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Who are you calling old, you young whippersnapper? All my tools and measuring instruments are 'Merican. None of that sissy metric stuff. My LeBlonde lathe won't even cut those threads.

Naming professions : James Mariner . He is the last of my counsel . He is 90 yrs old and I am not sure he finished High School . This man can explain why one carb is jetted differently than the other on a M/G bike , he can explain steering geometry , anything having to do w/motorcycles . He has owned all brands . His brand of choice : Moto Guzzi . He said one time , every die hard Guzzi owner is some type of craftsman . The owners are an authority on some kind of subject and can/do apply it to their bike. They are not riding a German bike where the owner has his grips installed at his local dealership , has someone else change the oil , etc. There are better motorcycles but Moto Guzzi is bike of choice for a professional .

I've got one, but you can't have it. Seriously, though, I'm well impressed with how this issue has been solved. Everyone looking for a solution without worrying too much about who was or is in the wrong. Very pleasant. When I think about how such discussions sometimes develope in other forums I'm on, I'm very glad to be here.

Bought one of these recently. Brilliant tool. Makes setting up a lot easier and measuring how flat and straight things are. Phil

You remind me of an aircraft mechanic.

Well.......... it depends on how old you are

Looking for some bass riffs for a Dylan song, I stumbled across this never-aired concert filmed at the Bellevue Biltmore Starlight Ballroom, April 1976, in Clearwater, Florida, where I graduated high school a couple months later. The link opens with the Joan Baez performance at 16:54, hauntingly beautiful. What was billed as the largest wooden hotel in the country is gone now. So amazed this video exists.

My Quota now shows her birth certificate. I purchased a correct year 2000 millesime license plate, and I registered it yesterday. I like that you can do that in Texas. Once any of your vehicle has reached 25 years of age, you can install a vintage tag on it. On top of it, 2000 was the beginning of the new millenium. I think it is a good thing. I am planning to do the same with my 911 when my registration runs out later this year. I found the perfect plate. This one is a reflection of my birth date and lucky number, the way I carried it P6....

That. From Nate Bargatze playing George Washington on SnL last year: “I dream that one day our proud nation will measure weights in pounds, and that 2,000 pounds shall be called a ‘ton,’” Washington said. When a soldier played by Bowen Yang asked, “And what will 1,000 pounds be called, sir?,” Bargatze deadpanned, “Nothing.” Washington then waxes poetic about various bizarre American measurements, such as “rulers with two sets of numbers: inches on one side, centimeters on the other,” that “won’t line up and never will”. (except of course for 13mm.... 1/2"!)

I always follow the Dakar, as I think it would be a great race to participate into. Actually, they have a "Classic" category, but it is limited to cars. Doing the Dakar with the Moto Guzzi Quota would be something. I have seen guys my age doing it, obviously on four wheels. Back to Dakar, it used to be mainly a European racer's only, but as we can see today, the top competitors are coming from everywhere. Daniel Sanders has a name that goes well with his performance... lol... he won 5 stages this year, including three in a row. He is on his way to make the Dakar his. He has been first since the race started. So, an Australian is going to put his name at the top of the roster. Not bad for a farmer, and bee specialist...

The logical version. Metric Phil

Your bleed issue reminds me of a front brake problem bleeding I had on my Norton 850 that was all original. Many similarities. So simple system, but was not responding, decided to swap out master for new, then slave for known rebuilt good one off the back, still problem. Only thing left was the brake line, which was two rubber lines and a metal line in between. The rubber lines were the issue breaking up inside, causing intermittent problems. Changed all the lines and was like new.

Daniel Sanders won the Dakar 2025 for KTM! with panache! he won four of the early stages, including three de seguito, for a total stages won of 5. Can you believe this guy is a farmer, with a special interest in bees? ha, I understand now, bees give him wings, not the energy drink....

https://off-guardian.org/2025/01/17/watch-car-freedom-solutionswatch/ Watch this short (half an hour) interview with James Corbett. No idea to what extent the car journalist libertarian is aware of the wider threat but he’s absolutely on point about automotive surveillance and remote control.

I always thought metric is standard.

We agree. In Astronomy, they go from 23:59 to 00:00.

They pull it off . The anvil is my favorite !

23:59 --> 00:00 edit- I neglected to be properly pedantic: 23:59:59 --> 00:00:00

When looking for horsepower , you have to follow the dyno and do "what you gotta do".

Same here! I asked why; I was told to prevent giving away the location of the vehicle, should someone be able to hack into the vehicle registration database. I know there are automatic tag readers on certain police cars, and the tag I had on the Quota from 2024, had a bar code. So it is very probable that in some kind of dystopian future, tags will have an NFD chip included. It is more and more complicated to remain anonymous in any case.

