Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: Re: separatist government

Author: Ian Adkins

Date: Apr 7, 2001, 5:55 PM

Post ID: 1706223344


That's a good one. I bet a great book could be written on these stories :-)

Regards...Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Clegg <rkmotor-@aol.com>
To: Loopfram-@topica.com <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Date: April 7, 2001 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: separatist government



>>
well here is another story - when i flopped the bike in the arctic this
last
summer - My valve head threads for the carburetor were elongated( they were
starting when I left NY - but the fall exacerbated the situation) - the carb
was lose - gravity pulling it down - no repair was able to endure - jb weld
,
mechanic wire - etc
when the bike was standing or idle - the carb was looking down at an angle -
at 20mph - the carb was sucked into a normal position - rode it home that
way
for 6,000 miles - I have to get a new valve head - the threads are not
repairable


ok - its not a loopframe ( german boxer ) but it is similiar experience
richard

PS - the bike is put away pending complete restoration- I have not openend
up
yet to see how much damage internally( if any) there was from dirt

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