LowRyter

come to think of it, that's what my wife held on to on my Yamaha Seca 550.

I'm all for the passenger holding on the grab rail instead of the rider. Does the Sport have one? I've never had the rear seat cover off mine. Passengers ride on the back of my Cali with grab handles and back rest.

I have no idea. It was originally the starter I believe. Is that that front #1?...I moved so many around that I can't be sure.

I was playing musical relays today ...usually reseating works. I got home and cleaned everything with Deoxit and some generic cleaner just to be sure. Those little boogers were pretty hot to the touch. Anyway, one of those Omcons was a failure. It was didn't work wherever I plugged it in. Despite cleaning the prongs pristinely. I had a stash of dirty little-bitty Siemins in a little paper box in the tankbag. I probably took them off the Cali as I think I originally had Bosch in the Greenie. Fixed the problem for now. I'm a little concerned about Omcons now. I think that was my first confirmed relay failure for nearly 90k Guzzi miles. Perhaps some of my "connection" issues might be these little black cubes?

You might use the alternator, a deep 24mm socket, remove 4 bolts holding the cover, twist the socket clockwise. Once you find TDC (any method you prefer), then mark the rotor at 12 o'clock. Then you'll never fumble with a flashlight, straw or dowel ever again. BTDT.

the simple mnemonic joke... D = dis side / S = s'not dis side (works for me). Here's another hint. Once you've found TDC, take a marker to alternator rotor. Mark "D" at midnight, and the same mark will be for "S" at 3 pm. If the feeler gauge doesn't go in, it means your on exhaust stroke, you're 360 degrees off and you're at noon, rather than midnight. This is much easier than taking a flashlight and looking for those little letters each time.

I had to drop my paypal for shenanigans. I tried calling them for some nonsense on my accountant and thought they were into a scam too. That was the last straw, dropped them and they didn't care. I'm thinking paypal might be another malignant brand.

thanks for that

good price for a low mileage bike....then go through it, bellhousing brace, seals and general, guzzidiag/power commander. Tires. 2k miles over 20+ years..? sad in so many ways.

You can purchase moly from Harpers. It's a real mess and whatever it gets on, will never come off. In fact, I have to wonder once you pour it in, if it ever comes out? I'd be interested in that Motul gear oil premix.

These were sport touring....sometimes the full on sport tires are "cheaper" because they last half as long. I can't easily get and price out all the tires but I know the Mich and Pirellis cost a good 20% more. And all the prices have gone up since I last purchased , Dunlops too.

I like the Dunlops. So I was ready to do a Church Lady Dance. But it dawned on me that this was done at a Goodyear Test Track and Dunlop is a Goodyear brand. Despite that -given Guzzi content- still the cheapest!

dang, that Docc is a real squid. Bet he does burnouts in his driveway!

cost. cost cost.... I was at the Suzuki store and that new all tarted up 800 Adv bike VStrom was better than $13k. The 1050 is more than $17k. If you want a V100, Don at Motiv in OKC has the White one and the Special Edition Nautical. He sold the green one. The cost gap is narrowing between the Euro and Japanese bikes, although Beemmer and KTM are a little higher. Personally, I don't do any two-up riding and wouldn't need a electronic controlled suspension and enjoy traditional riding by playing with the clutch and blipping the throttle and don't need a qs. My guess if you're enjoying at 25 years old Guzzi, it may not matter here either. If you want it, it's available and certainly cheaper than adding later, service and maintenance TBD. I liked riding the bike. Since I have the Ducati, I can't see purchasing one, although the cruise would be nice.

40 rear and 32 front .... + or - 2

Holy Jack and the Beanstalk. I'm still not sure if those are really miniatures or if it's photoshop.

Here's a good one. I went over the local Guzzi shop to check out his new store. I was yakking about a little off idle hick up with the Greenie. He told me, if you think that's bad he had a LeMans like mine there. The bike would stumble at 3200 rpms. No way he could solve it, so he contacted Guzzi tech support. They said they were aware of the problem and would send him the data. It read "don't ride the motorcycle as 3200 rpms". He wasn't joking.

Lindy??? Geeeeess .....Chuck please don't fly that thing from Elwood, Indiana to Paris, France.

If you aren't on WG you might not know that Chuck won an award at Oshkosh. It has something to do with his restoration of this plane ..

Good point, another reason to shift gears is change the soundtrack you're listening to. Downshift, revt it, back off,,,blap blap blap

I do both of those things ^^^

Don't lug your engine. That doesn't mean you can't loaf your engine when coasting through town either. But if you want to gun it or encounter a hill, downshift it. I'm with Docc, that's the sweet spot but 3k with no load is no problem (not going there with high idle though). Yeah, I try to redline a warm engine at least once or twice per ride. Any rider should just "feel it". I thought he might make a point about using gears to control the bike in a turn. I like to keep the RPMs up and use mechanical braking and acceleration torque when I ride too.

Passengers will be sitting in the same seats, regardless of how they enter the plane. What, am I missing something? And regarding a passenger placement, I can't recall having to be rerouted to another seat for weight and balance. The economy flyers allow first come seating, so w & b aren't an issue there but they are typically full flights. I guess I must've missed something here. So I'll admit ignorance now before I'm corrected. edit: Now that I've read the rest of your point, your saying while on the ground that back loading the plane is an issue until the front is loaded? OK, I get it, the plane teeter-totters on the ground, the tail might hit the ground? I've never heard of that but I get the point. I have no idea if that's an issue but I'll take your word on it Phil. Once in the air, then it's OK.

The two Texans here have only reinforced my point. I'm still too cheap to pay for Love's either, despite owned in my state.

since the seats are assigned it makes no difference.