Chuck

Here's what Guzzi did with the Aero engine.. 2017-02-02_08-05-03 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr

I think my handy little reader goes for thirteen bucks. Probably less at HF. I've used it a lot! Yeah, I have one too. Naturally, I bought it at the highest price several years ago when they first came out. Works great for spotting a dud cylinder on an airplane.

Yes.

You're going to *love* the sound out of those suckers..

For $400, I'll touch my lips to it..

Any 5 pin will work in all locations. From memory (roll eye) number 1 *needs* to be a 5 pin.

People ask me what was the toughest job in putting the Aero engine in the Lario. Without a doubt, mating up the exhaust to the ports on the engine. A few thousandths at the exhaust flange will make a huge difference as you go rearward.

Fine. When Spring finally arrives, I'll see how much leaner I can make it without getting a lean stumble.

Joints don't work for me unless it's just a clean up and organize job.

In that video of yours they showed the small aircraft you'd built & I wondered at the time if you had fabricated the metal bodywork. Many years ago a friend of mine was building a wooden frame aircraft in his garage; I don't know if it was ever completed or flown, but I remember admiring how light & risilient the wing sections were. Firm but able to flex. Yeah, I pretty much did all the metal work. Our ISP is tits up as ususal. (roll eye) I'll show you some of my best stuff when Ican post from a computer.

Loosen up *all* fasteners, tweek.

I'm currently running +20. 0 was definitely too lean on the Mighty Scura. When Ichecked it the first time, it was +40. (!) When riding season gets here, I'll try going a little leaner..

Trust me, Scudd.. if you are painting,you had better follow the instructions to the letter.Every painting system is different.. the way it is applied, number and kind of cross coats, etc. Depending on the system, doing one thing might look great, pick another system.. do it the same way, and it'll run off on the floor. Disclaimer: I'm not a painter, but I can paint.

Attaboy.. keep it up. Attitude *is* important. The genome project is still in it's infancy, but has great promise.

Sweet sounding things..

Sometimes, people ask me why I'm smiling all the time. Trust me. When you've had an extended chat with the Grim Reaper hanging in the straps while the cutter is doing his thing.. "Oh, wrong spelling of your name. Sorry,didn't mean to startle you. Have a nice day." My bad. " Trust me, every day *is* a gift.

Whew!Purdy.

I think I remember(roll eye) that the Ti ECU is just a little richer across the board.

It is a dying art, for sure. I apprenticed as a sheet metal diemaker, and can design and build tools to form sheet metal, but there is a lot of artistry involved in free forming sheet metal. Different skills entirely..

No need to thank me, Tim.. it's what I do. I was out for 3 weeks and didn't even get the old gas ran out of the MZ.

Uhh, it won't get any better in another 20 K miles or so.. Edit: Oh, Stoddard solvent is sort of a standard. Another really good grease cutter is that water soluble purple stuff at the local car place. Forgot the name, sue me. Just the same, you can see why you have to be *really* careful on the rear drives. There's not much volume there. Draining and measuring will generally overfill them if you are using Shockproof.

Looks like redline heavy to me. Wipe it out with paper towels, clean with solvent. No big deal. When I pulled the cover on the Mighty Scura, all the gears were liberally covered with shockproof light. That stuff doesn't go away..

So, if there's a minimum order, I'd imagine a group buy is in the cards.. the last time I hooked up guzzi diag, there was a stored injection relay fault. Let's cure this relay problem once and for all.

Yeah, going to the gym got me back on sport bikes. Basically needed to build core strength as Iaged. Building thigh strength helps, too. There's a reason for those knee indents in the tank.

Here's my experience with lubes on the splines. To make a long story short, I tore a strada down shortly after putting it back together chasing a mystery vibration. Now, every Guzzi I've had apart has had rusty splines, so on the advice of Wayne Orwig, I made up a slurry of chain lube and moly and applied it to the splines with an acid brush. Obviously, you don't want to put so much on there that it gets flung onto the clutch plates. After putting it back together, the mystery vibration was still there, so Itore it down again for a complete balance of the rotating assembly. Less than 1000 miles, and there was no sign whatsoever of the lube I'd put on. Need I say that I don't bother anymore? Now, about that clutch plate thing. Because of the uneven firing order (270/450) she soundsa good.. but when the springs are compressed the clutch plates and intermediate plate are free to rattle back and forth on the flywheel and transmission input splines. This will eventually wear grooves in both sets of splines. The first sign the rider sees is a clutch that suddenly engages.Once that happens, there's no option but to replace stuff. Those splines will last forever unless you hold the clutch lever in for extended periods. Oh, the mystery vibration? Sometime in it's life, it had been down on the right side and bent the crash bar enough to cause a sympathetic "singing" for want of a better description. D'oh!