Subject: RE: Youngest Eldo?
Author: Custom Guzzi
Date: Feb 22, 2004, 1:26 PM
Post ID: 1716114753
Other than the one I saw on eBay, yours is now the youngest.
Paul
Midlothian, Va
MGNOC#19926
73 Eldo "Elvira" next project
74 Eldo "Daisy"
David Washburn wrote:
I'm glad that mine was not the last off the line at #62662. Originally a police model I civilianized it and scattered the "desirable" police bits to the four winds via trades and ebay. I think I gave the engine case with the all-important matching number to Dave Otis when I found the SP motor that is in it now. It was an incomplete basket when I got it from Mike Skaggs and I continue to improve it as I go. Right now it is serving as ride to work daily transportation because I am "restoring" my '00 Jackal. The Jackal heads are with Mike Rich for renovation. When I get those heads back and the Jackal back on the road the Eldo will have it's motor pulled and the lightweight clutch/flywheel option will be explored along with a stage 1 head job from Mike Rich. The 36mm carbs were a revelation. I am looking forward to flowed heads and some careful tuning with the O2 meter to optimize power and economy. Shifting and clutch are good but I will be trying to improve both by lightening the driveline and switching to a hydraulic clutch. I got the 15mm clutch M/C from Wolfgang Haerter at All Italia but I won't mess with it until I have the other Guzzi to take me to work if things go horribly wrong. Sunny day today so I will be riding somewhere. I wonder if Chris Mitchell is back from work... David in NYC |