motoguzzini
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Hi All!
During a weekend trip to Lisbon I walked past a beautiful bike sitting for sale on the marina. After oohing and ahhing for a few moments with my girlfriend I walked off and enjoyed the rest of my trip. However, after coming back to Blighty the bike was on my mind... I managed to find the owner and after a few emails it was mine! This is my first bike and I haven't actually got a license yet ??? Little did I know what a can of worms this would be!
After calling a few different companies Moto Transport gave me a great quote to collect and it was with me the same week
I naively thought I would be able to get it registered, jump on it (once test passed) and have oodles of fun - but after taking a look under the seat and tank to decide how best to fit some indicators it became very clear that it was going to be much more work! The wiring was quite confusing and I actually found a clump of dash lights taped together and hidden under the tank! So, I took it upon myself to strip the old harness out and I decided that a nice new Motogadget M-unit with all the associated goodies would do the trick. On the way I will be carrying out some maintenance on the engine and carbs, fitting a new the ignition and cleaning up the bike with a nice small battery and de-tabbing the frame.
I have a to-do list and if anyone with any expertise on Guzzi's has any advice I would very much appreciate it!
Rewire - Looking to go with a Motogadget setup with the m-Unit v2, 2x m-Switch and m-Blaze Disc indicators run through the m-Button and the motoscope classic speedo. This would be paired up with an Antigravity AG801 battery.
Ignition - This model has the Digiplex ignition system which is a fairly large box in the battery compartment. As I will be getting rid of the lead acid battery and will likely relocating the small Antigravity out of sight I would also like to replace the Digiplex with a new ignition system so I can get that see through under the seat look From doing a brief bit of research there seems to be two options here, Silent Hektik or the Elektrik Sachse. Does any know of any pros or cons of either system?
Carbs - The airbox has been removed and the carbs (PHBH30) have been fitted with some K&N style pods, I believe the jetting has not been changed however (102 main jet) so this will need looking at. The left carb also has the choke plunger stuck in the body, no amount of pulling has got it budge but I am going to leave it for a nice long soak in a ultrasonic cleaner to see if it loosens up. Both carbs look like there are some gaskets missing so I will give them a full clean and rebuild.
Engine - Check the valve clearances, change oil and filters. There doesn't seem to be any oil leaks or anything at the moment so I will leave the gaskets for the time being.
Oil Breather - As the airbox has been removed the oil breather isn't connected up as it would have been from factory. There are two pipes coming from the heads to a plastic housing behind the top tube, however there is no pipe returning to the sump. There is a pipe coming off the sump breather with an air filter on the end. I assume with this setup the system will gradually loose oil quicker than usual?
The space where the breather housing is would be great to relocate the battery and fit the m-unit,
Would it be possible to make a smaller breather housing so it be be relocated elsewhere? I have read that the newer Guzzi's have it located in the top tube!? Does anyone know if this could be done here?
Bars & Throttle - I have ordered some Tarozzi Ace Bars from Disco Volante Moto as the original were solid and wouldn't allow for the m-Blaze discs. Looking at a Tomaselli throttle but if there are any other alternatives I would love to hear!
Lights - I would like to upgrade the headlight and taillight to LED, have not had a chance to look into this in any depth yet.
Thanks for reading and I will be updating with some better pictures of the build when the parts start arriving. In the meantime here are some pictures than the seller sent me of the initial build.
During a weekend trip to Lisbon I walked past a beautiful bike sitting for sale on the marina. After oohing and ahhing for a few moments with my girlfriend I walked off and enjoyed the rest of my trip. However, after coming back to Blighty the bike was on my mind... I managed to find the owner and after a few emails it was mine! This is my first bike and I haven't actually got a license yet ??? Little did I know what a can of worms this would be!
After calling a few different companies Moto Transport gave me a great quote to collect and it was with me the same week
I naively thought I would be able to get it registered, jump on it (once test passed) and have oodles of fun - but after taking a look under the seat and tank to decide how best to fit some indicators it became very clear that it was going to be much more work! The wiring was quite confusing and I actually found a clump of dash lights taped together and hidden under the tank! So, I took it upon myself to strip the old harness out and I decided that a nice new Motogadget M-unit with all the associated goodies would do the trick. On the way I will be carrying out some maintenance on the engine and carbs, fitting a new the ignition and cleaning up the bike with a nice small battery and de-tabbing the frame.
I have a to-do list and if anyone with any expertise on Guzzi's has any advice I would very much appreciate it!
Rewire - Looking to go with a Motogadget setup with the m-Unit v2, 2x m-Switch and m-Blaze Disc indicators run through the m-Button and the motoscope classic speedo. This would be paired up with an Antigravity AG801 battery.
Ignition - This model has the Digiplex ignition system which is a fairly large box in the battery compartment. As I will be getting rid of the lead acid battery and will likely relocating the small Antigravity out of sight I would also like to replace the Digiplex with a new ignition system so I can get that see through under the seat look From doing a brief bit of research there seems to be two options here, Silent Hektik or the Elektrik Sachse. Does any know of any pros or cons of either system?
Carbs - The airbox has been removed and the carbs (PHBH30) have been fitted with some K&N style pods, I believe the jetting has not been changed however (102 main jet) so this will need looking at. The left carb also has the choke plunger stuck in the body, no amount of pulling has got it budge but I am going to leave it for a nice long soak in a ultrasonic cleaner to see if it loosens up. Both carbs look like there are some gaskets missing so I will give them a full clean and rebuild.
Engine - Check the valve clearances, change oil and filters. There doesn't seem to be any oil leaks or anything at the moment so I will leave the gaskets for the time being.
Oil Breather - As the airbox has been removed the oil breather isn't connected up as it would have been from factory. There are two pipes coming from the heads to a plastic housing behind the top tube, however there is no pipe returning to the sump. There is a pipe coming off the sump breather with an air filter on the end. I assume with this setup the system will gradually loose oil quicker than usual?
The space where the breather housing is would be great to relocate the battery and fit the m-unit,
Would it be possible to make a smaller breather housing so it be be relocated elsewhere? I have read that the newer Guzzi's have it located in the top tube!? Does anyone know if this could be done here?
Bars & Throttle - I have ordered some Tarozzi Ace Bars from Disco Volante Moto as the original were solid and wouldn't allow for the m-Blaze discs. Looking at a Tomaselli throttle but if there are any other alternatives I would love to hear!
Lights - I would like to upgrade the headlight and taillight to LED, have not had a chance to look into this in any depth yet.
Thanks for reading and I will be updating with some better pictures of the build when the parts start arriving. In the meantime here are some pictures than the seller sent me of the initial build.