Josh

I talked to Mike today and the heads should be shipped out on Friday.

(BIG BORE)Here are some good pictures of a similar machine! http://www.guzzisti.it/page_builder.php?fi...re/big_bore.htm Here is a link to the manufacture http://www.bigbore.it/

The problem seems to be worn valve and valve guide, found .03mm of wear on intake valve stem. This is probably a case of the soft valve issue as the bike only has about 12k miles on it. The seat face of the exhaust valve also had some light pitting. Thanks for your comments Pete!

I've been having some misfiring and detination at low rpm's for a while know removed heads and this is part of what I saw. The carbon build up is up to 1mm tall on the edges.

I was looking over some old pictures and came across a few photos of the '06 Spine Raid. Here's the line up, at the overlook, on the Cherohala Skyway. What a great road! I hope every one can make the trip again this year.

Guys , this is the second time in the last few weeks that someone has had an arc to there computer when attaching cables to the battery! This is why you should ALWAYS remove the negative battery cable first and when reattaching your cables, attach your positive cable first. This procedure will prevent you from shorting your positive terminal to ground.

BMW of Daytona was trying to sell this one on ebay a couple of weeks ago for $5995 with less than 3K miles. I don't think it sold. This thing is bone stock, so you could do it up the way you like!

Hey MOJO, I paid about the same for mine with less than 5K miles and much cleaner. Looks like it has the Staintune exhaust system, aftermarket sump and aftermarket throttle assembly. Also probably has leaking fork seals do to the fact that someone has rigged up some foam wrapped with wire ties. You could do better for the money. These bikes are under appreciated, usually do to the poor state of tune from the factory. These bikes require some fine tuning but ounce you get them dialed in they are much fun!

I think I've found an answer to my own question at www.hagon-shocks.couk. oil vescosity SAE 5, air gap 140mm.

I've got a '96 Sport 1100 with the 41.7mm (conventional) Marzocchi forks , anybody know the recommended weight and quantity of fork oil ?

Thanks for the offer Gary. I've got a few things I'm going to try, if they don't pan out I'll contact you.

My bike has a intermittent back fire through the carb between idle and 1800 rpm, the problem is not noticeable at higher rpm's. I've been chasing this gremlin for a while and think I may have found the reason. Here is a photo of the right side intake manifold on my carbed Sport 1100. I circled the hairline crack with a pencil. The second picture is the outside of the manifold. I drew two arrows to indicate the point where the rubber boot clamps on to the manifold, thus covering the crack. So what do you guys think, could this be causing my problem? Does anybody have any recommendations for repairing a hairline crack in aluminum.

Clean setup Greg! If you wan't to sell your gold mc's let me know, I would like to purchase them.

I've read that iridium and platinum are poor conductors compared to copper or silver.The only advantages of these plugs is there life expectancy, as they don't wear as quickley as regular plugs. I'm not really worried about my spark plugs lasting 100,000 miles.

I've noticed the darker plug also. This is why I asked the question about plug indexing! Some time back I purchased a colortune (a spark plug with a window so you can see the color of burn in the combustion chamber) and noticed that the left cylinder actually runs a little richer than the left. The carbs have been balanced with a twin max, air filter pods cleaned and valves also have just been adjusted. The firing interval must be why I'm seeing the difference, thanks for the explanation Pete. By the way this colortune spark plug is a cool little tool, I really like it.

Gotcha!

I'm not talking about dual plugging. Indexing is when you install auxiliary washers of varying thickness under the spark plug's shoulder so that when the spark plug is tightened, the gap will point in the desired direction(I'm just not sure what direction this would be). I think a set of indexing washers would cost less than $10.

Do to the configuration of the 2 valve head on our "beloved" machines, would there be any benefits of indexing our spark plugs(mine aren't the same). Anybody have any suggestions or theories on this subject? I'm sure the advantages aren't much but it surely can't hurt!

BMW R 1200 S I'm not a BMW guy but this bike has some impressive numbers. With a 12.5:1 compression ratio, I wonder how well this bike will run on 93 premium? CAN GUZZI DO IT?

While watching some Speedvision this evening, I saw a commercial for Battery Tender and the bike of choice was a Moto Guzzi Breva. Anybody else seen it?

Is this supposed to be funny? Nothing more funny than a good homicide cartoon! HA!!! Weak post Belfast!

I vote for the V7 Sport also! I know a guy that's got a V7 just sitting around in his garage with a nice patina to it, I wouldn't change a thing. I'm trying my best to obtain this awesome machine.

It only squeaks when the lever is pulled in, you are probably are right its probably dry splines. It seems to work fine just makes a dry squeaking noise.

I know there have been a million posts on guzzi clutch noise, and I would describe the noise as a chatter. My bike has suddenly developed a squeak along with the chatter at about 11,000 miles. It's been doing this for a couple hundred miles now and doesn't seem to affect anything. Anybody got any ideas as to what it may be or is it something that I should be concerned about?