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    Share your lithium battery experience; cold environment, durability, else?

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    I've never been a fan, but I needed a light weight at all costs battery for my little homebuilt airplane. Did the research and found one about the right size and cranking amps. It weighs practically nothing. Since I needed it to mount it and leave room for all the other things on the firewall, I bought it first. From the time I bought it until first start was about a year and a half. Cranked right up. :huh2:

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    Wanted - Veglia Borletti Tachometer

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    I don't recall anyone having success in opening these bevel cases and resealing w/o damage. 

    Of course, there is a special tool.. but. What you need to do is (somehow) machine a cavity that the ring fits snugly into. I did it on the cnc mill, but a lathe or template with router, etc. would do it too.

    Once fit into the cavity, take something like a tack puller and "carefully" work around the crimp, picking it up a little and moving around the bezel several times until the instrument can come out. Reinstalling is putting the assembly back into the cavity and taking a flat punch and "carefully" tapping the bezel inward. When moving metal like this, a hundred small pecks is considerably better than one big one..:grin:

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    spring Kentucky Spine Raid (KSR)

    in Meetings, Clubs & Events

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    Thanks, Mick.. I have a remote mic that may alleviate much of the issues. I'm still very early in the flight test stage because of the weather, and taking a video has been low on my priorities. :)  When the audio was unusable I downloaded Openshot and (mostly) turned down the audio except on the last few frames.

    Sorry for the thread drift, Docc..

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    spring Kentucky Spine Raid (KSR)

    in Meetings, Clubs & Events

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    1 hour ago, activpop said:

    Beautiful!  Wind sock shows not a puff of wind, nice evening for a flight. Thanks for sharing!

    Yeah, it was a gorgeous evening. The wind had been blowing all day, and calmed down right before sunset. I'm still very early in the flight test stages, but found out "Bullet" was in trim in roll and yaw on this flight.

    I've always said I'd rather be lucky than good..:D

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    spring Kentucky Spine Raid (KSR)

    in Meetings, Clubs & Events

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    On 5/4/2023 at 11:19 AM, Skip said:

    I was hoping to hear about the ultralight project. Well, maybe a fly-by then.   :unsure: 

    Crappy video of a flight around the pattern right before sunset. Had to turn the sound down because of the wind noise so you can't hear the little Verner run. Pay no attention to the growling of a dragging brake. :blush: The weather has been shall we say unconducive for flight testing and learning how to use the cheapie video cam..:lol:

     

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    V11 universals

    in Personal Ads

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    1 hour ago, deadpen69 said:

    Will do. I didn't notice until yesterday that they recommend changing them out at 20,000 KM in the book.  

    Pay no attention. That was no doubt cut and pasted (using real scissors and paste) from the early spineys that didn't have grease zerks.

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    Show us yer Tontis!

    in Older models

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    The line in the sand for me is any top box.

    Yeah, me too. Back in the day I crashed countless times running enduros. Most of the time I could throw the bike away. I have visions of a top box hitting me in the ass and taking me to the scene of the crash. :o

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    Show us yer Tontis!

    in Older models

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    2 hours ago, audiomick said:

    Yes, indeed.

     

    I've also just noticed the red fork gaiters. Very pretty. ;)

    Chuck, have you got some more photos of that bike? I read about it somewhere several years ago already, and have been curious ever since. :)

    Lucky Phil bad mouthed me for the red gaiters when I built it. :D I told him that great artists aren't understood until they're gone..:oldgit::grin:  Pix, yeah, I have a few. You see one, you've seen em all, though. It's definitely a FrankenGuzzi. The engine is 90% Aero engine with internal mods to the oil system, and a mish mash of V65 and Lario parts. Transmission is from a Baby Breva.

    Looked back in my maintenance logs, and first start was 1-31-15. (!) Here's a couple of  pictures of the engine installation.

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    IMG_20211112_150904659.jpgYeah, the bags are ugly, but a bike without bags isn't worth much to me. I also have a rack for rallies.  It has been a successful project.. a Lario that I don't have to worry if this is the trip that it blows up on..at night.. in the rain. :rasta:

    Suspension is as good as I can make it and remain "stock." Progressive gas shocks on the rear, FAC dampers with Wurth springs in front and a Tarozzi fork brace.

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    1998 EV ...new to me

    in Older models

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    23 minutes ago, al_roethlisberger said:

     

    That's terrible :(

     

    So when you say "Anyone with a 98EV needs to keep an eye on this issue in their pre ride inspection.", are you saying:

     

    1) The twin cable recall doesn't fully fix the issue, so again keep an eye on the linkage?

    2) Post-1998 EVs somehow fixed the issue, and if so how?  Did the inclusion of the twin cable throttle after 1998 address the problem, or did MG do something else after 1998?

     

    But yes, my 1998 has the twin cables on the throttle.

    What I meant was to keep an eye on it because if the throttle body migrates aft and the rod drags, the throttle will be hard to close.

    I don't know when they did it, but later FI Guzzis have a throttle body "assembly."

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    1998 EV ...new to me

    in Older models

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    Shin Etsu grease (has a Honda part #) for rubber.

    Shin Etsu is to rubber as Caig DeOxit gold is to electrons. :grin: Expensive and worth every penny. Have I told you how DeOxit just repaired my "too expensive to fix" Miller TIG welder? Or 2 or 3 years ago, my "too expensive to fix" Generac whole house generator?

    Here's what happened to cause the "twin throttle cable" recall. The throttle bodies just hang on the heads via the rubber gizmos. (technical term) The balance rod for them is very close to the air box. A backfire can cause one of the throttle bodies to move aft, and the balance rod *will* hang up on the air box. If the throttle is open at the time, the driver can't close it. :o Rather than making a solid mount for the throttle bodies, the cheap (Guzzi content) way to fix that problem was to add the closing cable.

    I know for a fact that John Lloyd, (RIP) good guy, met his maker in just that manner. Anyone with a 98EV needs to keep an eye on this issue in their pre ride inspection.

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    Wanted - Veglia Borletti Tachometer

    in Wanted

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    Yeah, I still have it. From memory, a little different looking than the V11 tach, but no doubt works the same. The guy said they worked, but I have no method of checking the tach other than wiring it up to the tach output on my little homebuilt airplane, and that would involve taking off the center section cover, windscreen, hooking it up, putting that stuff back on, and starting the engine.

    No. Not going to happen. :D About all I could do is offer a money back garantee. Oh, and I have another speedo.. I'm an antique airplane guy, and when I see something I think I might need on an antique machine, I buy it. At least I used to. I'm in de-acquisition mode in my dotage. :oldgit:

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