On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:26:14 -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote > On Aug 13, 2007, at 11:28 AM, John Whittingham wrote: > > > Do you by any chance know Tom Rolland then? > > Oh yes, I've known Tom Rolland for a decade or more. He used to be > on my euro-moto list, but I think he is on the bevelheads list only > now. I've been the admin/owner for the euro-moto list since about > 1998. :-)
I thought you might, 750 GT's and all. I'm on the bevelheads myself, sold Tom some old 750 Sport spares recently, dropped them off with a relative of his just up the road from me in Ormskirk..........it's a small world. > > > The Desmoquattro can be a little daunting to service but I rely on > > 30+ years > > of servicing the older Desmos. I'm looking for a spare pair of > > cylinder heads > > at present so I can change heads for a freshened set at the belt > > change > > interval (2 years). > > Hmm. That seems an expensive way to do it. Given that they really > need so very little maintenance, it would make more sense to me to > just pull the heads and check the clearances/condition of the split > rings every 20K miles or so. Unless you're racing... I'm not sure about the previous owners maintenance, although it did have a full dealer srvice history. When I got the bike the clutch was the worst I've ever seen, the flywheel was loose on the crank, the rear wheel bearings were shot.............etc. But it was cheap and serviceable. I've not pulled the heads yet, I've got a complete set of s/h rockers in excellent condition, just in case. I like having a few spares around! You're right though, when the clearences are set properly they last a good while. > > I always did my own maintenance on all my motorcycles. Funny: the > "oh so difficult" to maintain Ducati desmo valvegear was always the > least amount of work to service... I'd agree there, never really had much of a problem myself, had more trouble with the sockets of spring heads splitting around the ball adjusters. Regards, John ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in error please notify Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