I had to be away a minute and I come back to this amazing discourse. A helluva (buncha) guys. Special thanks to @bmc5733946, a member here since 2003. Good on ya, Brian, and best regards to Dave Blue, "a helluva guy" . . .

Be careful what you wish for

HeLL no. Mine on the black frame and red frame were all I needed . I had to use a heat gun and the best SnapOn Allen socket known to man to get them apart . I got some spare screws from Fastenal for the next time. I had to remove the assemblies to get the job done. The fact is , the more you do it , the easier it gets !

Does this mean that you guys will let me be a proper member and not just the gear-short mascot?

seems brians noun use and grammar would pass just fine with Count Olaf ("grammar is the greatest joy in life, don't you know...", or maybe it was some other character from that Lemony Snicket movie my daughter used to quote), or any of our jr high grammar teachers, and pressureangle will be the helluva guy in this group to perhaps soon have a proper new gear box :->

I stand corrected, so does my android. Lame excuse I know right? At least in this case, we were able to connect, so there is that. Brian

just fyi, this is not a verb. It's a noun, like Batman. Pressureangle is a helluva guy too.

I pmed pressure angle a few minutes ago with Daves contact info. I'm done with this. Between pa and Dave now. Brian

That's a lot kinder than what the Mustang guys called it...

That is funny . Also thank you for being the interpreter !

Dave Blue is by no means a thief! My name is Brian McCall. I have known the original owner of this bike since he bought the bike from GT Motors in Lansing, MI where I was working at the time. I uncrated the bike and set it up for owner. I have a personal stake in this as I am the person who transported the transmission to Dave. I was given the transmission in a box which I then transported to Dave. I never inspected the contents of the box. Dave called sometime later and asked where the back cover was. I referred him to the owner who claimed it was all in the box he gave to me at Barber Motorsports. I have no idea where the back cover is or has been. I do not believe either Dave or I ever saw or had possession of the back cover. My belief is that the original owner misplaced the cover and did not include it with the partially disassembled transmission I was given. I spoke with Dave this morning and I am willing to put the current owner in touch with Dave and have Dave's permission to do so. I think the original transmission should go back into this bike. I get the feeling that Dave does too. Brian

I'd like to think there's some simple explanation or rebuttal, there was of course a bit more to the story but I'm not one to air dirty laundry in a public forum- I had no idea Dave was a well-known and apparently respected expert. I don't know this seller personally either, so there's that.

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I sent a private message. Still have quite a few springs left.

Si tu as des difficultés pour comprendre, il y a des membres Français du forum qui peuvent t'aider. Tu dois donc contacter @Scud qui possède des ressorts de remplacement qui sont plus solides que les originaux. L'administrateur du Forum the propose de suivre les conseils d'un des membres techniques du forum, pour ne plus avoir le problème du ressort de rappel du selecteur cassé. Bonne chance!

Exactly, this is the way I do it. If you think about the geometry of it it makes sense that the angles and dimensions are what they need to be for the bodies in their mounted position not an inch further away when released from the rubber connectors. Remove the aluminium manifolds and connect them and the rubber sections to the throttle bodies and then move the manifolds back onto the head. Easy. I can't believe people muscle the whole assembly around by the other method. Phil

You could remove one intake manifold and install it on the assy. and put it back together .

It was about a dozen clicks from a blank diagram to a printed piece. I just did this to see what it was like. About an hour to print out. Next will be to start getting actual dimensions.

Because those three-cylinder two-stroke motors, all of them, where just mad. Brilliant. Exciting. Sounded great. Sounded mad. And they were from Kawasaki. 'Nuff said. No arguments to the contrary will be taken into consideration.

I made some from old reservoir caps and QD air fittings as my Motive bleeder has a QD hose that I also made myself with with air fittings. Motive sell a bleeder with QD fittings but at the time I was saving money as the bleeder was expensive to ship from the US. Now you can buy them cheap on ebay or Aliexpress. I'll see if I can get an image of my home made adaptor. Phil EDIT... Here's the front adaptor I made complete with home made seal.

@v11_meticcio ! ! Il nostro uomo sulla scena! Our man on the scene !

O.K. Due to the overwhelming lack of interest since Monday, I'll spill the beans. These tools are used for front end alignment on US made autos with some being specific to certain popular models. Some are generic and provide access to bolts and nuts without being a contortionist. The secondary use for the tapered tool is for hub cap removal. Hope this helps Paul B

Rolled 115,000 today and had to break out some of the Guzzi special tools I keep in this special toolbox Josh made for me. The only thing better than special tools is keeping them in special places and the special people they tie us to . . .