pete roper

I remain somewhat baffled by Ratch's 'Bouble Blind' argument. The reason I have taken to packing the temperature sensor is quite simply that my tool for reading the live data, (The Axone.) tells me that the information that the ECU is recieving from the sensor is manifestly wrong. Manifestly and consistently wrong, in many cases. Surely if you take the 'Double Blind' argument you could add a 'Triple Blind' in getting the tool to compensate for the compensation caused by the inaccuracy of the signal sent by the sender??? Look, I'm not saying I'm right. Simply that it makes sense to me to believe that the tool is supposed to tell me what is actually happening. Pete

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source...&iwloc=near Pete No, that doesn't help, it just goes to the default starting point. The view you got was 'Round the Back' which is where my lucky customers come in The front is diagonally opposite the starting pic. If you want to see Chateau Roper the address is 65 Osborne St, Bungendore. Jude tells me the pics are well out of date as they show the Nissan Patrol we used to own and that was sold over a year ago. Pete

Scary, just as well it was taken at the weekend, all the racks of midget porn and inflatable sex toys are taken in on the weekend. Actually my bit is only a tiny part of that building on the left as you cross Ellendon St and opposite the Emergency Services Centre. It's Graham Ogilvies gig. I'm just a sqautter. Pete

Steve? I think I already replied to this on WG. Before ripping in to anything try swapping a few relays around or better yet get a spare and replace each one in turn. My guess is that the fuel pump relay has shat itself. You can try to get the bike running by swapping it with the one that controls the lights and dashbord. If it fires up then you've found the culprit. Bear in mind though that the one that controls the dashe etc. also governs the charging circuit so while it may run it won't charge. Pete

Sorry, but I really can't understand why people insist of screwing about with the Griso? Apart from its pipe I think it is without a doubt the most stylish machine to come out of Mandello since the early 1970's. To me the Zero is a horrible abbomination. I think it completely screws up everything good about the stock machine. the BEST aftermarket exhaust system I've seen is the BOS 2 into 1 into 2 underseat system but this seems to be unavailable for purchase so how good it looks is a moot point. It also requires a host of other pieces to be modified or replaced. Shame, I'd love one, but I tried to contact the man who makes 'em and tried to have other people contact him and (Shrug?) Nothing. The Guzzitech pipe I have is very nice though, it's just not *as* nice as the non-available BOS system. That excrescence on the Zero looks like the ovipositor of some sort of repulsive insect. Pete

Despite me not seeing eye to eye with Bernd on a lot of things I would get in touch if I thought there ws a real threat. As it stands I have friends in Healsville and although they have been under heavy ember attack the town is still, as of now, secure. I thought it best not to tie up probably crammed communication lines at this time but I'll give the bloke a ring when things settle down a bit. FWIW the Vic. Government is expecting the death toll to exceed 300...... Pete

I've got Margrave bidding on a W5AM pooter on fleabay at the moment. It's off an 1100 Griso but if I win it do you want me to see if I can load up the #2 8V map into it for you? I'll test it on my shitheap first of course but if it does and you can't get your bloke over there to load it up to your 'pooter you can send me yours and I'll do the upload and send it back and you can return the one from the 11. Pete

http://www.servicemotoguzzi.com/public/com...en/002-2009.pdf

I want the prick's email address so I can send him hundreds of links to midget porn sites and then dob him in to the authorities as a peadophile. Pete

OK, I'll put my hand up if I'm allowed to nuke this kunt. Pete

The megs look very similar in design and construction to the Lavizarri 1 into 2 I had on my Griso 11 These were very, very loud but mine had the advantage of coming with removable baffles just visible here These not only improved the fueling on the G but also renered the pipes a lot less offensive to the great unwashed. If you can get ones with baffles I suggest this option, they are removable in about 30 seconds. You'd probably need two separate maps stored in a PCIII or similar to enable a rapid change without affecting performance too much. Can you store more than one map in a PCIII? Pete

Well I'm good in Malagassi and have several yurt dweller dialects from Mongolia. Mostly I speakum pijin longtime happygood. pete (Oh, and before any retard accuses me of racism 'Pidjin' is an official language in PNG and variants are spoken by some 80% of the population and that sentence would be understood by a lot of 'em so bite my arse.)

Wot? as in Dutch? That's a bit of a big ask innit? I'd offer but I'm a moderator on Guzzitech and all the whiney little girls with sand in their privates think I'm a c@nt there so I'd go for a monumental 'Fail' here. Also I'm pretty stupid and sometimes violent so I might not be the best choice anyway Pete

(groan!) How much to ship it to LA? Is the gearbox OK or is it noisy. I know an LSR nutter who has just bought one that is too good to savage and this looks good too but I might be up for buying in to an LSR bike.... Pete

Me neither. They bought a job lot of sensors designed to be stuck in a water jacket or radiator because it was cheaper than doing it properly. Pete

Regardless of whether the temperature sensor is supposed to have an air gap or not the tool tells you that the ECU is getting an inaccurate reding. One can only assume that it is supposed to get a reasonably accurate reading otherwise what would be the point of it at all? While the difference in performance achieved by packing the sensor may be so small as to be pretty much un-noticeable it will tend to have a profound effect on fuel consumption, especially in cold weather. YOMV. Pete

got one already. You want pics? I can do pics now. Consider carefully before you reply..........

