Subject: RE: Mi Guzzi F/U
Author: Keith Ruff
Date: Oct 30, 2000, 5:55 PM
Post ID: 1703655003
In reply to: The bike rides much better, and has a lot more power than
originally. Kinda pulls you back with the second gar roll on. Feel
like it'd like to wheely. I suspect I have high performance top
end--the compression tester read 180#!
If yoy read one of Greg Fields books, i.e., "Moto Guzzi Big Twins", he
mentions this. The Ambos and Eldos have a ton of torque, and in all of
the cycle tests, they would wheelie in 1st and 2nd and chirp the tire in
3rd. My mechanic got a tast of that after he got my 71 LAPD Ambo all
tuned up, also has high compression like yours. He took off out of the
parking lot, and he cracked the throttle when he popped it in 2nd, and
up she went, scared the s--t out of him!! Said he was not expecting
that!
Keith Ruff
Eric Lamberts wrote:
| Actually probably should be Guzzi mio. I has the erratic tach. Check and cleaned the points. Spot on at .016. Tach wires were reversed, however. Tach is much better, but still seems underdamed when changing engine speed. Holds steady when at constant speed but wanders when speed is changing. Is this normal? Installed my homebuilt turnsignal switch. Looks and works fine. The bike rides much better, and has a lot more power than originally. Kinda pulls you back with the second gar roll on. Feel like it'd like to wheely. I suspect I have high performance top end--the compression tester read 180#! Triva quiz: What part of the Eldorado uses US threads? Whitworth? I think I'm going to like this bike!! Eric Lamberts ew-@unr.edu Reno, Nevada USA '99 Suzuki SV650, '72 Norton Interstate, '77 Triumph Bonneville Silver Jubilee, '73 Moto Guzzi Eldorado, '76 Suzuki RE5, '84 Yamaha RZ350, '84 Yamaha SR500, '66 Suzuki X6. Buncha other stuff. R6 soon? US thread--Turn signal stalks. Also the screws that hold the snuffbox switches on. Whitworth--the spark plug of course... |
Keith Ruff
71 LAPD Amabassador - NJ