On Dec 17, 2025, at 4:54 PM, jerry atric <baconsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
My GTS has a 1" Amal Carbas specified in Mario Colombos's book. However, he also specifies 27mm (1 1/16)Del Orto after 1935.
My engine bogs down when opening throttle and only manages 45mph flat out.Cuttout is number 3 which is correct. Timing and valve timing are correct. Any ideas please? I'm a bitt stumped apart from fitting a bigger carb.
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My GTS has a 1" Amal Carbas specified in Mario Colombos's book. However, he also specifies 27mm (1 1/16)Del Orto after 1935.My engine bogs down when opening throttle and only manages 45mph flat out.Cuttout is number 3 which is correct. Timing and valve timing are correct. Any ideas please? I'm a bitt stumped apart from fitting a bigger carb.
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On 12/17/2025 2:54 PM PST jerry atric <baconsl...@gmail.com> wrote:My GTS has a 1" Amal Carbas specified in Mario Colombos's book. However, he also specifies 27mm (1 1/16)Del Orto after 1935.My engine bogs down when opening throttle and only manages 45mph flat out.Cuttout is number 3 which is correct. Timing and valve timing are correct. Any ideas please? I'm a bitt stumped apart from fitting a bigger carb.
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On 12/17/2025 2:54 PM PST jerry atric <baconsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
My GTS has a 1" Amal Carbas specified in Mario Colombos's book. However, he also specifies 27mm (1 1/16)Del Orto after 1935.My engine bogs down when opening throttle and only manages 45mph flat out.Cuttout is number 3 which is correct. Timing and valve timing are correct. Any ideas please? I'm a bitt stumped apart from fitting a bigger carb.
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On 17 Dec 2025, at 22:54, jerry atric <baconsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
My GTS has a 1" Amal Carbas specified in Mario Colombos's book. However, he also specifies 27mm (1 1/16)Del Orto after 1935.
My engine bogs down when opening throttle and only manages 45mph flat out.Cuttout is number 3 which is correct. Timing and valve timing are correct. Any ideas please? I'm a bitt stumped apart from fitting a bigger carb.
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You would think the cause would be valve timing but thats seems OK but I will check more thoroughly. Any other ideas please? Thanks guys.To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/guzzi-singles/cd65a0b8-3078-4e12-8db7-9462293d066fn%40googlegroups.com.
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On 23 Dec 2025, at 18:30, Alan Comfort <alan.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
Fuel spitting you say? After chasing down all the usual suspects for this progressively worsening issue with my Falcone, i traced the issue to the pending failure of one of the cam followers. The first symptom was the decompression lever adjusted to the max and not working properly. The next symptom was the exhaust rocker arm adjuster maxed out. A valve opening/closing check indicated that the intake was spot on, but the exhaust was not even close. When I opened the timing cover, all was revealed. Another few hundred miles in this state might have ended in a catastrophic (and expensive) failure. This was an easy fix and not very costly. These parts are considered to be wear items and need to be replaced from time to time. Parts are readily available. I repaced both followers. The old Falcone is now running better than ever and the best part is that I did not have to waste countless hours fettling the carb or messing around with the ignition. It takes less than an hour to open the timing case to have a look.
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On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM jerry atric <baconsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
Many thanks for all the tips and suggestions. I had the bright idea of opening both fuel taps and the stumble from pilot through cutaway seems to be cured.
However, fuel is spitting from the air intake (I think it's the pilot airway shown) Lowering the float level makes no difference.
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On 25 Dec 2025, at 16:12, jerry atric <baconsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
Andrew, I didn't write it very well. Its not spitting back, I can see tiny droplets of petrol flying out to the extent that I've getting petrol on my leg, much to the annoyance of my wife. Have you tried washing the smell of petrol out of jeans?!🙈
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On Dec 29, 2025, at 1:05 PM, jerry atric <baconsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
I thought I remembered them being the same profile but wasn't sure. Yes there is wear on the lobes. The exhaust roller has a very small amount of play. Exhaust follower is not as convex as intake but looks shiny/smooth enough. I tried photographing the cam but not very successful.
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I think GR will have been on holiday for the whole of the festive period, they do that in Italy. Similarly they have most of August away.
I just telephoned to speak to Marco and he is on holiday. The person who answered did not speak much English
Suggest you try Monday. You can phone them but look at the opening times below as they have very long lunch breaks. Alternatively send an email, they are very good at replying (when they are there).
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On 8 Jan 2026, at 14:07, Patrick Hughes <patrick...@harmill.co.uk> wrote:
I think GR will have been on holiday for the whole of the festive period, they do that in Italy. Similarly they have most of August away.
I just telephoned to speak to Marco and he is on holiday. The person who answered did not speak much English
Suggest you try Monday. You can phone them but look at the opening times below as they have very long lunch breaks. Alternatively send an email, they are very good at replying (when they are there).
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