Subject: Re: Another Loopframe hits the streets
Author: Don Ivey
Date: Sep 19, 2000, 5:49 AM
Post ID: 1702623616
On 18 Sep 2000, at 16:19, James Berry wrote:
| I got a book with every Guzzi magazine article from 1947-1975 in it. The jumping out of first happened to ALL of the testers of all the loop frame bikes! Evidently its just a Guzzidiosyncrasy. Mine does it too (actually mine acts like I never put it into gear). I have noticed that rolling the bike backward slightly after engaging 1st (with the clutch disengaged of course) helps this a bit. Chris in NC '74 Eldo civ. |
My '71 Ambo with Eldo five speed has never jumped out of first.
Guess it's just the luck of the draw.
Don Ivey
----Original Message Follows---- From: Ian Adkins <adk-@gte.net> Reply-To: Loopfram-@topica.com To: Loopframe <Loopfram-@topica.com> Subject: Another Loopframe hits the streets Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 12:38:18 -0700 Hi All, Well I finally got off my butt and took my #2 Ambo (1970) out for her first run around town. Rode about 15 miles and the bike ran quite well. I had my friend riding along beside me. He said that the bike ran nice and straight and he didn't notice any smoke coming out of the mufflers. One thing that is bugging me is that the bike tends to hesitate on acceleration. No backfiring or sputtering...just seems like the engine is bogging down a little bit. But in neutral the engine revs well when I blip the throttle. However, once the bike gets going it accelerates well. Any thoughts as to what might be causing this? Timing? Dirty carbs? I am thinking that there might be a little gunk in the carbs so I will likely give them a look see (something I hate to do when they are all together and leak free). So far I have about 2 hours on the new engine (cylinders, pistons, rings, bearings) so I am hoping that the engine is just still a little tight. Another thing is that the tranny is really nice and tight with much less "clunking" compared to my 69 Ambo's tranny. There still is that familiar 4th gear whine though :-) One little thing is the tranny will slip out of first gear as I just start to engage the clutch. Anyone ever had this? It only does it as I start out and when I am on the road and hit a stop sign and gear down into first I don't have the problem. I guess the movement of the bike allows the gears to mesh better. Anyways.....something to get use to...like the false neautral light :-) Thanks for any thoughts and I look forward to showing off my new girl in the future :-) Ian Adkins ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want.http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail athttp://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want.http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics |