its made of something less substantial than an aerosol lid the mounting lug had disintergrated and disappeared so nothing to ‘weld’…
thanks for the suggestions folks, Teo Lamers had a new one in stock which is currently winging its way across the north sea…
and to celebrate i took the Le Mans out for its first run of the year… it still makes me smile
Quite common I’m afraid, got a replacement some years ago from Mistral, he said they often need to re-supply new ones. Either they break because screws done up too tight or melted by heat off the cylinder. I araldited a strip of brass around the front of my new one to try prevent that. Still OK AFAIK.
It’s a right mess, and horribly unpredictable: t wouldn’t take much to tip the whole country over the edge. Where’s your father from?
You don’t get as much vodka with your pancakes either
Ello again Ivan, my Dad was born in the Ukrainian village of Hoshiw, West Ukraine - Shire town - Ivano Frankivsk…
He returned many times before he died, I went with him once…1992.
In other news, what did I do with my Guzzi today…well I taxed 2 of them and also my old Duke…Me and Guy decided to go for a blast, he on his GTS, me on the SS.
Wheeled the beast of Bologna out of the garage where hes been stood since October, checked tyre pressures, checked forward float bowl, fuel on, tickled both carbs, touch of throttle, eased him over top dead…one good kick and the old lad roared into life, kept him turning steady whilst lookin thro the bevel gazer awaiting the oil to bounce off the glass…there are days…and then there are Dookati daze…guykate2014-03-04 20:02:10
@ NeilD - Garage envy! Bike wise - blew a bit of red paint over my mid-rebuilt Marzocchi Stradas. Looking forward to getting them together and on the bike by the weekend. The Paoilis that are currently on it are a fraction short so they should help.
Paint dry, shocks oiled up, built up and on. All good bar a very slight foul with rear caliper bolt. Arse! Will try to space out a tad as I prefer them with the reservoirs at the bottom, if that makes sense?!
(New baby due in 5 wks so the clocks a tickin!)
Oh bum that puts a completely different angle on my earlier Dr Zhivago allusion to Russian peasant woman attempt at jovial banter debacle clanger
Many people end up reversing the shocks so the reservoir is in front of the main body, doesn’t look as good but gets over the problem of it fouling with the rear caliper.
Yes I had to on my Spada if memory serves. Ditto Marzocchi Strada
I got mine out of the garage, rode it to work, AND DIDN’T GET WET!
I gave my freshly sand blasted tank two coats of POR15. The bedroom now stinks of paint and I’ve got some on the duvet, don’t tell the missus though. Oh for a nice heated garage.
Why? Will she chuck you out if she finds out about the duvet?
Yeah, had the same problem so i moved my missus in the Shed but it had no heating though. You’re to thoughtful SG.
NeilD your bike looks brill.
Today I jumped on 1100 sport ,after a few miles bikes charging system packed up .Tomorrow will be in garage
I fitted new fork inserts to the Cali T3, the new ones didn’t feel any different to the old ones, but out on a test ride they felt so much Better, no crashing and banging from the front over bumps, a misfire over 5k rpm, will need investigated though, a good service should sort it,
Took the fazer FZ6 and got it MOT’d, probably going to sell it though, to many bikes, I also did a few miles on my BMW R80RT, which runs extremely well, my Lemon2 is awaiting new distributer screws, then I can refit the points together with the new condensers, I did fit a newtronic electronic ignition system, but I appear to have broke the plastic interrupter that fits on the spindle, I did manage to plastic weld it together and get the bike running, but I am not impressed with it and want to return to the points, that would have happened today if the eBay supplier had actually put M4 x 6mm pan head slotted screws in the packet sent to me instead of the M3 ones, , I wasn’t ordering them from gutsibits, not at £0.72p each ianboydsnr2014-03-07 20:42:05
Snowgoose. How did you the on with the POR15. I have this to do in a tank for my little Guzzi Stornello. How many tins of stuff did you get through per coating? I have a 236ml (half pint) tin and was wondering if it will actually be enough to do one coat all over. They do say it is enough to do a 4 gallon tank From the website:- - 8oz (236ml) will seal a 4-1/2 US Gallon tank (17 litres) - 3-3/4 UK gallons http://www.frost.co.uk/por15-fuel-tank-sealers.html
Don-Spada2014-03-07 23:51:30
Yes, I’d like to know this too. It’s a job I have to get round to soon.
With Moscow temperatures firmly in +C, the Bella cleaned after her winter lay-up, I decided to celebrate Wimmin’s Day [very big thing here] by taking her out somewhere. Got kitted up, reached for the volume of documents you need to carry when going anywhere in Russia…and remembered my Russian bike insurance had expired.
Then realised that since it’s a holiday weekend for Wimmin’s Day the sodding insurance office isn’t open until Tuesday.
Thought briefly about taking her out without insurance , came to my senses since that would be illegal, stupid and potentially expensive.
Took the kit off & slapped myself a few times for being an idiot.
Now have to wait until Tuesday to be legal: naturally the forecast for Tuesday is snow.
And that’s what I didn’t do with my Guzzi today.
Don’t beat yourself up Russki, I didn’t do anything with my Guzzi either. Mostly cos none of the parts have arrived. Again.