Chuck

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^^^^ An MZ is even better. Throw away prices and great handlers.

I know a kid that tried to shut off a Gravely garden tractor by peeing on the spark plug.. but I digress too. My take.. They are only original once. I have everything to restore my Monza, but have had second thoughts.. 2016-04-19_10-47-45 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr I think I will leave it, warts and all. Some day, the Kid can decide whether to restore it or not.

Well, it's about time.. fix that sucker and go raiding.

You'll see a puff of blue smoke on startup with worn valve stems, but not much consumption, really. Metallic rattle? I wouldn't think so.

Earlier in the thread he said NLA.

Docc, here's the thread on WG. That way you can listen to the ventriloquist instead of the dummy.. http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?topic=91144.0

One of the answers from WG.. I know it's not oem but Kaman, Motion Ind. or any good bearing house or Hydraulic shop should have that nowadays. If all else fails I know they make O-ring kits to build your own. Plan B... I have a spare used complete slave Lemme know Paul B

Definitely. Is there a part number on the slave?

I'll put up a blurb on WG and see if anyone knows of something.

276 south of Caesars head is not to be missed.. I'll be in Oshkosh playing airplane all week, and will miss the eclipse. So many things to do, so little time..

That's what it says. However.. when you change the cam you'll probably have to change the length B. All you are doing is making sure the piston is able to fully retract and uncover the orifice.

Uhhhh. Docc.. uhhh, sometimes a friend will tell you when you might be uhhh.. going a little overboard. I have three, and thought maybe I was in need of an intervention. You may have a problem..

He's so vain..

Works for me. I was on a trip with Pete one time, and asked why he didn't wear them. He just gave me "the look" and asked if could imagine what he'd look like in those (colorful expletives) things.

Actually, I did the going out of business on WG years and years ago. Ed Milich was going to buy Mark Ethridge a tattoo for his birthday, and they had a contest for what it should be. I said, the red Guzzi oval with eagle, and around the bottom "Since 1921." Around the top.. "Going out of business." Most thought it was funny.. some were upset, mostly dealers. Kiwi Roy came up with Moto Guzzi, making electricians out of riders since 1921. That one is good, too. There has to be some truth for comedy to really work.

You're going to have to move some metal to make them look like new. If that's the goal, the caps have to come off to start.. then.. patience, tongue depressor, various grades of paper.. I'd say around 260 through 500 grit.. polishing compound.. oh that's too much trouble. Maybe chuck them up in a lathe and sand em.. Uhh.. soda blast? That sounds easy. Dunno.

Egg sellent, Scud. I've been wondering what was in that black thing behind the motor..

I understand that Bert Munro used to camp in Sonny Angel's back yard back in the day. Third hand story, so I can't say for sure that it's true. At any rate, he's a genuine Guzzi Guy, and a character of course. Mark at MGClassics was in the midst of buying much of Sonny's inventory when I was out there last Christmas. I haven't talked to Mark since the crash.. Josh is trying to keep the shop open.

Uhhhhh..

I've had a lot of em. GM modelmakers have a high incidence of colon cancer. Doesn't mean I don't like sport bikes..

No luck with google so far

Oh, sure, I have all my pictures.. it's just that "those threads are worthless without pitchers.." There was a *lot* of time and effort involved in documenting all that stuff.

I've been using Flickr for the last few years, but since I started documenting those two threads on the site that shall not be named, I stuck with it.