Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: Re: Timing belt for Loops

Author: Greg Field

Date: Sep 8, 2003, 10:27 PM

Post ID: 1714449169



Lannis:

Welcome to Loopland. That make you a Looplander?

Anyway, like me, you are on the large size. Get a 1974 discer. You
won't get timing gears, but the forks and brakes are miles better than
those of the earlier bikes. Or you could update an earlier one with the
later forks, like I did. Add LeMans-length shocks, and they have
surprising ground clearance in the twisties.

You won't regret it.

GF

On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 09:13 PM, Lannis Selz wrote:

 
Paul Linn wrote:
 
Hey check this one out! This might be something interesting to try
out.

http://www.mgcycle.com/specials.html


Paul
Midlothian, Va
73 Eldo "Elvira" at a halt in favor of "Daisy"
74 Eldo "Daisy" new project

Paul -

Hmmm, it'll be interesting to see how loopframers will react to adding
a
high wear item to their stone-ax simple bike that has to be changed
every 20,000 miles or risk breaking and tearing up something.

One of the main reasons that I'm looking for an alternative to my
Centauro for putting lots of miles on (and thus why I'm monitoring this
fine list) is because the Centauro has lots of expensive,
high-maintenance or high-bucks-if-it-ever-breaks thingies on it, like
an
exposed drive shaft, these cam belts that have to be changed every
30,000 KM (18,000 miles and I'm WAY overdue), $800 ECUs, TPS's, etc
etc.

I'm dreaming of the day I can get a Guzzi with gears, pushrods,
carburetors, 4.00 x 18 tires (the 'Tauro needs ANOTHER $150 160/60ZR17
tire tomorrow after 4800 miles), and good ol' points-and-coil to make
fire (sort of like flint-and-tinder). I'll keep the Centauro for
sportin' around on, 'cause it's fun and pretty, but it'll soon be
back-to-nature for long highway work for this unreconstructed Luddite.

Lannis

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