Subject: Three bike rally (some Tonti content)
Author: David Washburn
Date: Jun 30, 2003, 2:58 PM
Post ID: 1713590521
While everyone was having a great time in VA. Chris Mitchell and I had
a three bike rally in my garage. I put flip chokes on my 36 pumpers and
now the bike will start and idle with chokes alone, no throttle
necessary.
Chris's bike (you know, the Eldo with the ape-hangers and the Mike Rich
mystery motor) got its shifter connected, coils mounted and wired, Dyna
wired, rewired and finally retired pending ID of what that red wire
does, fuel tank threads tapped and exhaust headers mounted. All meals
were included in the rally registration so Bonnie (AKA: She who will be
obeyed) brought us plates of spaghetti bolognese with foccachi to mop up
the spillage.
Work slowed to a crawl after lunch as we discussed future bike plans. I
have a set of Lafranconi slashbacks on order from MG Cycle as a result
of the list discussion and Gordon and Rick's assurance that they are
quiet, or at least quieter than my MACs that will be finding their way
to Ebay.
The third bike at the rally was my Jackal which has not turned a wheel
in a couple of weeks because I have been riding the Eldo. Joe Jump is
right about the fuelly Californias being potent. Mine has Lafranconi
whizzers, H-pipe and a deleted air box with a power commander to richen
up the mix. They are a great ride but they lack the vintage flair. Here
is what a German shop did to put a little pizzazz into the plain Jane of
the Guzzi line:
http://home.foni.net/~biesel/1000s/1100s/images/1100S-1.jpg
At the end of the rally I won oldest rider (44) and long distance rider
(10 miles from work to home) Chris won youngest rider (28) and was
disqualified from the distance contest because his bike (rolling frame
w/motor and transmission) came in on the back of Tom LaNasa's pickup
before the rally began.
See you at the Blue Ridge,
David in NYC