Another Moto Guzzi

Hi Jerry, it would seem that the bike has had some mechanical restoration as well as the respray. Everything works well so far, hope I am not tempting fate . Yes I have the cigar silencer. I can change registration to historic on the first of April so I will tax it then. I have had a little ride up and down my road and was surprised how comfortable it is. I remembered that Glawster had a Falcone Sport so trawled through his posts till I found his tips on starting an horizontal single. I have been practicing and can now start it in 2 or 3 kicks, untill I have an audience gathered around to watch me .

Hi George, I can't remember for sure but I think there was a festoon bulb type fuse in there. I put the LEDs in as the dynamo is feeble. I also fitted a fancy LED tail/stop light. Previously I had found myself groping my way home in the dark from a VMCC meeting as the puny tungsten bulb got dimmer and dimmer. The headlight bulb is particularly good and is not dependent on a shiny reflector. I'm pretty sure the "key" was only ever for lights and horn.

Starting: Ease piston over TDC with decompresser pulled in, let kickstart up to the top then swift kick all the way to the end of its stroke. Even when warm, a quick lodge of the tickler, unless the last guy changed something.

There's a video on YouTube of an Italian guy starting one by rocking the kickstart at the bottom of its travel before kicking it into life, quite interesting.