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Lots of alternatives. The original is inexpensive. Why bother with an alternative if the saving might be less than the cost of a beer every ten thousand kilometers?
Pete
...the Catalytic Converter. That sort of damage is typical of this sort of issue.
I do hope it isn't this because if you've been riding a Bike with this issue and have considered it *Normal* you must have a very high tolerance for weird bike behaviour.. How long has your dealer been a dealer?
Pete
...all my customers' bikes run fine, no aftermarket stuff apart from pipes and those that have fitted map modifiers have almost universally chosen to remove them.
If you are *Worried* about your Guzzi? Sell it and buy something else and take your hopeless whining paranoia onto some other board...
Jesus! Not this old chestnut again.
Its a constant mesh bloody gearbox. There will be backlash in the driveline. Its perfectly normal. Don't you blokes have anything serious to worry about?
Pete
Since you know what filter you want to use why not just buy one take it to 'Wottalottacrap Auto' and match it up with the right wrench?
The 8 flute ones are 76mm. No idea on the 14 flute but I do ha a wrench for them at work so I can measure it tomorrow if you nag me. That would be for the 14...
The Lucas system locks the advance mechanism in the distributor and relies on a single stage jump to full advance at a certain engine speed, (3,500 from memory.) its a fairly crude and crappy system.
Having said that the fact that it started detonating and seems to be getting worse would...
...of years ago with an 8V Griso who spent endless time expounding on how he was an engineer and that there was something wrong with his bike. He *Knew* there was something wrong. Something horribly wrong. There wasn't. He is an engineer. A structural engineer. He probably builds a killer...
Its an 1100 Sport with the fairing and bodywork taken off and a small headlight mounted screen. Buy an 1100 sport and an aftermarket headlight and set about destroying a motorcycle. Nothing particularly difficult involved.
Pete