...Bassa Talk - Front end pulse dives when using foot brake

[normzone]

Welcome everybody...You're watching our first episode of Bassa Talk, the on-forum show where we talk about things that happen on, near, or to the Bassa, or it's rider, me, or anything else you want to login and talk about.

For our initial episode today, just a brief mention that coming out of my dentist's office ( one crown, one root canal, 120,000 milligrams of ibuprofen, three months and $2300 out of pocket later ) I got a compliment on the Rat Bassa from a former Lamborghini owner who was on his way in.

I believed him even though he was driving a Toyota - he had that money look about him. Said he used to ride a two cylinder (forward and back) Morini long ago. I apologized for the Bassa's mistreated look and he brushed it off and said she still looks great.

And now for a word from our sponsor.

 

[oldbike54]

 Uh , Norm , step away from the keyboard until the drugs wear off ...

 Or ... tell us more after a word from your sponsor


 Dusty

[twowings]

We're here to HELP you, Norm...just put the wrench down...nobody has to get hurt...

[fotoguzzi]

my second one was a dreamboat..







my first one was white..

[oldbike54]

 Wait ... Norm are you angling for a spot on NPR ? Maybe thinking of filling the void left after Click and Clack retired ? LOL .

 Dusty

[oldbike54]

 We're waiting Norm ...

 Dusty

[stevet]

Those were some pretty bikes, Brad.

Are you even going to get back on a Guzzi?  Okay, it took me 8 years to come back...

Steve.

[normzone]

" WHAT ? A candy bar for ONLY A NICKEL ? "

Damn, that was a deep nap. And my wife is on her way home, I'd better start the barbecue.

[oldbike54]

 So all of this build up ...


 For what ???


                                                             Tease

 Dusty

[normzone]

As is so often the case, the fans whip themselves into a frenzy, then the season opener is not what they expected. Don't worry, this will serve as a place for appropriate " THE ADVENTURES OF JOSIE (echo, echo, echo...) (and her sidekick normzone) " rather than starting a new thread each time.

[Wayne Orwig]

You rode the Bassa home from the dentist with those drugs in your system?
Worries me.

 

[normzone]

Thank you for your concern, but anytime I engage in real drugs I get chaperoned. And that doseage was spread out over two months trying to avoid the root canal, which, alas, was inevitable.

Riding buzzed is no fun anymore anyway. For me caffeine and adrenaline are the riding drugs of choice this century. Even one beer spoils the riding high. This was just an un-anethsitized stop to put a permanent plug in the root canal tunnel.

[LowRyter]

I hope you have a soft landing tomorrow morning, Norm.  If you don't, read this and have a laugh...even if it only hurts when you do.   

 

[Zinfan]

Bassa Talk has be re-worked by the network wizkids and will now feature a reality show format and renamed "The Bassa'erlor"  where various hopefuls will attempt to mount the Bassa and ride into the sunset.  At the end of the week one lucky rider will receive a pair of red suspenders whilst one unfortunate soul will be kicked out with only a map to the nearest BMW dealer and a $10 Starbucks card.  Stay tuned as each week on the Bassa'erlor tension rises, oil weights are fought over and the episode where custom maps are introduce is sure to be the talk of the watercooler!  Brought to you by America's favorite network MGC.

[oldbike54]

                                               Bassa'erlor 
 
 Dusty

[John A]

Wanna race?

Yep it's a Bassa

[normzone]

Good morning, this is Bassa Talk, with your host, normzone.

The bike runs great when it's cool, not so good when the weather heats up. Last night I put some Sea Foam in it, and this morning the bike purrs like a kitten - Damn, is that a cliche? Please excuse me.

So my question is, if the bike likes it that much, why don't I just run some in it all the time? Granted, I'm a Sea Foam abuser - a can usually gets divided between two tanks of fuel.

The sponsor of today's show is popcorn - How many foods are great when they're fresh, and even better when they're stale ?

