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VF500F2 Aka MBD Incubation Period At Least 52 Years


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Passed inspection for Dutch registration.

 

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My left wrist (patched up with titatium bits) does scream for a lighter clutch pull.... That will be farkle #1.... :tongue:

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Need to figure out how to reduce the strength required to pull the clutch.....

 

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Multitasking...

 

Fresh "rubbah!" for Gil...

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The VF's speedo stopped just outside Tours, so I'm "missing" 800km...

The cause was clear

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As was the fix  I had one in my stash :tongue:

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1 hour ago, douglasthecook said:

Hydraulic clutch perhaps? Sure it’s not original, but it will have constant pull/feel. 

That won't fly technically....  

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7 hours ago, Dutchy said:

Need to figure out how to reduce the strength required to pull the clutch.....

 

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Maybe something like this?

 

https://www.mooseracing.com/products/547552/productGroup/382213

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Finally got round to washing of 3,600km of Belgian, French and Spanish flies....

 

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Time to start prepping for winter storage

 

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My brother is still chuffed to bits.

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Some of my fellow Gilera enthousiasts are purists (riding some 300km a year). They balked when I added the extra (red) sidecases from a different later model. To carry lead-additive, some tools etc.

 

The OEM carrier rack on the rear fender is quite small and the leather bag would bend when strapped on.  So for the week riding in Spain a farkled a base plate. Anticipating "feedback", I told them "look! I can now iron my shirt for the gala dinner!".

 

At the motorcycle/spares fair in Novegro, the "registro storico Gilera" is there each year as well. They can and will give the final word on whether a Gilera is 100% original or not (only 3 minor "infractions"are allowed). Each year we stop by, In the picture above you see (in the red jacket) the president of said club, Mr Massimo Lucchini Gilera. He was visibly taken aback when I showed him my "modified" ralley bike :laugh:

But, when I told him I rode the 1953 machine for 2,000km in a single week, he asked if I could make a ride report for their website. Telling him that the extras are removed since, pleased him a lot :fing02:  

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Taking the rims to a tyre shop this thursday; the 30+ year old ones have to go.

 

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Yeah, the parts manual is a great source to find the wheel baering's dimensions...   

NOT!!!

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Our WFH policy dictates that one should take a 30 minute break after a couple of hours looking at a PC monitor.

 

 

Who am I to disregards that?

 

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3 hours ago, Dutchy said:

Our WFH policy dictates that one should take a 30 minute break after a couple of hours looking at a PC monitor.

 

 

Who am I to disregards that?

 

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Good point, I am going to take mine now!

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On 11/9/2021 at 8:31 PM, Dutchy said:

Taking the rims to a tyre shop this thursday; the 30+ year old ones have to go.

 

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And what is the choice of rubber...................

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