Subject: police ambo update, now civilian ambo!
Author: Doni Scheindlin
Date: Aug 1, 2000, 6:23 PM
Post ID: 1701684715
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Well, I got my Guzzi! A 1970 Ambassador. Drove up to Oklahoma City to =
get it. It is very clean. The owner had receipts from $4100 worth of =
work at Harpers last year. He took me for a ride on it and everything =
seemed very smooth. I checked everything I know how to check. The =
starter button is tough, have to mess with it to get the thing started. =
Hauled it home in the back of my pickup. Now that I have it home, I =
find that I can not keep it at an idle. It dies as soon as I release =
the throttle. I talked to the guy I bought it from. His reply was that =
Guzzi's are notorious for not keeping an idle and that I just have to =
learn to keep the throttle open a bit. This doesn't seem right to me. =
Unfortunately, I don't know enough yet to correct this problem. Anyway, =
I'll take any ideas. Though, the best one I can think of is to find a =
mechanic here to come look at it. =20
Anyway, assuming this isn't some major problem (it better not be), it is =
a real nice, clean bike and I can't wait to get it on the road. The =
fact is, it's been 13 years since I've ridden a bike and even then I =
only rode for about a year, so I am hesitant to try and get it to a =
mechanic on my own at this point.
Thanks to all for the sympatico responses to my police ambo post, and to =
all those that notified me of bikes they knew of for sale. Once I get =
this idle thing worked out, I'm sure I'll find a ton of questions for =
all you Guzzi experts!
Doni
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Well, I got my Guzzi! A 1970 Ambassador. =
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to Oklahoma City to get it. It is very clean. The owner had =
receipts=20
from $4100 worth of work at Harpers last year. He took me for a =
ride on it=20
and everything seemed very smooth. I checked everything I =
know how to=20
check. The starter button is tough, have to mess with it to get =
the thing=20
started. Hauled it home in the back of my pickup. Now that I =
have it=20
home, I find that I can not keep it at an idle. It dies as soon as =
I=20
release the throttle. I talked to the guy I bought it from. =
His=20
reply was that Guzzi's are notorious for not keeping an idle and that I =
just=20
have to learn to keep the throttle open a bit. This doesn't seem =
right to=20
me. Unfortunately, I don't know enough yet to correct this =
problem. 20
Anyway, I'll take any ideas. Though, the best one I can think of =
is to=20
find a mechanic here to come look at it. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Anyway, assuming this isn't some major problem (it =
better not=20
be), it is a real nice, clean bike and I can't wait to get it on the =
road. 20
The fact is, it's been 13 years since I've ridden a bike and even =
then I=20
only rode for about a year, so I am hesitant to try and get it to a =
mechanic on=20
my own at this point.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks to all for the sympatico responses to my =
police ambo=20
post, and to all those that notified me of bikes they knew of for =
sale. 20
Once I get this idle thing worked out, I'm sure I'll find a ton of =
questions for=20
all you Guzzi experts!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Doni</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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