Subject: Re: "70 ambassador questions
Author: tom emerson
Date: Jul 26, 2000, 9:54 AM
Post ID: 1701583190
David, the amals might work good for a while but then the slides begin to wear and
your idle settings will become irregular. Having had many brit bikes (and cars),
I've found the carbs to usually cause the most trouble. With the cars, the fix is
a weber. With the bikes, I'd use a delorto because of the lack of trouble, ease of
tuning, and those wonderful pumpers.
As to the police versus standard model, the police dash looks great especially when
polished out but you give up a tach. The floorboards and forward controls are a
great improvement and the police sidestand is a must. In my opinion, the stock
model sidestand is worthless. After 25 or so different bikes which, with the
exception of a couple of jap bikes, all been italian or british, my favorite is an
eldorado. Its classic, fun, draws a crowd, reliable, and is comfortable on long
trips, user serviceable when necessary, etc. I built my first one from boxes and
traded it for a lemans, then had to sell the lemans for tuition. Oh well, won't let
this one get away!
Tom
72police eldo
David Otis wrote:
| Several things, a standard Ambo will have a dash like this http://www.loopframe.com/images/dash.jpg a police like this http://www.loopframe.com/lapdinst.jpg notice the key is in the dash on the civilian, it is under the seat on the left side on a police model. the Police should have a side stand that attaches to the left crash bar instead of the frame as on a civilian. the seat on a police is a solo seat , the police if as origional, had a siren, lights, a radio carrier, all those cool things. It will also have a bracket welded to the frame on the left rear for the siren mount, this interferes with a tool box, so police models only have a tool box on the right side, where civillian models have them on both sides. carbs as origional should be Delorto's and work great, I have never heard good things about Amals on a Guzzi, but have never experienced them myself, Anyone have info on them to add? On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, you wrote:
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