Subject: Re: Timing belt for Loops
Author: Greg Field
Date: Sep 8, 2003, 10:27 PM
Post ID: 1714449169
Lannis:
Welcome to Loopland. That make you a Looplander?
Anyway, like me, you are on the large size. Get a 1974 discer. You
won't get timing gears, but the forks and brakes are miles better than
those of the earlier bikes. Or you could update an earlier one with the
later forks, like I did. Add LeMans-length shocks, and they have
surprising ground clearance in the twisties.
You won't regret it.
GF
On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 09:13 PM, Lannis Selz wrote:
Paul Linn wrote:
Paul - Hmmm, it'll be interesting to see how loopframers will react to adding a high wear item to their stone-ax simple bike that has to be changed every 20,000 miles or risk breaking and tearing up something. One of the main reasons that I'm looking for an alternative to my Centauro for putting lots of miles on (and thus why I'm monitoring this fine list) is because the Centauro has lots of expensive, high-maintenance or high-bucks-if-it-ever-breaks thingies on it, like an exposed drive shaft, these cam belts that have to be changed every 30,000 KM (18,000 miles and I'm WAY overdue), $800 ECUs, TPS's, etc etc. I'm dreaming of the day I can get a Guzzi with gears, pushrods, carburetors, 4.00 x 18 tires (the 'Tauro needs ANOTHER $150 160/60ZR17 tire tomorrow after 4800 miles), and good ol' points-and-coil to make fire (sort of like flint-and-tinder). I'll keep the Centauro for sportin' around on, 'cause it's fun and pretty, but it'll soon be back-to-nature for long highway work for this unreconstructed Luddite. Lannis |