Recent content by super8

sounds like it may be the oil to me too. bike or car oil? synthetic, semi-synthetic or mineral?

Saw it on ebay and HAD to have it no matter what! unfortunaly it realy doesn't work on the guzzi (the pictures make it look like it fits better than it does :( But it might fit on the XJ.... if not it'll either go on the wall as your right it is pure art (and i did a degree in it so i should...

Well i got my shorter shocks the othe day, and i'm likeing the the look (HAVE DROPPED THE FORKS THROUGH THE YOKE oops caps lock, sorry). still looking forn the right tank but, i do think the speedo looks very cool beween it and the seat!

YAY, cool. wish i could get mine near one. been looking at GS's recently. good lick with yours. Enjoy.....

might be a nighthawk (cb650?)

sweet, you must be proud. now what... :-)

well i've been playing with tanks. please ignore the white wall tyre, i painted it with emulsion to see what it would look like (tyre is jiggered) not very good is what i decided. It is a very cool tank but i think it may be a bit big....

Dunno but I totta ride 200 miles today and the forcast is for heavey rain, sleat, lightening and flooding! i hope there SLR 650 is better!

if taking an engine apart, i get a cardboard box ( more than one? ) when you take a bolt out push it through the box in the corresponding possition so when i put it back together those bolts that are only a few mm's different length go back it the right holes. cant describe this very well but...

2into1 should work better than if it was a single but as OpTiCz says, baffles, you can pick up long tuneable ones from ebay (over here in the UK anyway) i like, it it made me smile :) have fun....

yeh mine had one of those bodged on to the front of it. was about the first thing i took off. i sold it for £35 ( could have got more but just wanted shot) i normaly keep hold of bit a take off bikes to use again somwhere else but i figuresd i'd not ever want that!

ah, ok... I may bother you for help too then ;D about to start fixing up a friends 75 850T too.

looking pretty neet. liking the headlingt ;)

welcome to the world of Guzzi. link to pics of mine at bottom. uk owners club forum is pretty good for help. good luck and i look foward to seeing how our getting on.

think there the ones i'm going for at the moment, but might put Vintage ones on (ie beach cruiser type)