Chuck

Woo hoo! 51 degrees and light winds. It's been since November of last year since the Mighty Scura was alive. Naturally, started right up, and shook the earth underneath a little. It was good for me. btw, shifted nicely with the new unbreakable pawl spring.

Like mentioned above, I'd just clean off the mess, spray some powdered athlete's foot powder over the whole area, and start it up. It won't take long to find out what is leaking, and will save a bunch of guess work.

Somehow, I need to get the word Juxtaposition in here.. but the bottom of the machine is black, along with the seat. The middle is red. The juxtaposition of the red gaiters and fairing is the piece de resistance.

Grumble grumble.. Great artists are never understood.. 2017-08-18_04-08-49 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr

I've seen the greenie up close and personal. It's stunning.,

Talk to Scud..it would be hard to go wrong with that greenie.

Thats the best buy I've seen on a Sport in a long while. One of those bikes that the closer you get, the better it looks, too.

That's a purdy picture right there..

Gotta do *something* to get through the Winter..

Do it justice? No. Make that Hell no. That doesn't mean that it wouldn't be fun to ride though. I can't do a Pitts Special, a *very* capable over powered aerobatic airplane justice either.. but it's still a hoot to operate that machine. GuzziMoto.. Go for it. It would be stupid to buy it..

It ain't so, Docc..

I am *not* too old for one. But. The Magazine tester and I stopped at the Rock Store sat on the steps, and shot the shit for quite a while. He said it ran like a bear once the dealer "finally" got the electronics sorted. AFAIK, there's no dealer within a day's ride in Indiana, and I wouldn't trust that pimply faced kid in the service department to sort it out if there was.

Powder coating is easy. It takes no skill whatsoever to spray powder. That's pretty obvious in the video. And.. it's true. One of the things I make is industrial powder coating equipment. Charged particle leaves the gun looking for a ground. the part to be painted is grounded. Charged particle is in flight, and the highest ground is where there hasn't been a previous particle finding it. So. It finds that bare area. The next particle heads out of the gun looking for a ground, etc.

Ok, to perpetuate the yearly "Winter Oil Thread" .. diesel oil has some very serious detergent additives that *may* loosen up some mung that has been content to lay in galleries if you are putting it in a high time engine. I gave an enema to a high time aircraft engine by changing oil brands. Killed it in about 50 hours. Of course, it wasn't an oil filter engine, but still..

I think he's talking about a Tuono. One of them with a magazine tester spanked me and the Mighty Scura on the Snake. Of course, we could have traded bikes and he still would have spanked me, but that T was fast.

Very good explanation. Actually, Valvoline dino oil is SG, and available generally for about 4 bux a bottle. Castrol4T is SG also. I run either in the Monza and MZ. In the Mighty Scura and Aero engine, I run MOtul 10-60. Around 11-12 a liter, and SG rated, also. I, personally can't see not running an SG oil in our flat tappet engines.

http://www.thisoldtractor.com/moto_guzzi_misc_workshop_manuals___shop_manuals___service_manuals.html

You will need to report back on the state of the label. I'll bet it is fine, especially if it hasn't been getting hot.

I have a plastic one.. so far so good. The Kid put a metal one on his Spot. A plastic one wasn't able to defeat those carb springs.

Yep, that's the car oil all right. Ready for an oil thread? No less than Dr. John told Dave Richardson, who told Greg Field who told me to "Use SG rated oil in your Guzzi."

Ok you asked. Is that the SL rated Mobil 1 automotive oil? The Bosch 3330 didn't use to have a sticker. I removed it. I'll go with Wix the next time (same manufacturer no sticker.) Yes, I'm picking the fly poop out of the pepper, but still.. I've never removed the gasket from a filter, just lubed the mating surface. Right or wrong? I dunno.

Good one, Docc..

3 1/2 quarts without a Roper plate. I have a picture on my phone of what *not* having a Roper plate can look like.. (!)

Looks good.