Re: A visitor from afar & an unusual Guzzi
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2016, 08:06:28 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyYznnQCVWY

 :laugh: Yep doesn't look as though it should does it. Same with Richard Pierce's airplane, but it flew. I've seen proof.  :grin:
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Re: A visitor from afar & an unusual Guzzi
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2016, 09:14:14 AM »
I literally laughed when he lit it off..  :smiley:
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Re: A visitor from afar & an unusual Guzzi
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2016, 01:13:47 PM »
I literally laughed when he lit it off..  :smiley:

As did I, totally awsome  !!!

Quiet too.

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Re: A visitor from afar & an unusual Guzzi
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2016, 05:47:27 PM »
Classic seeing that motor run John after seeing it in the flesh.

Hope you were able to get Jay in to the NZ way of having a good cuppa tea. :thumb:
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« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2016, 10:03:07 PM »
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Re: A visitor from afar & an unusual Guzzi
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2016, 11:59:07 PM »
I see a final drive box in bits. Need anything? I have spares. In fact I have a spare box plus spares.
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Re: A visitor from afar & an unusual Guzzi
« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2016, 12:01:43 AM »
Classic seeing that motor run John after seeing it in the flesh.

Hope you were able to get Jay in to the NZ way of having a good cuppa tea. :thumb:

He was entirely amenable to that.  He was even reasonably impressed with my instant coffee, which he reckoned tasted like coffee!
I believe he is in Christchurch now Muzz. Keep an eye out for him.
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Re: A visitor from afar & an unusual Guzzi
« Reply #13 on: February 02, 2016, 06:12:09 AM »
I see a final drive box in bits. Need anything? I have spares. In fact I have a spare box plus spares.
Cheers Kev.

All done Kev. 
The housing remains a bit beat up where the bolts screw into it, but Jay seems happy enough with the outcome and says he has a spare back in the Netherlands.
 
Given the amount of riding he has planned before he gets back there though I reckon he should take you up on your offer if we can locate him. I believe he is in ChCh now. Do you want me to try and contact him?
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