Chuck

Yeah, I remember that..

I *like* the original Speed Triple.. but, sorry. Not in the same league IMHO.

^^^^^ Shorts are easy to find that way. As Docc sez, though.. it may be nothing more than a bulb.

The picture is kind of distorted. It looks better in real life.. if you like that sort of thing.

You have entirely too much time on your hands.

Yes.. I just thought it *might* be germane to the discussion. For what ever reason, we have a points ignition and computer ignition doing the same thing. Running a wire directly from that set of points to the coil cured it. I *assumed* there was something going on in the harness, but have no clue what it was.I remember Chuck Ducati coils used to melt into a sticky puddle if the ignition switch was left on without the engine running due to the coils being continuously powered. Could you have had an ignition switch contact not releasing or relay not relaxing causing the same thing? Ciao Like I said, I'm clueless. It was only the right coil, though. It only happened when it was running, to boot. That was a memorable trip to California..

It's for adjusting "when" the lever starts to actuate the master cylinder.. not "where" if that makes sense.

Yes.. I just thought it *might* be germane to the discussion. For what ever reason, we have a points ignition and computer ignition doing the same thing. Running a wire directly from that set of points to the coil cured it. I *assumed* there was something going on in the harness, but have no clue what it was.

Ok, I'd first look at the rocker arms sliding back and forth on the shafts. I would be surprised if that would make a noise you could hear. Naturally, I'd check valve clearances. The *first* thing I do when trouble shooting is a leak down test. Of course, that just gives you a general impression of the condition of the engine. It won't find a noise unless there is a pretty obvious failure. Valve clearance ok? Rocker arms not rattling back and forth? Time to go deeper..

A few pages back, you said the noise was in the top end. You can pull the heads, have a look, etc. and put them back together in an afternoon.

They were overheating. I came out of the motel in the morning on coil number two and there was coil oil underneath the bike.

When I got the kit for the Centauro many years ago.. I first thought they'd sent me the wrong stuff. After scratching my er.. ear for a while, I finally got it all mounted. Took me 4 hours, too. Yep, one page of instructions in German.

It'll be interesting to find out what you get compared to what I got..

And chiseled.

I've been following this thread.. just trying to learn something about an old 1000 SP I had that suddenly started eating RH coils on a trip out to California. It took 2 of them to get me there, and I arrived on one cylinder. Much head scratching and parts changing went on. I eventually cured it by running a wire directly from the points to that coil, but still don't understand what was going on.

Oh, I'm sure we could have traded bikes and he would have spanked me anyway. Just the same, he was impressed with the Tuono.

I had an early V700 until the infamous crash & burn. DON'T use that fuel crossover. Although Charlie Mullendorf sez they will stop fine, *I* couldn't get that front brake to work. Dorcia loved that bike. Soft ride. Handled..er.. ok. Gave you the feeling it would soldier on to the end of the earth, and probably would. Think 55 Buick..

I and the Mighty Scura were soundly spanked on the Snake by a guy on a Tuono. I wasn't used to seeing someone come up behind me, so pulled over and waved him on. He stopped at the Rock Store, so I did too, and shot the sh!t for an hour or so. He was a moto journalist on a test ride, and said that bike was crazy fast. The Mighty Scura is no slouch at low speed acceleration, but that sucker would just plain disappear. Wouldn't want one, though. If some electronic gizmo went haywire, I couldn't fix it, and no doubt that pimply faced kid at the dealer that cross threads your spark plugs couldn't either.

The only cleaning I've read about is to drill a hole in the bottom and squirt some DeOxit in it. I've done that, but it didn't last long. They're cheap...

Hey! Pat Cowden comes.. and he's from Tennessee.. wimp. edit: Fred Sahms comes occasionally, and he's from Knox Vegas.

Details on WG here: http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?topic=92214.0 for those of you that don't post on WG. Docc.. I'm talking about you. It's not like it's all that far, and a good time. I'll have the Mighty Scura, and the Kid will be on his early Spot. Need more spines. Footgoose? Nobleswood? Who'd I forget that's sort of local? It's a good time..

That is what I found..

Didn't work for me on the Strada. Sounded the same, no matter where I put it. I should have realized it was an external source.. but was too stupid to make that connection.

^^^^ let me digress. I had a barn find Strada at one time that drove me crazy looking for a noise at about 2200 rpm. I even replaced the plastic caged transmission bearings on Pete's advice.. he said while you are there, might as well do it. I tore it down twice. (!) Eventually balanced the whole rotating assembly. Still there. Eventually found out it was a crash bar that had been tweeked in a garage fall down, and was acting like a tuning fork. (!!) Only took a year to find that one. Just the other day, I felt a vibration in the AeroLario foot pegs. Thought, "Uh oh.. probably a u joint. I'm working it harder than it was designed." Ordered a new cross at 20 some bucks. A new driveshaft assembly is over $300. Eeeks! Put it on the lift to start getting ready to remove the driveshaft. Pulled off the chin fairing, and it showed signs of rubbing on the bottom of the oil pan. The light bulb came on.. The chin fairing was transmitting vibration to the fairing mount.. to the frame right in front of the foot pegs.. The point of all this? Stewgnu may just be right.

I'm betting the dead could hear it..