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Well Friends,I have been on a few very pleasant rides, as of late, and done a little more maintenance as well. None of the rides were exactly "epic", ...
@floyd-h Yep, sounds like a plan. There is quite a lot of carbon on the valves from the old head. Probably less on the ebay head. If it is reasona...
Floyd, thanks for the pics. I'm sure you will get some interesting advice. My opinion: You have a few options, depending upon how long you thi...
Dis stuff? 🤑 Splines are doing great, no visible wear, since new. I think the OEM countershaft sprocket is quite a bit harder than th...
c't'dNew sprocket on top. There was some significant wear.Rear sprocket had a little wear, as well. Not beyond usability, but I wanted to change the r...
Well Friends,Got out on a couple of very pleasant rides the past couple of days, before spending a little time in the shop on maintenance, today.Met u...
@floyd-h A light resurfacing is usually pretty cheap, especially if you have the valves out for new seals... I'd do it, just to ensure good mating. ...
Yet another way to stay amused with an unbroken sidecar rig...After finally winning the battle with my broken Milwaukee Electric weed/bug sprayer (tha...
@scott-h Yep. If it would have been a small difference, or maybe even up to 50%, I would not have bothered with the Chinese units. However, $101 vs...
@miles-ladue Pads were reasonably fresh, at about 75% remaining life, so left them in. You are right, I have thought about having another set of the...
Well friends, the special Chinesium front brake rotors that I ordered off fleabay came in a couple of days ago, and I found time in my busy schedule t...
@miles-ladue Absolutely!
The slop in the video is at 37,700 miles... developed very gradually, but got kinda loud in its current state.
Well, we will see what the cheapest Chineseum rotors from fleabay look like, tomorrow: I don't think they could be much worse than the Galfers, b...
@pornoromantico Welcome, Carlo! Love the video. I spent many hours on a 1970 Guzzi Eldorado, solo bike. It was one of my favorites.