Subject: Loop valve adjust
Author: A. Pratt
Date: Dec 23, 2004, 6:43 AM
Post ID: 1718101826
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RE: Hacking an Eldo?
By rusty-@comcast.net
Re: Hacking an Eldo?
By jmee-@gmail.com
Re: Hacking an Eldo?
By GUZZI-@aol.com
RE: Kieth Ruff,is un believable
By klru-@comcast.net
Re: Kieth Ruff,is un believable
By GUZZI-@aol.com
Re: looking for parts...
By gcb-@neo.rr.com
Re: Hacking an Eldo?
By gcb-@neo.rr.com
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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 04:22:58 +0000
From: Jeffrey Buick <rusty-@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: Hacking an Eldo?
Forget the Urinal sidecars, I still have my Spirit of America sidecar
that I am looking to sell for $500. These look great mounted to a loop
(although this one needs a bit of cosmetic attention). One last shot on
the Topica list before it goes on Ebay. I just bought me another
project and now I really need the garage space: 1964 Volvo P1800S! Cool
looking little fastback car and it needs the garage for the winter. I
can send pics of the sidecar if anyone is interested.
Later,
Jeff Buick
Detroit, MI
1972 Eldo LAPD
1974 Eldo LAPD
1974 Eldo Civilian
1972 V7-Sport
Lannis wrote:
All - After a recent face-plant on an ice patch on my Centauro, I have realized that, although I don't mind the cold, riding a two-wheeler on roads that have a possibility of icy spots is a sucker's bet, like bucking a 00 roulette wheel, or playing Russian roulette with a Glock 19. But that means that 25% of my riding time is gone, since even here in sunny south-central Virginia, land of magnolia trees and mint juleps, the roads are likely to have ice somewhere on them from late December to early March. (There's no real snow removal equipment here, so the cars and trucks pack down the snow into ice as they drive over it until it's hard as iron, and nothing can get it up off the road and patches of it stay till Spring). So I started thinking about sidecars. THEY'RE still real motorcycles, not like these goofy trike-conversion things. THEY don't hammer you into the highway like a tent-peg every time they go over glare ice. Like a Ural with a driven sidecar wheel and rugged tires; I could go places in typical Virginia snow in that instead of my 4WD Jeep truck. But that means another brand of bike, another set of spares, another bulletin board, more dealers to find, 7 or 8 thousand dollars that I ain't got, etc etc. Then I was riding the Eldo home today and started imagining that I was steering it around corners instead of leaning and thought "I wonder if it would reasonable to use THIS bike as a sidecar tug?" It's got a disk brake and 1000cc cylinders and plenty of torque. Is a '75 Eldo police model a reasonable sidecar puller? Will the stock front end with a damper work, or does it just not work unless you convert to a leading link fork? The stock rear end seems that it has plenty of extra pull - does regular gearing work OK? In other words, can I get by cheap with, say, a Ural sidecar and a standard mounting kit made for an Eldo without making a lot of changes to the bike? Will it bend it or wear it out? Anybody have any experience or advice? Lannis (older, sorer, and wiser) |
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Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:19:08 -0800
From: jeff meegan <jmee-@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Hacking an Eldo?
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:45:38 EST, Mark Etheridge@Moto Guzzi Classics
<Guzzi-@aol.com> wrote:
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- Must be a pisser to drive with a Urinal side car,Mark |
bingo! after the 1st summer, I rebuilt the subframe. 2nd summer, I ended
up
patching and repainting the car. Even the Ural dealers out here call them
Urinals.
--j
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Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:28:33 EST
From: GUZZI-@aol.com
Subject: Re: Hacking an Eldo?
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Love the volvo p 1800s,have driven a few, they just need a little more poop
for my taste,allways thought a v 6 would be a good trans plant,do likke
orig,so
a hot rodded 2000,is anouther way to go.Mark
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10>Love the
volvo p 1800s,have driven a few, they just need a little more poop for my
taste,allways thought a v 6 would be a good trans plant,do likke orig,so a
hot rodded 2000,is anouther way to go.Mark</FONT></HTML>
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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 04:43:05 +0000
From: Keith Ruff <klru-@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: Kieth Ruff,is un believable
Too often great people like you Mark get overlooked. You are known to
be a great, knowledgeable, funny, life of the party type of guy whom
just happens to be one of the most giving people I have ever met. You
have given freely of your time every time I call and have walked me
through working on this Ambo step by step - something you can never
learn from a book. People like you are sometimes never told they are
great or shown that they are appreciated by a giving of a simple card or
gift, or by inviting them over for a holiday "family" meal. I greatly
appreciate all you have done for me and I'm sure there are plenty of
people on the board that would chime in that have appreciated your help
on this board too. I guess I'm just trying to say.......I LOVE YOU MAN!
Now get back to that Budweiser!
P.S. Still working on finding you an affordable airline ticket to NJ,
it would be cheapest if we got you a one way ticket, then you can open
up a Moto Guzzi Classics East Coast business that we are in dire need of
out here in the northeast.
Keith Ruff
70 Cafe Racer Ambo
Manahawkin, NJ
GUZZI-@aol.com wrote:
| been doing buisness with Kieth,on and off for a year or so,he sent me tank and fenders a couple months ago to re do,lots of questions and answers,got a basket yesterday ,a case of Bud with other goodies,called and thanked him,best present I have gotten in years,Then he invited me into his home for the hollidays,offering to pay for air fare,I do guzzis,not for the money,BUT people like HIM,actully have tears in my eyes as i type,THANKS Kieth,you make me feel rich, Mark |
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Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:54:36 EST
From: GUZZI-@aol.com
Subject: Re: Kieth Ruff,is un believable
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Thanks,now im crying,Love Mark,,,,,,You might change your mind after Cam
runs
my rap sheet,Mark
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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 02:54:37 -0500
From: Greg Barratt <gcb-@neo.rr.com>
Subject: Re: looking for parts...
no doubt, was gonna call anyways. ya always got the parts.
Mark Etheridge@Moto Guzzi Classics wrote:
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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 03:00:33 -0500
From: Greg Barratt <gcb-@neo.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Hacking an Eldo?
can't run an alpine a110 in the snow. don't go nowhere. can't run my 65
c10 in the snow neither. i was also thinking about a sidecar rig for
snow...maybe my next project - this new project is going together faster
than a winter project should...
Mark Etheridge@Moto Guzzi Classics wrote:
| Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Get Your Own Support-a-Cure Yellow Bracelet for $1.99 ** Show your support for finding cures for both AIDS & Cancer. Get yours for just $1.99. This bracelet makes a difference. http://click.topica.com/caacVlOb1dfltb7vDFwb/PennMedia ------------------------------------------------------------------- It aint a BIKE wih a side car attached,Its a small car powered by a bike,does nothing well,fun for a day,Buy a Miata,or a bugeye sprite,,,,been there done that,got TWO bugeyes,one kinda stock,other one hot rodded,FAST.BOTH or either way more fun than a side car rig.Mark my opinion Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Free Thanksgiving recipes for you http://click.topica.com/caacZpwb1dfltb7vDFwg/PermissionData ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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