Yes, but I have the wind cheating 'Fez of Death' to help me go fast Of course the speedo will be inaccurate. When you're doing even remotely near those speeds it's all I can do to stop myself spraying the traffic I'm overtaking with excrement. The fact I may not be doing an 'Honest' 225kph worries me about as much as the fact that I am bald, fat and crapulous, ie, not a lot Pete

Roo hide? Not sure about that. As for the meat, I for one am not fond of it but it is an excellent meat, low fat, very lean. Roo's aren't farmed, it's all wildcatch and it is important to get the good stuff as in some areas it can be wormy. As for shooting 'em? Well, of course there are all sorts of caveats covering this but essentially if you're on your own property you can blaze away pretty much with impunity. There are a host of blokes in Bungendore who go shooting every couple fo weeks, i'm always cheering 'em on as there are a load of Yuppie-esque 40 acre farmers in the area between Canberra and here who actually ENCOURAGR the wretched things by feeding them. Huge, hopping rats that are just begging for a bullet I say! Hitting one at speed, even in a car or van, can easily be life threatening. Contrary to popular opinion in a lot of the world most types of 'roo and Wallaby are NOT endangered. There are a lot more Eastern Greys, (The commonest type of rat around here.) now than there ever were before white settlement because europeans built dams and started agriculture rather than living a sustainable hunter-gatherer existence. Hit a big Grey boomer at speed and you quite often don't survive it unless you're in something like an eighteen wheeler! Contrary to popular opinion hunting firearms are generally legal and common in Oz. Yes, there are strict storage requirements and Semi-Autos and Auto's as well as hand guns are verboten but shotties and any kind of single action rifle pretty much is quite legal as long as it is licensed and stored properly. And Ratch. Bill Ross's bike is, I think, still competing in the 750 class which makes it all the more remarkable. I stand in awe of people like Bill and Phil Arnold. They show me up as the rank amateur I am when it comes to engine building. Pete

Chances are there is nothing wrong at all. The Guzzi motor has very short oil galleries and primes up in a very short period of time. While it is hard to see this with a V11 the older motors it is easy as pressing the starter doesn't take the idiot lights out. Within a couple of cranks the light will go out which means that oil, albeit probably not a lot and only at low pressure, has reached teh switch which is at the last point above the important bearings in the engine. With anything to do with oil pressure though caution is the best approach as loss of oil delivery is always expensive! Just to be safe I'd try replacing the switch and checking that the oil filter is still tight as they are cheap and easy. Also spinning the motor over with a rocker cover off will soon allow you to see if there is any problem with oil delivery. Within a few seconds at most you should see oil seeping out around the rockers. If you just start the bike with the rocker cover off the oil's appearance should be pretty much instantaneous. Pete

For all or any who would like? email me at motomoda > optusnet.com .au with the > replaced with an ampersand @. Cost is $165AU this time around per plate, Shipping for a single one to the USA is from memory about $27 airmail, for five to Europe I'll have to check but I'd guess about $100. Pete

Just got another run done. Anyone interested the cost is $165 AU plus postage of about $25-30 depending on where you are. my email is motomoda > optusnet.com .au but with the arrows deleted and an ampersand in the middle to try and avoid spam. Yes, I accept payment by paypal to the same address. work out the exchange rate for yourselves with a website or simply ask paypal to do it for you. I stand by this product. I think it is the cheapest insurance you'll ever get against torching your crank but there is no pressure or even suggestion that you buy one. pete

I've been naturalized for nearly twenty years, if it wasn't so much of an embuggerance and the fact that the UK govt. owes me a part pension I would probably of renounced my British citizenship. Don't get me wrong, there are still lots of good things about the UK but the class-ridden and at the same time politically correctoid, softcock nature of the society as a whole and the Orwellian surveilance give me the willies nowadays.... Pete (Who has pr5obably flossed twice in his life, because oral hygiene is about not stunning people you kiss, not about doing what a f#cking dentist tells you. I've still got all me teeth, even if they are a bit manky, there's better things to do withn my life than trying to eat waxed string.

Nice to see you boys are still getting along so well. How about f#cking off the semantics and the the whole stupid point scoring BS. We know you dislike each other intensely. Do we need to do the whole catfight thing on every subject. For what its worth I've met Dave and he's a good bloke. I don't think I've met Ratch but no doubt he's a good bloke too, but for heavens sakes if you want to brutalise each other piss off and do it in a car park somewhere 'cos the bickering is as tedious as pulling pubes out of yer teeth. Pete

Fat chance. Phil is not only a lot cleverer than me but is a nutter to boot. I think his RS salt bike is geared for something like 197MPH. I poop meself at 200KPH!!! Pete