2007 September 28: :
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Changed my mind about using the low handlebars. After riding around on my ‘69 all of last weekend, I think the stock ones are my best choice. Cleaned up a pair I got from Mike Skaggs and installed them, then switched all of the controls over. I decided to use a starter button also, since it will clear the tank now.
Photo courtesy of Charlie Mullendore of Antietam Classic Cycle.
Started on the breather box - needed to open it up to remove the stock flapper
since I will be using the ball type valve from a later Guzzi. Decided the easiest way to open it up and then close it back up was to grind off the weld at the perimeter seam. Worked perfectly - just enough lip left to clamp to when welding back together. Half of the flapper disc was already gone, so I sliced the support on either side and removed it. Cleaned everything up and it's ready for closure.
Photo courtesy of Charlie Mullendore of Antietam Classic Cycle.
Won this nice red plastic dust cover as a door prize (donated by Speaker's Cycles in Steubenville, OH) at the MD/DC Rally, so now Barney goes undercover every night!
Photo courtesy of Charlie Mullendore of Antietam Classic Cycle.