Subject: Re: Loop Performance
Author: Skip & Jane
Date: May 24, 2005, 7:08 PM
Post ID: 1718919301
I used a 86 Cali 2 1000 motor in my eldo with 34mm Dellorto's from a Ducati
with custom intakes. I could not use the stock cali2 carbs and intakes
because they interfere with the side covers. The Ducati carbs are clamp
mounts, like the older square slides. I made the intakes out of some old
Eldo-Amal intakes. I had to open the inside up some with a die grinder.
other than the Agostini gears and the BUB oil pan, the motor is stock
The bikes runs awesome, but is a little over carbed, but it does not really
effect the performance. She buzzes nice and smooth at 70 in 4th, and there
is still 5th to go.
Skip & Jane Kologiski
Bird at The Wheel Vintage Motorcycle Stuff
http://home.earthlink.net/~kkologiski/bird.html
Central Florida Reps for the MGNOC (Moto Guzzi National Owners Club).
Fla Guzzi Sitehttp://www.thisoldtractor.com/fl_mgnoc/
Coma Vintage Motorcycle Grouphttp://www.thisoldtractor.com/coma/index.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "joe jump" <jum-@hotmail.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 9:56 AM
Subject: Loop Performance
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Sorry for trying to start a thread & falling off the horizon - got real
busy & didn't have the time to post.
Skip mentioned building a loop using a totaled California - that is ME!
Now all I have to do is find one! If anyone here stumbles across one
please keep me in mind.
Rode Junkyard to work yesterday. Decided to try a different way of
riding. I would keep it in a lower gear until the speed I was traveling
required over 5000 rpm, then I'd upshift. When rpms got down to 3500,
I'd downshift. The thing really was responsive - felt like I was riding
a modern multi.
But that's not what I want to do. I like to have the motor running
around 3500-4500 (essentially loafing), but have plenty of torque to eat
a throttle roll on in top gear without requiring a tap dance on the gear
selector.
I'm getting the impression that 5th gear is really just an overdrive,
and I have no business being there unless the spedometer indicates 70
mph. Looking at the ratio data in Guzziology, both 4th & 5th are
overdrives, which I believe eat up some power. Seems it would have been
better if Guzzi would have made top gear 1-to-1, and (numerically)
lowered the rear drive to like 33/11 (3--to-1), like BMW did. All the
new aftermarket 6 speeds for Harleys use 1-to-1 top ratios & speed up
the primary to reduce frictional losses.
Well, thats a waste of time talking about - no options there. But I'm
starting to think about installing a 4-speed and an Ambo rear drive -
that should keep the revs up! What I really want is a stroker crank!!!
Wonder if one from an 1100 would fit in my cases? There I go again, back
to the totalled California!
Joe in St Louis
850T-Powered Ambo
"Junkyard"
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