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New Indiana Member - First Guzzi

J

JADofInd

Just got it firing!
GT Contributor
Joined
Jun 9, 2015
Messages
4
Location
South Central Indiana
Greetings All,
I was just picking up some information on starter issues and recalled I never introduced myself. I rode Japanese bikes in the late 70's got married, kids and poor in the 80's and just got back to the sport last year with a little Virago. I have lusted after Moto Guzzi's since I stopped by a dealer in Ft Walton, Florida in 1980. I still don't have the finances to get picky, so jumped on a '89 California III being sold in Muncie (about 100 miles north of my usual haunts). I wanted something smaller, but figured I could adjust. Much of it is still original, so I have been getting lots of experience taking care of the little things that over 25 years and 50,000 miles can do to a motorcycle. It runs pretty good, but I get a hot rubber smell drifting past my nose at speeds approaching 70 mph. My commute is about 450 miles a week, so when it is running, it gets lots of use (until the temperatures drop and the white stuff descends).
 
Welcome the the group. The full fairing makes it difficult sometimes to see what is going on. First suspect is the clutch cable routing. It can get near the header. Next check for rubber bits that may have fallen onto the top of the engine.
 
Thanks John, I do intend to explore the area beneath the tank and between the cylinders some day. I know the air filter lives there, but haven't determined the best way to get there. I was on I-70 west of Indy one afternoon this week and noticed I had drifted up to 65 mph. I intentionally drifted up to 70 and did not smell the hot rubber. The only thing I changed since the last time I smelled it was the rear tire, which had developed a knot where the tread and sidewall meet. My conclusion is that the tire had been going bad since before I bought the bike in June, but took a while (3000 miles) to become visually obvious. I had periodically tested the tread area temperature with my hand after a long ride, but felt no unusual amount of heat. The tire pressure reading I took after detecting the knot was 35 psi, so I don't think it was flexing from being under pressure.
 
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