Well I have some news. Yesterday I got the S registered, so now I can ride it legally :) Maybe I'm getting old but even with the clipons right up the footpegs...
Axel: This is why my 851 and 888 are long gone. Not the weight but the position! I have a wonderful diet I can send you. ;) Best regards, Tom _____ From:...
Hi all, One of the things that happened over the weekend while registering the bike is one of the taps leaked. Obviously I had a spare but I really should buy...
I have the same problem, Tom : I'm 1m90 and (nearly) 100 kgs is a bit too much to feel comfortable on a real sport bike ! ;-) I am on a diet for more than 6...
... dealers' catalogs (and on eBay)Axel They are the ones I use but I've seen some pretty awful ones over the years. I can't remember if they were copies or...
OK here it is. I am building myself a special. The basis of this special is a 1981 Mk 2 Le Mans, with an 850 motor which has gas flowed heads. This is my...
Adam, if I were you, I would fit V7 sport side boxes (nicer shape and room for storing candles, cables, rags..) wit hLafranconi pipes (better engine breathing...
Hi Adam, all; I was thinking about your question tonight while working on my Triumph Daytona (petcock didn't work, found broken vacuum line, fixed) and had...
... nice project , but if you want the cafe racer look to match the tophalf fairing you will have to get a longer tank , unfortunately you will loose the...
Hi Adam, Decisions, decisions, with a spare tonti frame and motor sitting, an alloy tank and seat a guzzi mate asked me the same question just last week, he...
Adam, given that you like the V7 Sport / 900SS look, why not build a homage to the 850 Premio Varrone? You can use the standard V7 Sport seat for pillion use,...
Hi all, a basic question... The clutch in my 750 S is dragging in stop/start traffic. I only bought the bike a few months ago and knew this was an issue when I...
either the clutch hub is worn, which is quite normal , the original hubs had shallow splines , modern hubs( and clutch plates ) have deeper splines , and are a...
Thanks for the reply Hubert. Clutch hub suggestion makes sense. I had heard of the deeper spline conversion and see Stein Dinse do a kit for about 150 euro. ...
roger, the symptoms can be as as hubert has advised but before you get all dirty taking the engine out try a very simple check: the clutch actuation arm under...
Hm. I would have thought the problem with building a special is too many options, not a lack of ideas :D Some interesting thoughts already offered, but I'll...
Photos in folder: Specials in the shed Ok, thanks to all for your input and ideas. I've posted up a couple of photos of the bike as it got to me (1981 Le Mans...
Has anyone got a proper S3 wiring diagram? The one published in the Haynes manual is wrong in that it doesn't show the car-type key ignition switch. Mine's...
Hi David. Unless anyone knows better the S3 should have the T3 type ignition barrel, not the 750S/Sport type system. I have an S3 manual and can send you a...
So it looks like it's going to be a Premio Varrone after all then Adam - very nice. It seems like a shame to start hacking about a perfectly good set of ...
David - I must admit I kept my old barrels and pistons, even though thye just sit about, I just thought that I may need them in twenty years or so when I still...
I wish it was a 750S, but alas it's just an S3 with an earlier ignition switch. I think I will cancel that eBay listing - I'd much rather hang on to them just...
Title says it all. It appears you can't buy these separately and as I don't need anything else - well just one of those little conical rubbers for the...
