> On 24 May 2018 at 21:46 Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hmm. Well, the side stands on my old 850-T3 and 850-T were pretty hopeless, > but the one on my '89 LeMans V was fine, never had a moment's problem with > it. The one on this bike is also fine and works very well. The center stand > on all of them wasn't something I really wanted to use every day for standard > parking needs, so I don't really see that as a day use thing … more for > parking at home and for doing maintenance. Those are the only ones I had any > experience with. > > Throttle action .. LOL! The old Dell'Orto VHBs had stiff springs, and of > course the LeMans' big Dell'Orto 40mm pumpers needed an even bigger, heavier > spring to close the slides. I recall a funny moment when I was on a long ride > with a friend and he was riding my LeMans V: > > "I dunno," he said, "It just doesn't seem to have the performance I was > thinking it ought to." > "Hmm," I said, "show me how you're working the throttle." > "Well, I just use it normally and wack it open to full throttle about here." > He rotated the throttle grip to where he thought he had it wide open. > I held the end of the throttle and said, "Take your hand off now." He did. > "Now, the problem is that you haven't really gotten anywhere near full > throttle. From where you stopped, which is where the accelerator pump adds a > little step of resistance to the turn of the throttle, to full throttle means > rotating it about another third of the way…" I said as I turned the throttle > another 60 degrees." His eyes went very big. "It takes two full handfuls of > turning the throttle to get it wide open… and you better have a strong > forearm." > He tried it and looked at my right forearm. "I see you don't need to do much > working out on that arm… " He could barely hold it open for a minute. > "Yeah, it take some practice but once your arm has built up a bit, it's all > right," I lied. I never told him that on long trips I cranked up the friction > adjustment so that I could roll the throttle around to cruising speed and it > would only creep back to off. :-) > > The Racer throttle action is very very fast by comparison, only about 60 > degrees total movement, and very light as well. I'm so used to the old heavy > throttles it took me a long time to get used to it! > > I never had any problem with the clutches, traffic or not. What model Guzzis > did/do you ride? > > G
Owned 850T, Spada, V50II, V65Spada. Ridden Ambassador, V7Sport, 850LM, LMIII. Not to mention the various singles. Sat on an MGS-01 and heard it run. I don't think the owner believed I wanted to buy it. He was right. 8-) > > > > On May 24, 2018, at 1:26 PM, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hepco-Becker makes a center stand that can be fitted easily, any time. > >> It's not expensive. But I already have a ride-on parking stand and a shop > >> stand for working on the bike, why should I carry around an additional > >> 10-12 lbs of center stand that I don't need? > > > > I've never found Guzzi side stands to be particularly reliable. The centre > > stand would seem to be valuable insurance. > > > >> The clutch action is very smooth and predictable, and pretty darn light; a > >> shorty lever is all that's needed really. (I never really found the big > >> block Guzzi clutch to be that onerous, however.) > > > > Certainly not as bad as the throttle action but still no fun in traffic. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
