Not a problem...we like to keep up with all the gossip.Originally Posted by yungatart
It's 'dropping your guts' that we object to....
The instructions are simple...
Not a problem...we like to keep up with all the gossip.
It's 'dropping your guts' that we object to....
Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
The metal is always nude.
You gotta remember, back in the 80's, tyre technology wasn't as good (who remembers Bridgestone Mag Mopus) so they slid around the corners !!!
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
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crazefox fixed the pin. He's legendary with toxic chemicals.
Just an exhaust system, carb balance and clean, and an oil change to go.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
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Carb balance? You wanna do it here or your place?
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Your place sounds idealThanks for the offer. See you after the new exhaust system is installed.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
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Left over screw installed. Fairing buzz banished.
Want my new exhaust system, want my new exhaust system, want my new exhaust system, want my new exhaust system...............
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
The metal is always nude.
Just what are you trying to say.....??
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
The instructions are simple...
He's going in for surgery on his piles?
Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
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The shocks arrived from Japan today.
As this project has progressed, one thing I've learned about motorcycle restoration is never procrastinate. As the bits turn up, assemble, paint, lube, install, do whatever is required to make those parts usable right now. If you aren't performing a piece of work, make sure the expert you've thought about entrusting the job to, actually has those bits and has them in their work queue. Just so long as they aren't sitting on your shelf mocking your inability to actually ever finish ANYTHING.
So I installed them myself. Grease is your friend. A car jack and a piece of wood can do the work of three men. Never let your wife see you holding the bike up with one hand (on the jack) with a shock removed trying to get that nut that just rolled *over there*. Somewhere. Keep a rubber mallet to hand.
Never.
Give.
Up.
The shocks are stunning to look at, with gold anodising and a dual spring arrangement I've never seen before. They are adjustable for ride height and preload, and they most definitely hold the arse of the bike up off the floor. The bike is a good 10mm higher at the rear at rest, despite the shocks being exactly the same length as the Showas I took off.
I thought about going for a quick shakedown ride, but quickly flagged it as the wind here is both high velocity and unpredictable at the moment. We all know that new parts increase the attraction between bike and ground almost exponentially for the first couple of hours, so I've parked K'erst and run upstairs.
Parts of me I didn't know I had are hurting, but it is very worthwhile. Here's some fairly horrible pictures to look at. Terrible light, gale force winds, and a human vibrating with exhaustion have conspired to overwhelm my camera's anti-shake function.
Exhaust system, spark plugs, oil change and carb clean/balance to go.
Rock on.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
The metal is always nude.
They look nice.
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
Easy Biker
Looking good and mate are you meaning the dual spring arrangement you hadn't seen before or just in combo with the gold anodising because way back in 1973 my XL175 had dual springs? Short soft springs for the small bumps and the longer harder springs for big bumps.
Except back then they hadn't really figured out about unsprung weight so they were mounted up the other way with the heavier shock body end attached to the swingarm.
Cheers
Merv
madfox
F##K yeah jim im sitting here drinking your beer looking at that bike mate.SHE is looking great man.Good shit man have too come for a ride with ya
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
That does actually look real good Jim.
S&W Street Strokers had the dual spring setup & were the Boowai shock in the eighties if you had an XR250 or somesuch.
or maybe they made road & dirt versions. . whatever, too long ago.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
sem fiddy pilot
Had a set of those on an XS650D.... great shocks for their day
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New plugs. Idle problem fixed. I will report on whether or not the top-end miss has been fixed as well. I made sure I connected the fuel tap breather hose properly this time.
The old plugs look like they'd been gapped using a $5 whore as a template.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
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