I bought another one!

[Bixxer Bob]

I was surprised at how many car components Guzzi used in those days.  It explains why Guzzi is the first choice for Morgan replicas.

[rf9rider]

Bike passed MOT today, 2 advisories, rear tyre getting low on tread, and gear change linkage has a fair ammount of play in it.

Needs a good run out, as been sitting for a few weeks, so guess what i`m doing tomorrow if it`s fine? 

[rybes]

sposed to be nice tmora. where ya headin ?

[Solon]

Bike passed MOT today, 2 advisories, rear tyre getting low on tread, and gear change linkage has a fair ammount of play in it.

Needs a good run out, as been sitting for a few weeks, so guess what i`m doing tomorrow if it`s fine? 

I passed MOT on Friday too  , but that was easy, the bike still has many problems, but the guys in my area are not used to check bikes, they don't know what to look at, so, if the brake work fine, one can be sure to pass it with no problems.

[rf9rider]

Just a couple of pics now that it`s just about done.

Couple of little things left to do.

[John Stenhouse]

That looks fabulous! Only thing I would change is to try to get the speedo cable in a bit, just looks odd as is. I know you can't tie them in tight but......

[rf9rider]

That looks fabulous! Only thing I would change is to try to get the speedo cable in a bit, just looks odd as is. I know you can't tie them in tight but......

Thanks John, the speedo cable is one of the little jobs i mentioned, you can`t get one the correct length, i`ve got to send it off to get it shortened by about 100mm, it`s a job for winter time. 

[John Stenhouse]

Ah I see, in that case it's perfect

[Sin_Tiger]

Early Africa Twin should be right.

[rf9rider]

Early Africa Twin should be right.

I`ll look into that, Cheers Sin.

[rybes]

yeah me too cos mines just a tiny bit too short. bikes lookin great too RF. i like that a lot 

[ynotbiker]

wow job well done hats off to you .think you have one last job to do sell it to meeeeeeeeee 

[HeavyHustler]

Wow!  Excellent work matey.  This mod report is priceless.
Cheers,
Mark

[rf9rider]

Thanks for the positive comments...........

It`s been a couple of months since i last went out on the bike, the Motobatt battery was money well spent, turned over and fired up straight away.

However, it ran like a pig, erratic idle, runs fine over 3000 rpm, so used a can of Profi Fuel Max in the tank, after a total of around 160 miles, it does run better, but not perfect, so the carbs will be coming off this week for a clean through.

I did used to run the motor weekly, but have been busy with other things the last couple of months, so only myself to blame for the neglect.

Time for an oil and plug change while i`m at it.

[rf9rider]

I finally managed to spend some time on the Steamer, cleaned the carbs, it now runs like it should.

Despite running 2 cans of Profi Fuel max through it, the bowls were full of crap.

I bought a couple of cans of Seafoam to see if thats any better than the Profi stuff.

The pilot circuits were gummed up, cleaned those out with a strand of wire.

Here`s what i found in one of the bowls;