Subject: RE: true confessions
Author: Keith Ruff
Date: Oct 21, 2002, 5:19 PM
Post ID: 1711245539
Andy,
By all means, go ahead and run her till your hearts content!! Feel free
to cruise on up to that Guzzi dealer some 50 odd miles away and show off
your work, that would be a good break in! Thanx a ton for all you have
done with Patience. You can't imagine the piece of mind I have knowing
that the job was done right, done quick (!), and I now know the true
condition of the internals of the engine/trans (like new!). Patience
now has now had every nut, bolt, bearing, gasket, etc.. checked,
replaced, or upgraded. All mechanics have been checked, fixed, lubed,
etc.. So after 2 years 3 months, the frame on restoration is complete.
Can't wait to ride and not worry what will break next. Amen! Where
were you 2 years ago Andy? Wish we would have met back then, would have
saved so much mental anguish (and 2 years restoration!) and we could
have been riding to rally's together! O' well, there's many more to
look forward to!
Keith Ruff
71 Police Ambassador - NJ
andy hill wrote:
| just got back from a bone chilling ride [40*f] brrrr! not use to this already. neat thing tho- riding someone else's guzzi! WOOHOOO!!!!! yesterday [sun.] after changing the trans. filter in the truck and mowing the grass, blah, blah, blah, i went up to say 'hi' to Patience, and maybe fart around abit. next thing i knew, the front-end was all done [you were right on, Keith- those bearings were all but seized up] the engine was back in, and almost all bolted together. finished her up today, after working on the daughter's car. runs great! looks great! if it's ok with Keith, maybe several short rides around here, and then re-torque the heads, and THEN send the bad girl home to daddy! question, ambo dudes! Keith has the 'ox-horn' police bars.does he need the police clutch cable? the one he has on there is so short, ya have to run it between the cylinders, past the breatherbox, and down to the trans. takes some nasty bends along the way, too. i know that some of the eldo 'police' cables are waaaay to long [why is that? those high bars with the crossbar were'nt used until the T series, were they?] well, gotta go to west virginia, so later on, ya'll andy |