Daniel Kalal Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 from a memorable trip of May, 1979. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nogbad Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 A girl I used to work with who had a boyfriend also with a Moto Guzzi used to call them "Money Guzzlers". Guy 75684[/snapback] That from a woman is the best case of the pot calling the kettle black that I have ever seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guzzirider Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Some Guzzi wisdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdude Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Some Guzzi wisdom 75712[/snapback] I thought we all agreed that you should whack the f***er with a huge rubber mallet? the above is worthy of a bodge point IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nogbad Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I thought we all agreed that you should whack the f***er with a huge rubber mallet? the above is worthy of a bodge point IMHO 75717[/snapback] Only if he really did it. Hitting your bike in your imagination has to be ok. Otherwise I would run out of bodge points..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guzzirider Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I really do the rubber mallet thing with the sump if I need to. Unfortunately I had no pics of a Guzzi being whacked with a rubber mallet- the pic in the poster is a friend caled Magnus in Montmedy, France when his ignition switch got full of water beacuse it rained so much and it rusted inside. Nothing that a bit of temporary hot wiring could not fix! Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchbob Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I know that the "monopoly house" switch blocks on early eighties Guzzis contain small springs trained to seek the nearest gravel patch. When I had finished with mine all that was left inoperative was the starter button, so I unscrewed the front door bell push, wired it up and taped it on: worked a treat. I got into this fix in the first place by hitting the right-hand switch block with a rubber mallet. Can I have a bodge point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nogbad Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I know that the "monopoly house" switch blocks on early eighties Guzzis contain small springs trained to seek the nearest gravel patch. When I had finished with mine all that was left inoperative was the starter button, so I unscrewed the front door bell push, wired it up and taped it on: worked a treat. I got into this fix in the first place by hitting the right-hand switch block with a rubber mallet. Can I have a bodge point? 75815[/snapback] yes if you can provide pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchbob Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 yes if you can provide pictures 75817[/snapback] You think I'm making it up, don't you? It was before the days of digital cameras; come to that, it was before the days of PCs. Can't find one of the bodge, and I have looked, but here's one of the bike. I'll forego the bodge point...........until someone asks me for a photo of the Armstrong I fitted with handlebars off a Jap 50cc trailbike after the originals were bent. And, no, I don't still look like that. I can't believe I ever did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Not to be uncolorful, but, other than the depreciation ( shocking!), my warranty was stellar and the bike is so servicable, I believe I can keep it running for decades. Makes me so glad not to have bought that BMW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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