Another project?

[drdwb]

Pete you should connect with Chris Collins from Wisconsin. I have a  Vetter Tera plane on a Yamaha XS11 rode it  several years, when the kids were young,  a fork brace and flat profile tires on the front end and hack helped,but it was still a lot of work. Chris rig is the most impressive set up I’ve ever seen and looks like he expends little effort in a wide variety of conditions. Chris member here I think ccoli is his member name.

[pete roper]

Well no real news to report apart from the fact my update kit is missing a tappet adjuster lock nut. Can anyone confirm that these are the same as the nuts from the solid lifter engines? I'm assuming they are. 11 mm hex with some indeterminate 8mm thread. I'd just buy something suitable but they appear hardened and job specific.

In good news Michael got the go ahead from 'Lifetime care' for a 'Standing wheelchair' which means he'll be able to work a lot easier in the new workshop! $50K of life helping wonderfulness! I told him he'll look like a tool riding a Segway! He told me exactly where I could jam said Segway!

Pete

[Huzo]

Well no real news to report apart from the fact my update kit is missing a tappet adjuster lock nut. Can anyone confirm that these are the same as the nuts from the solid lifter engines? I'm assuming they are. 11 mm hex with some indeterminate 8mm thread. I'd just buy something suitable but they appear hardened and job specific.

In good news Michael got the go ahead from 'Lifetime care' for a 'Standing wheelchair' which means he'll be able to work a lot easier in the new workshop! $50K of life helping wonderfulness! I told him he'll look like a tool riding a Segway! He told me exactly where I could jam said Segway!

Pete

Wonderful..

[Mr Revhead]

I have no idea why I like Hydros so much! Yes they are, when set up right, delightfully flexible and torquey, but they are still one of the ugliest pieces of shit to ever roll out of Mandello! The 'Flaccid whale penis' tank, the vast acreage of nasty chrome, the 'Hit with the ugly stick' fairing on the EV, (Along with those horrible leg shields that look like something you'd use for artificially inseminating a camel!). In every reasonable consideration they are unspeakably vile and injury is piled on insult because they are, in the main, a hideously unreliable shitheap.

Oi! That's a bit rough! I happen to think mine pretty sweet looking, I reckon the tank is pretty swoopy! Love it! That fairing is hidden away our of site on a shelf in the shed though, I agree with you there. Looks like it was nicked off a Harley 

[kfz]

Hes seldom happier,  Arse deep in in a Tonti box...

Kev

[John A]

I bought triple trees from Rodekyll that are DMC .they made the car setup feel " right" and easier to steer.  The only downside is a reduced turning radius,  I think I could reduce the steering stops . They are conservative but I want to study it before I drag out some sharp things and screw it up.

[Muzz]

In good news Michael got the go ahead from 'Lifetime care' for a 'Standing wheelchair' which means he'll be able to work a lot easier in the new workshop! $50K of life helping wonderfulness! I told him he'll look like a tool riding a Segway! He told me exactly where I could jam said Segway!

Pete

Good new indeed.  I assume Michael's language was "colourful".   Did you have to train him or was it just one of the many skills he obviously has?

If the mayo shown is what you suspect your arteries look like, is there any word yet on how your cardiologist plans to deal with the suspected feculence?

[smdl]

Well no real news to report apart from the fact my update kit is missing a tappet adjuster lock nut. Can anyone confirm that these are the same as the nuts from the solid lifter engines? I'm assuming they are. 11 mm hex with some indeterminate 8mm thread. I'd just buy something suitable but they appear hardened and job specific.

In good news Michael got the go ahead from 'Lifetime care' for a 'Standing wheelchair' which means he'll be able to work a lot easier in the new workshop! $50K of life helping wonderfulness! I told him he'll look like a tool riding a Segway! He told me exactly where I could jam said Segway!

Pete

So glad to hear that Michael will get some extra assistance.  Should be very helpful in allowing him to continue doing what he loves!

Take care, and best to Jude.

Shaun

PS: No smoke here this year... yet.  Lots of cardboard cutouts of bears and eagles, though!

[JohninVT]

That pic of the rocker gear probably looks a lot like my  cardio-vascular system!

Note also in that pic the tell-tale giveaway of no 'Snapped off' adjusters that were a part off the 'Final' kit.

I have no idea why I like Hydros so much! Yes they are, when set up right, delightfully flexible and torquey, but they are still one of the ugliest pieces of shit to ever roll out of Mandello! The 'Flaccid whale penis' tank, the vast acreage of nasty chrome, the 'Hit with the ugly stick' fairing on the EV, (Along with those horrible leg shields that look like something you'd use for artificially inseminating a camel!). In every reasonable consideration they are unspeakably vile and injury is piled on insult because they are, in the main, a hideously unreliable shitheap.

