1050 stuff. Possibly the start of a long thread

[nickjtc]

I think that's probably the TOR tune. It was common practice to load that even with the stock exhaust to smooth out the light throttle response. Once I had that I never needed to touch the ECU again.

Good to know.

[Sin_Tiger]

Now go for a night ride (slowly and on a straight road that you're familiar with), then switch off the auxiliary lights  and tell us what you experience. Lucas the Prince of Darkness is alive and well 

[Mustang]

there used to be a rally I went to for the old triumph stuff
and one of the events was a "Lucas Dependability ride" at 8:30 PM 

[nickjtc]

there used to be a rally I went to for the old triumph stuff
and one of the events was a "Lucas Dependability ride" at 8:30 PM 

Now now, be kind. There are many older Brit bike aficionados who would say that given the options of the time there was not much to choose from for electrical stuff.

[Sin_Tiger]

Battle of the giants, Lucas V Magnetic Marrelli  then along came a Samurai Nitto Seiko, game over. A valiant Dunkirkesque action by Wipac (even the name has sado masochistic undertones). Guzzi had the somewhat Il Duche idea of using German technology with Italian wiring, disaster, if you want to turn your brain to meat balls spend an afternoon trying to figure out a 90'small Guzzi wiring diagram. I swear no two bikes came out of the factory the same.

Anyway back OT, howdya like them chrome bars 

[motoOzarks]

howdya like them chrome bars 

They call those boy bars where I'm from

[nickjtc]

Guzzi had the somewhat Il Duche idea of using German technology with Italian wiring, disaster, if you want to turn your brain to meat balls spend an afternoon trying to figure out a 90'small Guzzi wiring diagram. 

Anyway back OT, howdya like them chrome bars 

The early big Laverdas even had Lucas switch gear.

You've both got me lost........ they are handlebars; they steer the bike; they seem to be comfortable; they are shiny; no they are not ruffty-tuffty Renthals.  Am I missing something?? 

[JayDub]

Chrome is for girls 
Or in the world of ratbikes... chrome don't get u home, (a dig at harley/custom riders really)
Hey Sin... I had a Guzzi V50 - I hear you  interestingly... the starter motor was a straight swap with an Astra one.

[nickjtc]

Chrome is for girls 

Well I am very comfortable with my feminine side, so perhaps you had all better start calling me Nicki.....

[nickjtc]

Rather than immediately change the seals I have done the "stick a thin piece of flexible plastic up under the seals and slide it around the stanchion" procedure. A significant amount of crud came out so I am hoping that this will alleviate the situation. Time will tell.

So far, time has told. Any 'leakage' has been reduced to a mere smear around the stanchions. I'm optimistic that once the seals get really nice and moist again that the necessity to replace them will have been postponed until the winter lay-off at the earliest.

A fix-it for the cost of an empty water bottle, rather than going to the expense of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wlzfoVroSY

[nickjtc]

Any meaningful relationship with this bike will involve getting to know the ECU and all its foibles. So I've bought a copy of Dealertool, which comes with a USB-OBD interface cable, and downloaded Tune ECU.

Both of them do the same tasks: diagnostics and error code identification and re-setting. Dealertool will enable me to balance the throttle bodies electronically.
 

I should have done my homework on this. Actually Dealertool does not allow you to adjust the throttle body balance electronically...... what was I thinking??? So as long as you can wrap your head around downloading TuneECU after getting the appropriate cable, why spend money when the freeware is there for all to use.

D'oh! 

[Sin_Tiger]

  

[nickjtc]

Now go for a night ride (slowly and on a straight road that you're familiar with), then switch off the auxiliary lights  and tell us what you experience. Lucas the Prince of Darkness is alive and well 

Hmmm. I had my first night ride last night. It was on a main road with a fair amount of traffic, so no dark hedges or ditches.

My take on Rhoda's luminescence is that for the kind of riding I do (especially after dark) the low beam, though a bit diffuse, is perfectly adequate. High beam is more than adequate.

And when I flip the spots on, ice melts at 200 metres.