Moto-Guzzi Rebuild Update 2
This post is mostly pictures of the status of the bike after Update 1 and closeups of the oily reasons I’m tearing it apart. At the end of Update 1 the bi...
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Moto-Guzzi Rebuild Update 1
Time to dust this thing off again. Anybody still listening? Anyway… The Moto-Guzzi V11EV sidecar tug has been leaking oil for a while now. So I decided it...
Sidecar Adventures: Some Hack Hackery
On Thursday I drove the sidecar to work. After work I drove it to a friend’s house where we had a BBQ and played some games. About 9:30 in the evening I w...
Another Motorcycle?
Yesterday (yes, in January,) I drove home my latest motorcycle acquisition. I got forwarded a screaming deal on a 1998 Moto Guzzi V11EV motorcycle with a Hannig...
R100RS – Headlight upgrade
I noticed the other day that the headlight lens on the R100RS was smoky on the inside. It looks like maybe a bulb blew up at some point. I’m a firm believ...
RS Resurrection – Finale, For Now
Yesterday I got mad enough to really figure out why the rear brakes were not working. I ended up taking off the master cylinder to adjust the linkage (it’...
RS Resurrection – Muffler Repack
It struck me the other day that I have had this Luftmeister two into one exhaust on the bike for more than 15 years and have never repacked the muffler.
I Think Someone’s Getting Jealous…
I got on the K1100RS to ride home from work this afternoon and headed down the road to get on the freeway. As I accelerated down the entrance ramp all of a sudd...
RS Resurrection – Went For A Ride!
The seat hinges arrived today so I could attach the seat to the motorcycle. So in celebration I went for a short ride! I actually went for two rides. I started ...
RS Resurrection – Work, Work, Work
More details on recent work. Since the last update I’ve done the following: Replaced the neutral switch (which you can do without pulling the transmission...