Can't help it! Come in Spinner! You're welcome at the Motomoda garage of orphans and turds!

 

Pete

I think coining the phrase “flaccid whale penis” to describe Cali tanks is my greatest contribution to the Guzzi community.  Actually, it’s probably my only contribution....

[Frenchfrog]

Just imagine the envy from other marques if it were erect !

[Muzz]

An erect whale penis with perky jugs?

The mind boggles!

[Roy gardner]

Yes, basically. New yokes to reduce trail but for the moment I'll stick with Teles.

If you have a spare moment, would you like to explain to me how "new yokes" will reduce your trail?
I plan to build a traditional set of leading links when I fit the chair to my Lemonvert.

[pete roper]

If you have a spare moment, would you like to explain to me how "new yokes" will reduce your trail?
I plan to build a traditional set of leading links when I fit the chair to my Lemonvert.

More offset.

[Mr Revhead]

An erect whale penis with perky jugs?

The mind boggles!

Not sure if horny, or need a ride....   

[Roy gardner]

More offset.

Gotcha, moves the axle forward. Do the legs stay parallel to the stem? I maliciously mis-matched 2 XS1100 yokes once to achieve the same. Took a flatish RH top yoke & a standard cast steel bottom, then bent the bottom until the legs lined up with the top, then bent the top until the legs slid in. Took some effort with the top, the bottom bent easily.
The curse was that they only fitted together in one spot, of course, & making that spot coincide with the point of the stem nuts coming tight was messy. Achieved the aim, moved the axle forward a bit, no enough to make it really worthwhile though. NZ traffic law couldnt see the mod so didnt need to certify it.
 Will go the effort of making leading links this time.

[Chuck in Indiana]

Pete you should connect with Chris Collins from Wisconsin. I have a  Vetter Tera plane on a Yamaha XS11 rode it  several years, when the kids were young,  a fork brace and flat profile tires on the front end and hack helped,but it was still a lot of work. Chris rig is the most impressive set up I’ve ever seen and looks like he expends little effort in a wide variety of conditions. Chris member here I think ccoli is his member name.

I have driven Chris's rig, and it is most excellent. I *think* it's an EML? He's on the road with his SP3 coming back from Cedar Vale, or I'd ask.
At any rate, a leading link front end is "power steering." A local young guy (!) has a convert rig and was talking about the upper body workout it was giving him at the last Guzzi lunch.

[pete roper]

Well I had a bit of time today so I finally got to sticking the cam into my POS.

See the 'Spatula' supplied in the kit to allow you to easily insert the tappets through the front cam bearing.



Like so.



New camshaft ready to go in. Needed coating with a vigorous spread of assembly lube and it slipped in like a greasy stick up a dog's bum!



Timing chain replaced, cover back on. Now I've got to get the heads and barrels back and find where the hell ive put the gaskets and ring set for it!

Pete

[Mr Revhead]

Keen to hear the story about how you know what a stick is like in a dogs bum 

Just kidding 

[Huzo]

An erect whale penis with perky jugs?

The mind boggles!

Well..
I have heard a lot of mention of “Trannies” on these pages...

[Huzo]

A natural thread drift is to now relate things not usually related to things up a dogs bum.  When I was a kid I worked at a farm where they had a collie that had somehow managed to eat a bailing twine. 6' was out but the end was stuck on the knot at the end of the twine. Tim ran up and stepped on the twine which startled the dog who ran and the knot and twine were left behind.  Another time we had a Yorkshire terrier that had eaten some baited hooks on the bottom of the boat, he went to the vet.  Some of you may remember him as Charlie, a one eyed junkyard dog type who would attack your shoes if he thought you had bad intentions.  He was a good traveller but a pain in the arse otherwise.  He rode on my bike in a few parades at Elkader and out to western Montanna for he wanted to chase moose and squirrel . I'm contemplating hitting either the post or the delete and since I don't have anything that would raise our knowledge base,  maybe some humor...

I was at a mate’s place in Epsom a while ago and Paul and I were eating fish and chips watching the world speedway titles on the telly..
His male dog was in front of the fire performing a function that, whilst I’ve  never tried myself.. , the dog was having no difficulty with..(lucky bastid)
I said to Paul..
“Jeez, I wish I could do that..”
Paul said...(in pitch perfect Sarf London voice)
“Give him a biscuit, ‘eell letcha’...” 

[John A]

 

[ohiorider]

Fingers crossed for a diagnosis that requires a simple fix ..... not the bike ..... you!

Bob

[Huzo]

Keen to hear the story about how you know what a stick is like in a dogs bum 

Just kidding 

I can tell you what the dog said...!