Subject: RE: was Lannis' carbs, now Lawnmowers
Author: Lannis
Date: Mar 28, 2004, 7:42 PM
Post ID: 1716421237
Rob Prins wrote:
Me too, except the mixing part. Mine has even run on #2 fuel oil. Lannis, glad to hear you are on the road! Hope to see that Eldo at the next lunch. Rob |
My lawnmower's a big Toro twin, it's pretty sensitive to gas and plugs.
I used to have an old Dodge farm truck that I burned all my junk gas in,
it would burn anything, but that's gone now.
I was out riding the Eldo tonight, getting the spotlights pointed right.
I had grafted an old Harley police solo seat onto it but that turned
out to be a torture rack; shows what memory of past Glory Days through
rose-colored hindsight glasses will do to you. I remembered it as being
a very comfortable item when I was 25. So the Harley seat is back on
the wall where it has hung since 1980, and the stock sprung police Guzzi
solo is back on the Eldo. Maybe I'll get used to the wobbling-about in
return for a soft comfy ride.
I know one thing's for sure; that a Twist-Assist is looming in my very
near future, otherwise I will be a semi-Popeye with a big right forearm
and a wimpy left one. Those throttle springs are TIGHT.
And handlebar switches. It's still got the stock police items on it,
with switches for red lights and sirens that do nothing, a turn-signal
switch that you have to take your hand off the grip to operate, and a
hard-to-reach high beam. Those gotta go, and be replaced by either a
set like on my Centauro, which are real nice switches and easy to get
to, or something off a Honda Spree or an old Suzuki like Ron K.'s got on
his.
By the way, Patrick, I got those Bosch Platinum plugs and they ain't
nothin but d'truth. I think I'm going to put them in everything I've
got that burns gas. I love the concept of a tiny platinum wire inside
an insulator for a center electrode. They look like they'd be real hard
to foul (for whatever "looks" might be worth). I have an old Elsinore
250 that'll put 'em to the test right quick.
I'll start commuting on the Eldo and see how it does in daily
service.....
Lannis