 

[rodekyll]

"How many foods are great when they're fresh, and even better when they're stale ?"

pizza
meatloaf
baked salmon
smoked salmon
macadamia nuts
lomi salmon
fried salmon
ok -- any salmon
fried chicken
pie
roasted turkey
turkey dressing
texas toast with drippings
turkey gravy
ok -- any turkey
those brownies I make
chili
most of the stuff in my glove box
those things I put in those brownies I make
jerky
any bug ingested on the outbound leg of a road trip
All dino
some synth

[normzone]

Damn...breakfast was raisins and nuts from the snack machine, lunch was a can of sardines from my desk drawer.

Don't tell my wife. I promise you good eating if you get down this way.

[John A]

Some of your famous sardine soup?

[normzone]

Actually, that was barbecue grilled sardines.

Don't tell [rodekyll], but based on the foods he listed I'd just go buy his shopping list and turn him loose in the kitchen as much as possible.

My dinner tonight will be ceviche and experimental eggplant, pan grilled then baked with barbecue sauce - my wife doesn't much care for eggplant so on nights when she works late I indulge.

[Lannis]

Way too many food commercials on this channel.

I'm switching over to "Centauros and You - A Love Story?"

[normzone]

Oh man, I'm so jealous - I don't have that channel, but I hear great things about it. I'll have to wait until it's available on CD or Netflix.

The eggplant is delicious - although, as with so many things barbecue, it's probably the sauce.

[fotoguzzi]

  Last night I put some Sea Foam in it, and this morning the bike purrs like a kitten -
 a can usually gets divided between two tanks of fuel.

Did you read the instructions? I think it's more like a cap full to a tank of gas..

Norm, has anyone else with knowledge ever diagnosed your bikes health?

[normzone]

Oh, it's YOU again...

Just kidding.   

Yeah, the product is labeled to encourage a wide range of doseage.

And several of my brethren here, your honorable self among them, have asked that question.

The answer is no. I spoke recently with my local shop, and they said they don't go there because they don't have an exhaust gas analyzer, and they think that tweaking throttle body balance only BEGINS with vacuum readings.

I have not created the cash appropriate to go see a forum approved tuner in Los Angeles or further north yet.

Based on what I read here, I think re-mapping is going to be the answer. The bike is pretty damn happy when it's cool and moist, and increasingly less so when it heats up.

And on the other end, when it's cold it can be grumpy about starting.

[oldbike54]

 There are several threads re TB sync , TPS settings , and the other variables involved in tuning this generation of engine . Rodekyll gives a very good description , as does Pete and Guzzisteve . They are here , I just don't know where . All it takes for equipment is a multimeter , and a homemade balancing tool that can be built for about 3 bucks . One of you pooter geniuses with a good memory help us out here .

 Dusty

[normzone]

In truth, I'd not be comfortable messing with any of the multitude of things with yellow locking goop on them, based on the threads I've read here.

The tuning threads I've seen either are for similar (yet slightly different) devices, and the repeated cautions I've read make me leery. 

When I go down that road, it will be with pictures of my many yellow dots posted here, and me begging for instructions in short words. I kind of don't want to soak up that much of the forum for that purpose (you can tell how I REALLY want to use it  )

I feel I should be prepared with a bucket of cash when I go see a tuner.

[oldbike54]

 Norm old buddy , it really isn't complicated , hell , anything beyond horse drawn carriages is voodoo to me , and I figured it out . Surely a man of your reading comprehension can do this , and if saving all of that money makes you feel guilty , there is a certain guy in Oklahoma that will gladly help with that.  We need a whistling emo 

 Dusty

[Tom H]

Did you read the instructions? I think it's more like a cap full to a tank of gas..

Norm, has anyone else with knowledge ever diagnosed your bikes health?

I tried a big name fuel injector cleaner that your pour into the tank. Tried it three times and all three made the bike ping and that was in cooler weather up here in the Long Beach area. Without the cleaner, no ping.

EDIT: I wanted to add that I put the cleaner in with the approximate recommended dose.

EDIT 2: My '04 EVT has had a bit of a ping with the hot weather. Probably should shift to 4th gear while passing at 65mph instead of 5th.

My offer still can be had, don't know if it will help?
Tom

[ken farr]

................exp erimental eggplant........... .....


For some reason, that worries me, just a little.

Honey have you seen the knif............



kjf