Subject: RE: Shift return spring JINX
Author: Keith Ruff
Date: Jun 19, 2001, 7:27 AM
Post ID: 1707174095
Sorry Guys!! And Ian, you can't be serious about that generator??
Well, my bike is in process of being dismantled again, quite
discouraging. This time, my mechanic Tom is doing the work, she'll
never go back to Two R's Moto Guzzi again!! Looks like I'll just have
to pay twice for the job, think Tom will let me off easy though. He did
an awesome job with Cam's (friend/neighbor) 74 Police Eldo. Bike now
starts up without the choke on the 1st crank and idles perfect. He
re-did all of the wiring for his lights too (spots, blinkers, brakes),
spent a good 16+ hours on it and only charged him $250 out of guilt of
charging more. He is an awesome mechanic and now a good friend. He is
going to fix the oil leak, generator, flasher problem, return spring,
and get her running like a top. He said he didn't like how she sounded,
said the engine sounded loose, as if the valves were loose, the
flywheel, or something else in the engine. Also said he thinks the
timing is off a bit which can be causing that starter hesitation
(doesn't stop like it did since the new starter was installed, but will
slow down at times while cranking). He has no clue what Russ at Two R's
did wrong, so he's going to work through everything again. Don't know
if the 750's were more noisy than the 850's, but he was comparing Cam's
bike to mine as far as the noise factor. Hope all works out well. He's
trying to get the bike finished up by Saturday so I can go to a m/c
cruise night along the Jersey Shore, parts availabilty/arrival pending.
I'm being real patient with this Ambo (she is so damn good looking and
sounds great) and chalking all of these problems up to a bad mechanic
the 1st go around. Lessons learned, the hard and expensive way.
Keith Ruff
71 Police Amabassador - NJ
Ian Adkins wrote:
| Kev, Yer scaring me man! I was thinking the same thing as I was riding to the WNYR.....how I haven't had any trouble with the return spring either...even after all the talk on the list. I guess I should prepare myself.......it will happen! I'm starting to sound like this guy I met at the rally....a self proclaimed "moto hypocondriac" :-) By the way...any way to prevent/prolong the inevitable? I'm pretty easy with the shifting. Good luck with the fix.....Ian p.s. my generator is about to break too :-) -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Graf <kgr-@midwestpension.com> To: Loopfram-@topica.com <Loopfram-@topica.com> Date: June 19, 2001 7:22 AM Subject: Shift return spring JINX
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