Chuck

If you haven't seen it, we will have a new spring for your trigger job shortly. Re-engineering the Shift Spring

Luhbo said I'd say the new Guzzi springs are capable of breaking. Here's the one I installed last summer. It has less than 5000 miles on it. 2018-01-15_12-58-03 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr It was well on it's way to breaking. So, I installed the new home made unbreakable coil spring. caw caw.. But first.. 2018-01-15_12-58-25 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr the diameter is just a smidgen (technical term) over .599". 16mm=.630, 15mm=.5905. Manufacturing tolerances.. the reason I didn't go with the 2mm dia. wire that perfectly fit Scuds selector shaft. Looking back at the reliability lab report.. I decided that would be fine, and put it together. But.. 2018-01-15_01-15-11 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr The bigger radius on this spring rides on the sharp edge of the stamping. It is *most likely ok* to do that, but I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you to take your high speed die grinder.. what?? you don't have one? Ok, maybe your Dremel? No? Jeeeze. How about a file and dress a radius where it rides that matches the radius of the spring. It doesn't have to be perfect.. just do your best.. but striving for perfection is only good craftsmanship. A picture is worth a thousand words again.. 2018-01-15_01-26-33 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr This is a rubber bob. Diamond impregnated rubber. Ooooh....shiny. 2018-01-15_01-33-48 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr Cleaned it up in the solvent tank and compressed air, reinstalled on the Mighty Scura, and am confident I won't have to do this job again. (caw caw)

Anywhere someone is allowed to express their opinion. While we think of this as detrimental it's actually a key component of crowdsourcing. If you get enough people expressing their perspective you will generally come up with the best solution. But for that to happen you need a range of perspectives. Some negative, some neutral and some positive. Even the most ridiculous notion may have either have some merit or trigger some discussion that can lead to success. It's also a learning experience, no one ever learned by being 100% right all of the time. It's ok to fail, or to have a bad assumption. Too many people are afraid to speak up which is too bad because right or wrong the may contribute without knowing it. Absolutely.

I've had the Mighty Scura sitting for as much as 10 months when it was out in California.. Started right up. Now for the lecture. It's not a good idea to start an air cooled engine in cold weather if you are not going to bring it up to operating temperature. It will cause a *boatload* of condensation.. internal rust. I always preheat aircraft engines to boot when it is near or below freezing.

Nice picture, and welcome..

Ya snooze ya lose. Bought the Monza I'd been wanting for 10 years when I was layin on my death bed in the hospital. The Kid said, "looks original, the price is right.. I'll deliver. Buy it now?" Knowing full well that I shouldn't make any decisions with drugs in my system.. "Sure."

Hi, Stephen.. it's been a while. I didn't make any extras except a couple for Scud and one for me. I made several of different thickness and preload. Once I came up with what I thought was best, I gave all the rest the flotation test per Dave Richardson. Regarding the coil spring. Footgoose has done it, of course, although early on he mentioned some difficulty shifting and thinks it "may" need a stronger spring. What it does do, however, is introduce some variables in tension during the fore and aft travel of the pawl. Lucky Phil alluded to that, and agreed the torsion spring seems to be the way to go. Not to mention.. it would be very difficult to design a kit that would work for everyone, no matter their skill level, to install. Certainly, the pawl spring breakage is real. I know Mark at MG Classics and Todd at Guzzi Tech pretty well, and they have changed a boat load of them. Scud is a V11S whisperer, and from memory broke 3 in different bikes at about 10000 miles. Thanks, Stephen. As far as I *know* Guzzi didn't have a reliability lab at that time. Dr. John mentioned putting a front wheel against the wall, dropping the clutch, and seeing what broke when he was working at the factory. (Greg Fields V twins book) I gave it my best shot. There will be a *lot* of crow to eat if they start breaking in service, too.. but I'm reasonably sure we have the answer.

Don't forget.. the last of the *real* Guzzis, man..

Seriously, the V11S is not a "sport" bike, and that's a good thing, IMHO. It's a Sport touring bike. Comfortable enough to ride to the twisty bits, have a good time while there, and ride back. Most "Sport" bikes are not particularly good at that. Gimme some good eye talian road huggin weight when I'm out on the interstate. A V11S, especially an Ohlins bike is more than "good enough" in the mountains. Again, IMHO, it would be impossible to get it down to sport bike weight. It's just too robust. I don't have a problem with that. It's my favorite all around bike of all time.

It's too early in the morning to be scared like that. I clicked on it and saw this "thing" looking at me. I do not like it, Sam I am. I think I'll go fix some eggs and ham..

I'm just now taking the preselector off the Mighty Scura, and for whatever reason, it's a pisser. I'm about ready to take a special removal tool, cleverly disguised as a Craftsman screwdriver sharpened on the end. to the parting line. The only thing I had laying around when I did the Lucky Phil mod was Aviation permatex. Maybe it's better glue that I thought.

Different strokes for different folks, of course.. but I've seen very few custom Guzzis that I like better than stock.

I once had a pair of "Elkskin Ropers" that I thought were pretty protective. After a little unscheduled slide on chip and seal, the only injury I had was where a knuckle was ground off a little from the glove burning through. I won't wear gloves without hard knuckle protection any more. Still use the ropers on the lawn mower..

Attaboy, Scud. I don't need one.. I made one for me..but I'd like to have a look at the finished piece.

Uhhh...

Racing? Inexpensive solutions? Not compatible. I don't care what you are racing. There is someone else that is racing and has deep pockets. You have to beat him. Sorry, but that's the way the world works.

So. How are you going to work out the shipping? That's the real PITA on this job.

Austin is finding that out. He now has two KLR engines with bad cams. Once he gets all that sorted out, he'll probably find an oiling issue.

Yep. Doohicky. I just thought it interesting that they get better performance with a torsion spring compared to the coil spring. If you need any money up front, just say the word.

Thought this might be instructive. Austin, a kid that is working in the shop, has a KLR, and the "upgrade" to the timing chain tensioner is to do away with the coil springs and go to a torsion spring. You can almost see where it goes in this picture. 2018-01-09_02-53-12 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr Gimme a nice simple Guzzi..

Ah.. yep. Guzzis seem to call to characters..

The engine is the allure to me. I've had all sorts of "modern" Guzzis, from the V700 to the Norge. Big block, small block, 2V, 4V, had em all. Loved every last one of them. I love the Mighty Scura the mostest, though..

John, fwiw, they said they didn't have a motorcycle group set up for that date.. just a heads up.

Tell Bev thanks for that..

The pandemonium is finally over at our grandkids place.. 15,15, and 10 going on 23. Whew! Fortunately, I had a motorcycle out there and could occasionally escape..