Chuck

Looks good.

Love potion number 9..

Hmmmp. No hammer in sight.

You got me thinking about this, now, Docc. Thanks a lot, pal. I *have* seen a respected Guzzi mechanic reface rockers by hand. That would take some skill.. doing a little research I found a home made fixture to do them on a belt sander. Before getting too carried away, though, I wouldn't be surprised that a good automotive machine shop will have an attachment for their valve grinding machine to do rocker tips. Shouldn't cost much.

Thanks, Pete..

^^^^^ Probably not, if you are just talking a few thousandths.

I know enough to know what I don't know about DLC, Docc. Yes it is hard. I *think* it is deposited by plasma spray.

Docc, *I don't know* but I would think a tach pulse is a tach pulse. Maybe not.. for instance, though, I took the guts out of a Yamaha tach, put it in the MZ, wired in a connector, and Bob's your mother's brother. I just have a hard time thinking there are dedicated Veglia models for different Guzzi models.

One of my other Guzzi's is a Lario. That and the Daytona are the two I will never sell. They aren't perfect examples of engineering prowess, but they are cool. And something might be wrong with my Lario as it has not broken its valve train yet. Although I have probably jinxed it now.... My Lario wiped a cam lobe, but I had heard of this Aero engine on Craig's list, and..

Colin has a way with words, doesn't he?

Don't forget the Lario, which put a big dent in Guzzi's reputation in the states. And.. the hydro motors, single plate clutch and cracked triples of the EVs. I also call a spade a spade. Doesn't mean I don't *love* the brand.

Yeah, I have a dollar that sez the spare I picked up off a Quota will work on the Mighty Scura if necessary. Uhh, it's just power, signal and ground.

The natural history museum in Chicago is wonderful, too.. but.. if you are a motorcycle guy, Barber's is beyond amazing.

The last time we were there, they were building another building (!) across the track. I'm assuming the foot bridge goes to it.

Barber's is imaginably kool..

Yeah, I'm afraid of the RPTASDS goes out, those snorkels will have to be awfully long. Btw, just watched the SpaceX heavy launch and the simultaneous landing of the boosters..

The last time I was out at the step Kid's place in California, we were helping him clean out the garage/workshop/serious junk storage area. He was rolling a big chuck of something on his dolly, and said, "Hey, Chuck.. do you have any idea of what this is? It's *really* heavy." I took one look at it and thought, "Horry Carp. It's a granite surface plate. A *nice* one, too." The previous owner of the house used to restore Indians, and must have been a pretty serious mechanic to have that. I told Jim what it was, and *somebody* wants it and will pay good money for it. Don't throw it in the dumpster..

That survived word is good.. it's really nothing to take for granted when a mechanical failure occurs on a motor bike. Trust me on this..

I still have your drawing on how to do that if the time comes. Let me say that at the Oregon nationals when we briefly met, I fully intended to get back, shoot the breeze, and thank you for all you've done for my and *our* electrical education over the years. For whatever reason, the rally got in the way, but *thanks, Roy* I and *we* really do appreciate it.

A way to keep MEK from attacking your paint is to put 3 heavy coats of paste wax on the tank before sloshing. Don't rub it off until done.

My old LeBlonde lathe won't even cut those sissy metric threads. I agree, though, that metric is a better system. However..it's a different language. All my measuring tools are 'Merican. Worse yet, I *think* in inches. Classes of fit, tolerances, etc. are all in thousandths of an inch. I learned this stuff as a kid, and I'm not about to change now. When thinking press fit, I think, ".002".. not .051mm for instance. That's probably why we never changed in the 70s, when we were "supposed" to. Blueprints started coming into the shop in metric, but they were weird metric dimensions because the old farts that drew them just converted inch dimensions to metric. At one time in the 70s, fasteners on GM cars were a mix of metric and inch.

I just sent a .jpg to Scud yesterday.. problem solved.

You should be able to export your CAD drawing, if not a PDF then at least a DXF. If ya'll need any help with file conversions just holler. Oh, sure, it'll export a DXF file, but unless a guy has a cad system that will read it, what's the point? Am I missing something? (not unexpected)

Scud.. I'm a Luddite and can't figure out a way to turn this drawing into a PDF. I'll take a picture with my fone and send it to you.

Thanks Phil. I/we appreciate that. I was going to post last night, but was kind of upset about what I found when I started seriously checking the spring as delivered. The wire diameter is correct. Just kidding.. there is more that is correct. The location of the bend on the long arm is good. I decided to wind another 15 degrees on one.. 2018-01-31_02-35-10 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr You can see how much longer the short arm is than the sample I gave them.. no matter that I screwed up and tagged the wrong place when dimensioning. Installed it on the shifter gizmo, and measured. 2018-02-01_10-28-20 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr You can see that even if they went to the center of the spring, it's at least .100" longer than spec. How about that bend radius? .11" minimum was specified.. 2018-02-01_10-52-54 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr They no doubt just wound it around a commonly available 3/16" pin. This is a 3/32 radius gauge. Let's talk about standard manufacturing tolerances. Angular is normally plus or minus 1/2 degree. 15 degrees?? Hello. Earth calling. Single place decimals, plus or minus 1/32". Two place decimals plus or minus 1/64" inch. Almost every manufacturing job has things that matter and things that don't. Now, what really "matters" on this job? Wire diameter. Check Inside diameter of the spring. .660 to .670 was specified.. it is .682. It's not rocket science to get it right. The angle. It could be plus or minus a couple of degrees. That's easy enough to do. 15-16 degrees out? No Length of the long arm to the bend. Check. That puts it in the right location to ride properly on the boss on the pawl. Length of the short arm. Not really as important, although it is off from what was specified, too. Minimum bend radius. I called for .11" .11-.015 tolerance.. .094. (3/16") Ok, close enough. Picking the fly shi stuff out of the pepper the long arm is crooked as a dawg's hind laig.. 2018-02-01_10-53-41 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr My personal feeling is they just didn't take any pains to get it right on such a small job. Even an amateur spring maker like me can and *will* if they can't. I took the time to make a proper engineering drawing to send to Scud with my phone number if the manufacturer wants to talk to me. I'll get it out today or tomorrow.