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newbie of a certain age |
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By: warna Date: July 31, 2022, 1:03 am |
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Hello, I am Warna, (male, to prevent misunderstandings) and I |
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own a Falcone militare of 1971. Quite old, but not as old as I |
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am (74). |
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I own the bike for some 20 years and as it resides in a French |
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farm some 350 kms from my home in Amsterdam, it is not ridden |
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regularly. I also own a Matchless (G3LS from 1954) and a Honda |
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dirtbike (XLR250 form the nineties). |
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The Guzzi always served me very well, but there is a thing that |
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bothers me: the spark plug is always black and sooty, and I have |
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to clean the plug quite often. So the mixture is too rich, I |
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suppose. I cleaned the carburetor several times, and sticked to |
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the standard settings. Maybe lower the needle might be a |
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solution? It is now in the middle position. Or a different spark |
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plug? It now is a NGK BP7ES. |
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Anyway, great to discover this forum dedicated to the Italian |
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beast, and I hope to return here evrey now and then. |
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Re: newbie of a certain age |
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By: banquo Date: September 17, 2022, 4:45 pm |
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Hi Warna, and sorry for the VERY long delay in welcoming you to |
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our forum. |
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Sadly, there's not much traffic on here these days, and so I do |
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not check for posts as often as I should.... |
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The plug won't be black because of the heat grade of the plug. |
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B6 or B7 are normal choices, but sooting can be caused by many |
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things. |
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In my experience over the past 20 years, the most likely causes |
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are the rubber sealing face of the enrichener plunger, but the |
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worst cases have actually been caused by ignition problems. |
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The last two times I have had serious sooting problems have been |
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caused by the coil breaking down (I replaced it with a Lucas |
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from BL Mini) and failure of the condenser. |
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Hope that's some help in diagnosing your problems, and apologies |
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again for the delay! |
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