Subject: Re: police ambo update, now civilian ambo!
Author: mike skaggs
Date: Aug 2, 2000, 5:11 AM
Post ID: 1701691301
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Glad to see you on a Loopframe! Might suggest you take a motorcycle =
riding course before you learn all the wrong ways to ride.....
Mike
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Doni Scheindlin=20
To: Loopfram-@topica.com=20
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 6:23 PM
Subject: police ambo update, now civilian ambo!
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>Glad to see you on a Loopframe! Might suggest =
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<DIV>Mike</DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 01, 2000 =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> police ambo update, =
now civilian=20
ambo!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Well, I got my Guzzi! A 1970 =
Ambassador. Drove=20
up to Oklahoma City to get it. It is very clean. The owner =
had=20
receipts from $4100 worth of work at Harpers last year. He took =
me for a=20
ride on it and everything seemed very smooth. I checked =
everything=20
I know how to check. The starter button is tough, have to mess =
with it=20
to get the thing started. Hauled it home in the back of my =
pickup. 20
Now that I have it home, I find that I can not keep it at an =
idle. It=20
dies as soon as I release the throttle. I talked to the guy I =
bought it=20
from. His reply was that Guzzi's are notorious for not keeping =
an idle=20
and that I just have to learn to keep the throttle open a bit. =
This=20
doesn't seem right to me. Unfortunately, I don't know enough yet =
to=20
correct this problem. Anyway, I'll take any ideas. Though, =
the=20
best one I can think of is to find a mechanic here to come look at =
it. 20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Anyway, assuming this isn't some major problem (it =
better=20
not be), it is a real nice, clean bike and I can't wait to get it on =
the=20
road. The fact is, it's been 13 years since I've ridden a bike =
and even=20
then I only rode for about a year, so I am hesitant to try and =
get it to=20
a mechanic on 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=20
for all you Guzzi experts!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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size=3D2>Doni</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV><PRE>_____________________________=
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