Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: RE: advice on front-end knock?

Author: Cam Conklin

Date: Nov 10, 2004, 8:10 PM

Post ID: 1717863719




Jason Telford wrote:
 
Hi Folks,
I'd like some suggestions on what to look for- my eldo has developed a
front end 'knock' when I go over (rough) bumps. I *think* its when the
forks extend rather than compress, but I could be wrong. Any ideas on
what it might be? It's not the triple clamps or steering head, that
would've been too easy. Besides, it seems to handle just fine and I
cannot reproduce the noise parked in the driveway. I never have taken a

set of forks apart, so any advice on that front is welcome too. Does
anyone have a spare top-tube cap so I can make the special tool that is
apparently required? Aren't motorcycles fun?

Jason

Speaking of "too easy", I had an aftermarket chrome horn mounted on my
other Eldo. Every time I hit a really rough patch on the road, the back
of the horn slammed against the generator belt cover.

Cam in NJ
'74 Eldo Police

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