Me bruise…stupid girl…
Drained the Convert tank to clean the taps, how much do these things hold? Filled 2 X 10 litre jerry cans plus half a 5 litre can and the tank looked less than 2/3 full. Taps had some gunk on the filters but, more to the point, one of the fuel hoses was kinked so need to shorten that.
Ouch, just seen the bruise, that needs some TLC.
Managed to ride the Cali between televised sporting events. Glad to see lads on sports bikes maintaining their image. I was particularly impressed by one who decided the best place to overtake was to wait until I was overtaking a car, so he could scream past both of us in the lowest possible gear, and then slow down to the speed I was going at. Reminded me of when I used to own a Harley. Sports bikes had to overtake that, regardless of what speed I was doing or how fast they wanted to go. I usually caught up with them again after 2 or 3 miles once they slowed back down to the speed they had been travelling at, and always made a point of giving them a cheery wave when I went past…
Took mine for a little 120 mile spin around north Norfolk to check everything works ok before a longer spin next weekend to Moscow via Holland, Germany, Austria, Czech, Poland & Belarus 
Not today, but yesterday…Bought it,drove it home from Swindon …403 miles to central Scotland…luv it!! 
Will shortly be heading off to the Marches…vintage run from Wentnor…we taking the Loops…
Sounds like a good first run Triple Enjoy the Breva Steve
went out for a run with the local VMCC members, AJS’s BSA’s triumph’s old and new, Nortons’ etc, first time most of them had seen my V65 and to a man all said “did’nt know Guzzi made a 650 like the V50” nice run out and yes they did go fast at times, it was mainly on ‘B’ and ‘C’ roads glad I did not take the Cali EV, chucking it around some of the ‘C’ roads could had been hard work for me.
Havin a nice hot bath…having returned from the Shropshire section VMCC Long Mountain Run…chilly but absolutely brilliant !..
A really nice friendly bunch…some great bikes…Vinnie Comet…1930s Sunbeam…Velo’s…Beezas and Triumphs…and four 3 wheeler Morgans !..no pics tho…we were too busy enjoyin ourselves…we had a 55 mile ride to and from the Inn on the Green…and the route was about 60 miles…Italian motorcycles were represented by us on Loops, an immaculate 250 Morini and an even more immaculate Benelli…both ridden with gusto by their owners, both of who were impressed with our old nails…
The Morganeers took it upon themselves to charge a very steep hill out of Montgomery…one failing and having to call upon us to extricate him from the hedge !
Back to the venue…having the pleasure of some of the most spirited riding I have ever e joyed on a VMCC run…perfick…x
Went for an early morning ride after putting a few psi in the tyres, and marvelled anew how much difference suitable tyre pressures make to the handling. Maybe I don’t need to spend lots of money on the suspension after all 
will that be before or after breakfast?.
Have to be after, now I’ve added Italy to the mixÂ
Got the Mk3 tank for my Mk2 Le Mans today. It’s not such a nice shape as my old Mk2 tank BUT I’m sure it’ll look fine when it’s matt black 
278 miles in glorious sunshine is what we done; it was so warm I had to remove my jacket lining. In other news Moscow, where I’m going at end of the week, had heavy snow. Epic weather fail, in the parlance of our times.
Found out the threaded valve stem in my rear tyre has two opposing flats on it!
Presumably for gripping with a spanner while you do the nut up. (?)
This discovery perfectly explains why whenever I put my footpump on it keeps leaking air. Today it was a race whether I could get in the pressure I wanted before it rushed out again ~ lost 10 psi just trying to get it to seal even a reasonable amount. Which brain-dead moron thought up that idea then…
On a brighter note however, latterly overhauled the fairing loom and relays.
By contrast my local shop has taken to fitting inner tubes with valve stems that are just a little too short. I have to remove the nut each time I want to stick some puff in otherwise I can’t clip the pump cap far enough. Sounds like the manufacturers might be losing sight of what these things are intended for.
It turned out it was a faulty valve so I have 1 new front tyre and one 1/2 used front tyre and all I needed was a new valve  
Can you leave the nut off completely?
As far as I am aware the only reason it is there is to prevent the valve stem being pulled into the wheel as the tube creeps. Great in theory but if there is that much creep and you have a nut holding the stem in place, it’ll probably rip the stem off!
My KTM 990 Adventure came from the factory with nut-free stems for this very reason (I questioned why, hence this post).
Back on topic, I had a lovely ride to the club meet & back last night and the Stelvio is digging it’s way even deeper into my heart (ahhhh 
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Jon
More likely stop it disappearing inside if deflated, which could be on purpose, also while getting tyre on.
Yesterday evening overhauled the fairing wiring ~ which mainly consisted of removing the insulation tape wrap which always makes bundles too stiff, and replaced with spiral-wrap and kosher sleeving. Also replaced a couple of connectors, two of which were early bodges by me. Put it back onto bike this afternoon to discover high beam relay won’t work!
Swapped relays, works with the other (dip relay) so assumed is duff.
Took it indoors to test it, no it works so must be crudded up terminals.
Well they are both 20 years old! (And have to put up with being permanently on battery ‘live’ {+V], which is never good.) Found an old one to substitute as a temp fix, new ones on order.
Went to Doof cafe in Ruthin today, found out the people who run that cafe are to reopen Petrol heads cafe in Fflint. The chap who runs Doof is the contact for the North Wales Guzzi group.