Subject: RE: Shift return spring JINX- Preventive Maintainace
Author: Keith Ruff
Date: Jun 19, 2001, 7:42 AM
Post ID: 1707174307
Too true Ian, exactly what I was thinking as I was detailing my bike
(during that brief week I had it!). I think Carlo and Guisseppe must
have had too much wine during their lunch break as they installed my
brake light assy crooked - was angled toward the right - I removed it,
redrille the wholes, and re-installed it, straight now. They also
installed my front fender backwards!! The indentations on the sides of
the fender where they are supposed to be centered around each fork is
way off. They are back about an inch+ towards the timing cover. I
loosened up the fender with plans to redrill the holes on the brackets
that attach to the inside of each fork, then realized the brackets were
actually angled in the wrong direction! They were angled forward rather
than backward which was pushing the fender backward that inch+. Can't
fix this as the fender has all of the holes drilled in it for the chrome
brace and reflectors, so no way of reversing the fender without filling
holes, redrilling, and repainting the fender. I'll just chalk it up to
"character" of these handbuilt vintage machines!
Keith Ruff
71 Police Amabassador - NJ
Ian Adkins wrote:
| Kev, I suppose that it is the nature of machinery to fail. Things wear out and with the Italian way of doing things 30 years ago......you never knew what you would get. If the guy drank too much vino on the weekend and had a big fight with his mistress then you would get a lousy bike (or part) on Monday. He kisses and makes up with her on Tues and you get a wonderful machine with lots of grease in the steering head bearings on Wed. Quality control was an uncertainty in those days...I think. Funny but I know of people that have over 100,000 miles on their bikes that have had little trouble and others with 30,000 that are having all kinds of problems. Definately a crap shoot.....part of the character I suppose. Until then I will ride the bike. And when it fails I will go to the backup bike. All the more reason to have two Loops in the garage :-) Regards...Ian -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Graf <kgr-@midwestpension.com> To: Loopfram-@topica.com <Loopfram-@topica.com> Date: June 19, 2001 9:53 AM Subject: RE: Shift return spring JINX- Preventive Maintainace
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