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Hello again.

After input again re your experience. After watching numerous Utube videos still not sure which is best. To clean up the crankcases, head/barrel etc on a MotoGuzzi Lodola. What is your opinion. I personally think bead/vapour blasting is the way to go.

I live just North of Stoke on Trent. Anyone got recommendations for anyone who can carry out the work.

JohnT

I am about to start the reassembly of a 1950's Guzzi single.

What is the recommended modern gasket cement please.

JohnT

Thank you Charterlea.

I will have a look at them.

Yes they did.

First time, it would have been about 1966, I had nothing to do with it but out of interest and to take the opportunity of a ride on the back of a older apprentices (or he might have just been out of his time) Velo. He had made the arrangements to take it to the works, set off very early, can't remember what time we got there but it would have been not long after 9:30 I would guess. Dropped the bike at a doorway with some kind of counter inside. Wandered around (not the works but outside) went back at the arranged hour and rode home.

Next time a year to eighteen months later, I made arrangements, by letter I presume because we did not have a phone. Went down with a pal on train/bus and waited while they did it. It would have not taken long because the frame was completely bare except for the swinging arm. I cannot remember how much it cost but it must have been fairly cheap, I was doing my work, apprenticeship and a evening/weekend job in a truck body builders to fund my biking passion, but still not a lot of money to spend.

Oddly enough I am still just as daft, going all over the place after odds and sods for bikes. Recently went to Imola where they had a autojumble type event for bikes, to wander around the circuit after spares for old MotoGuzzi, most people would think it strange, seems ok to do it for a holiday to me, beats sitting on a beach.

JohnT

JohnT

So you're not that interested then?

Ian

Not sure how I can move this forward, thanks for your offer, which I would follow up, but I do not know how to get at the contents pages of the Motorcycle Sport for the 1978-1980 period mentioned above.

JohnT

Hello

Does anyone know where I can find copies of the articles Mollie Craven used to write in the monthly magazines. I have searched the web but only came up with some kind of Yahoo site that I cannot navigate to any articles except one from 1948.

JohnT

we know , which model machine are you working on and what size is the reflector

Moto Guzzi Zigolo 110cc. About 1960. Not had it dated yet. Size is about 6", if you need it to be really accurate I would go and measure it.

JohnT