Guzzi update

Hi guys,
My trip to PI was a little more eventful than I planned. All went fine till
I turned from the Western Freeway onto the Ring Road. Clutch lever went to
the bars with no feel and no release of clutch. Rode the rest of the way to
Cranbourne without a clutch. Took it apart and found the rear bearing on the
gearbox input shaft was totalled and the end of the shaft rooted.

I phoned Mario and emailed him a picture of the end of the shaft. Mario sent
me a new shaft, a whole set of bearings, shims, and a bunch of O-rings with
a note saying 'bring back what you don't use, and we'll worry about the bill
then'. Good bloke, that Mario.
The parts arrived at lunchtime the next day and by next morning the bike was
sweet again.

However.... On the way back, about halfway between Eucla and Mundrabilla,
exactly halfway between Adelaide and Perth, one of the coils died. Limped
into Mundrabilla on one cylinder, nothing available there and it was a pulic
holiday. Got permission to rummage around the graveyard out back. Found a 4
cyl Landrover which had a coil, an L100 van with some jubilee clips, and a
few bits of wire. Used the jubilee clips to attach coil to front crash-bar,
twisted a couple of wires together and rode home with no further trouble.

Would you believe that on the same day Helen's RAV4 started running very
rough. I thought 'head gasket'. It was due for a service so put it in and,
YES, it was a bloody dead coil. In 40 years of playing with motor vehicles I
have previously only experienced two non-working coils. Geesuz!

I casually mentioned to Helen that I was thinking about maybe getting
another bike. Her response 'what colour are you going to get'. I love that
woman. Went and had a chat to Mario and the Norge GT (apparently it's
Norwegian for Norway) should be here at the end of next week.

<very big smile>

Theo

 

My Cali odometer currently reads (2)001820.

Theo

 

2 million clicks, gee whizz

 

Ah shit, delete any zero will be near enough.

Theo

 

Pronounced Nor-gay (not that there's anything wrong with that...)

 

:
:
: I casually mentioned to Helen that I was thinking about maybe getting
: another bike. Her response 'what colour are you going to get'. I love that
: woman. Went and had a chat to Mario and the Norge GT (apparently it's
: Norwegian for Norway) should be here at the end of next week.
:
: <very big smile>
:
: Theo

sometimes I just hate you

not only do you have the perfect life partner
but you also have an exquisite taste in two wheel transport



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Glad to see you made it home Theo!
Congratulations on the successful jury-rig. It reminds me of my first PI
trip when my mate's Ducati 750GT points condenser went short-circuit and
dropped him to one cylinder 50km short of Armidale.
I made it to the Armidale Repco with a few minutes to closing and said "I
need a points-condenser with at least a 4" lead on it..."
I went through the "what kind of car is it" and "we don't sell motorcycle
parts" before I convinced the feller to just let me behind the counter to
where they were.
Half-hour later and with a Toyota-Corana condenser bolted on outside the
points-housing we were back on our way and had no further trouble for the
3000km of the trip!

 

Damn! I'm jealous I am... if I had enough spare $ I would have bought one
of those

Congrats on the new bike btw!


G-S

 

...and one of those... and one of those....

 

Works for me!

Boxer

 

"Al god fisk kommer fra Norge..."

I had a Norge fridge once...

 

Must've been a good salesman to sell fridges in Norway!

 

Well, it'll probably have Theo feeling like a young man again...

 

: J5 wrote:
: > "Theo Bekkers" wrote
: >> My Cali odometer currently reads (2)001820.
: >
: > 2 million clicks, gee whizz
:
: Ah shit, delete any zero will be near enough.
:
: Theo

speaking of zeros - I think I'm going to go out and order a Norge in the
morning



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A NZ guy i use to ride dirt bikes was like that, had a screwdriver,
pliers and piano-wire and use to fix all sorts of daily-ride stuff ups
that happen...as they do.

Now your the type of guy you need to go crusing with, none of that
towing home rubbish,
still should have been able to supply and fit a roller/taper/caged
bearing on your own or is it some odd-bod size?

Oh no "A" in Guzzi

Getting a newie?,i hear Guzzi have punched it out to 1200cc

"More proof that there is no God."
{CLEM // KNOBDOODLE}

OUT!

 

JODIE!! - Look out mate

Les

Beer?

 

You don't know what affect this is having on Pat, all these new bikes about.
I've no doubt he'll feel obliged to go and buy a 650 Strom within the next
month. He's already saying the 900 Hornet is the worst bike he's ever
ridden and that's the first sign of new bike fever for him.

Al

 

Geezes GS what more do you want....you just brought new bandit.....
Jodz

 

I know johno he starting to worry me again
He has actually been looking into doing one of those Ferris Wheels
Himalayan heights Enfeild tours in india next year.....any takers to go
with him.? Money in it for you if ya leave him over there .....He reackons
he can't get decent indian food in Bendigo....pfft but it"s cool I'm happy
for him to go as long as what the trip costs, I get the same in cash
.....heheheh
Still might get my next car out of it too.....
Jodz

 

buy me a ticket and will try my best to lose him in India