Lucky Phil

Looks like brilliant stuff but I bet it costs a gazillion dollars and you need to buy a whole roll. That's the usual scenario. Ciao

To answer the original question, I think I covered this in my improving the shift thread didn't I? In any case it should be done on the bench to give an even travel to the mechanism in both directions and eliminate/reduce overtravel in the system. It's not an adjustment for pedal travel or a fiddle to improve poor shifting performance. Ciao

Yes, why I'm not a fan of oil pressure gauges on a Guzzi or any other bike for that matter. The complexity/ risk of failure outweighs the application and just gets you thinking about things you probably don't need to. Ciao

Without a doubt. Ciao

Someone posted images here a little while ago of the 2 clutch types viewed through the timing hole in the crankcases so you can see the differences. I have engines with both so could probably provide images if the others can't be located. Ciao

Ok well maybe 24 hr Araldite then. There is probably better but if availability is an issue. As an aside I used to maintain Air Vanuatu aircraft a few years back. Ciao

You can from memory buy a decent Chinese repro version for like $60US or something so why bother? Chuck might chime in as I know he's bought one along with others. Check this ebay item 373086095240 Or https://www.mgcycle.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=37_159&products_id=4893 Ciao

I think you've left out cooling. Head temp is a direct result of combustion temperature and cooling efficiency (for many various reasons, like airflow and OAT in an air cooled engine and those and other variables in a liquid cooled engine plus oil flow and oil cooling in some cases). It's a complex equation with a lot of variables. Ciao

Sigh. Ciao

It's as simple as a batch issue docc, same as the crinkle finish cases. Some fall off and some don't. Ciao

I take a reading straight off the header pipes while it's idling. Don't really know why, or what real good it does just convenience. If I'm looking for engine temp to do the CO adjustment I take it off the area near the engine temp sensor. Ciao

It's generally called a "rod end bearing" or spherical rod end bearing. Ciao

For obvious reasons. Ciao

After the short frame bikes they got fat, porky, and ponderous. Real men with big balls ride the "short frame". Old codgers tend to go for the fat lardy long frame version. Ciao

Well some claim you can pull the pump fuse and start the engine on the residual pressure to bleed it off. Personally I just loosen off the regulator hose with a rag around the joint. Even with 3 bar pressure you get SFA out of it. There's only maybe 100ml in the hose between the pump and the reg and as we know from school science with an uncompressible liquid you only need a miniscule reduction in the volume to dump the pressure. Ciao

Well of course the other suggestions are valid but it depends on when you checked the head temps. The only real way is on the move riding. As soon as you stop other variable come into play. My bike also runs a little different temp one side to another but its also in the nature of the engine architecture. That's why the right cylinder fuel map is different to the left which is the base map and the right has corrections based on the left. The right cylinder's header pipe and intake are different lengths compared to the left due to the cylinder offset due to side by side rods. You can of course adjust the right cylinder offset via Tunerpro. Here's the offset map for a std V11 Sport map MY2000 showing the different injector pulse times compared to the Left cylinder. Left cylinder base map. Ciao

That's not their main advantage, their main advantage was their ability to take a lot of damage and still keep flying and pilot protection. The big air cooled turbocharged radial was much better at taking hits than the vulnerable liquid cooled Mustang Spitfire etc. Here's an interesting account by Robert S Johnson of an encounter with an FW190 https://realhistory.co/2018/05/23/robert-s-johnson-p47-thunderbolt/ Ciao

For beauty I'd fly the Griffon Spitfire but if I actually wanted the best chance of surviving WW2 as a fighter pilot it would have been the P47 Thunderbolt hands down. Ciao

The whole Southern part of the state is getting this way now. Try taking a drive in the Yarra Vally these days. I'm a local and up until a few years ago you could go for a quiet Sunday ride into Yarra Valley and stop at a winery for a nice lunch and glass of wine no worries. Now you need to book a week in advance no matter where you go at any time of the year and the traffic is like peak hour in the city. Nothing like sitting in a 1 klm long traffic jam on a country road in the middle of grazing land on a Sunday morning at a small intersection that until 5 years ago saw about 20 cars a day. Ciao

One of the most overrated rides/drives in the country in my view. Ciao

It's a lot of miles and 20 years ago I wouldn't have given it a second thought when Guzzi spares were plentiful and cheap but these days I don't know. If you can buy it and it runs ok and you don't want to put any real miles on it then sure. But if you want to get it back to being really nice and ready for another 100K miles then it's a costly and somewhat painful endeavour. Cant remember if the T3 had the chrome bores or not. The original T certainly did as I bought a new set in England in the mid 80's for my BIL's bike. My other Brother in Law (his brother) actually owned a T3 as it happens. If it has Chrome bores then they need to be replaced asap. Ciao

Ok well everybody seems to have a AH3000 story so here goes mine. I was filling my car up at the servo about 6 weeks ago and there was one filling up there also. As I walked out from paying it's owner was going in to pay. "Nice Healy" I said, a 3000 is that right. Yep and thanks he said and kept on walking. A metallic powder blue it was. That's all I've got. Ciao

Looks like I'm the only one who hasn't owned one of these:) Ciao

14.73 would be to high for an PC545 I think. Whats the charge rate with the revs up? Ciao

No docc it's not. That's just another possible catastrophe:) Nostalgia...a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past. I sometimes like the period but try and separate that from the "engineering" The engineering is "of it's time" and locked there forever. Hard to get too sentimental over the mechanical abominatios from the past I've had to engineer my way around at times. I see old bikes getting around these days and they get my attention and I like the fact that people still restore and fettle them, just glad it's not me is all. Ciao