Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: Re: Idle question: 73 Eldo

Author: k obrien

Date: Apr 13, 2002, 2:08 PM

Post ID: 1710055082


Bruce>I have noticed the symptoms you talk about- on 2 of my three Moto
Guzzi's.I have 2 ,74 Eldo's and a 72 v7sport.The sports symptoms were much
stronger than the 1 Eldo.The other Eldo had its clutch replaced before I
purchased it and it shifts the best of my bikes.So, over the winter I had
the clutch completely done on the v7sport.I went from the 2mm to the 4
mm.From looking at my old parts- I saw they were so far beyond the 'replace
by date' that it was amazing the damn thing ran at all.The bike shifts great
now-positive,progressive clutch action {ps and it dont lie when at a stop
in EYTALION in neutral-when really in 1st gear}.I had the #2 Eldo opened up
and looked at,{because the shift return spring bit the dust} but couldn't
afford another clutch at this time.When I can, it also will go from 2mm to
4mm.Its also a good time when the things apart to remedy oil leaks with new
seals-----KO Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Giller" <bgil-@mitre.org>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: Idle question: 73 Eldo


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Rich,
I had the same symptom on my '72 Eldo where at a stop, the rpms would
drop and sometimes stall the engine. Then my clutch started to act up
to where the bike wanted to creep forward when supposedly stopped with
the clutch all the way in. It turns that my 2 mm clutch input hub was
not allowing the clutch discs to fully disengage; there were notches in
the hub beat into it by the clutch discs (and the non-cush rear drive).
Over the winter, I replaced the 2 mm hub and clutch plates with the
newer style 4 mm units. Haven't had a chance to try it out yet.

Bruce

Richard Arimoto wrote:

 I asked this question before but it was buried in another message and
I'm guessing that's why no one responded.

In neutral, when I pull in the clutch the engine speed drops. Any ideas
on what could be causing this?

I can't see any way that the clutch cable could be affecting the
throttle cable. I can get around this by bumping up the idle but this
just seems bass-ackwards.


Rich A

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