Mastercylinder mod SFC

[motoddrob]

The rear m/c off my SFC has been modified not very professionally.
As you can see in the photo it has had the small tab at the outlet ground off.
My bike is a 1 owner so all I can think of it was done at the factory?
Marnix, have you seen the same mod on any of the SFCs you come across?

Forgot to photo!!

 

[rez]

Foto?

 

[MarnixSFC]

It indeed was for that return spring with it’s original lever (Guzzi) which had that quite different shape. Laverda indeed removed them by hand, Luigi with his big hand file!

Marnix

 

[Laverdalothar]

they should have given Luigi a spray-can full of silky black paint...

 

[Vince]

Don't paint it, it's factory original. Best let it corrode.

 

[Laverdalothar]

Not sure corrosion would be factory original. It's not a japs car from the 70's... (or french car from that time... or italian even...)

 

[motoddrob]

Luigi needs to practice his filing skills!!
What was the reason for removal?

 

[Rob]

Amazing what you find after 16 years of ownership. Had a peer at mine and found the same thing.

 

[Laverdalothar]

Luigi needs to practice his filing skills!!
What was the reason for removal?

weight saving...

 

[motoddrob]

Well I don't feel so bad looking at mine if they're all like that.
Very badly done. You'd be blaming it on the DPO.

 

[sfcpiet]

Luigi needs to practice his filing skills!!
What was the reason for removal?

Different lever shape maybe? Perhaps a return spring was deemed unnecessary.

Nothing more ugly than an un-used lug...

piet

 

[chrisk]

The rear m/c off my SFC has been modified not very professionally.
As you can see in the photo it has had the small tab at the outlet ground off.
My bike is a 1 owner so all I can think of it was done at the factory?
Marnix, have you seen the same mod on any of the SFCs you come across?

Forgot to photo!!

Gotta love the file mark further up the cylinder body, almost like a tag by Luigi, like when finished, gave it a whack with the bastard file… as if to say “Nekst”

 

[motoddrob]

Not too difficult to remove "the Lug"

 

[MarnixSFC]

The lug was fouling the angled brake line they used.

Marnix

 

[motoddrob]

Thanks Marnix. Makes sense now.

I changed the brake lines 40 years ago to braided so can't remember the original layout.

 

[piranha-bro2]

It's just proof that the SFC wasn't some pretty-boy cafe racer for les poseurs or collectors - it was built for owners to hammer the living daylights out of it.

 

[motoddrob]

More of a real race bike instead of those green frame imposters!!!

 

[chrisk]

More of a real race bike instead of those green frame imposters!!!

Quick Paul, paint the SFC frame green, and auction it as a Paul Marx ‘Smart’ green frame SFC. Add knobbies and fairy lights and you’re in the $$$$$

 

[Laverdalothar]

It's just proof that the SFC wasn't some pretty-boy cafe racer for les poseurs or collectors - it was built for owners to hammer the living daylights out of it.

or maybe a proof they did not find a good rooting for the brake line or simply had some laying around with the wrong angle...

But your explanation sounds more loyal to the brand, so I go with that one, too.

 

[Paul Marx]

Quick Paul, paint the SFC frame green, and auction it as a Paul Marx ‘Smart’ green frame SFC. Add knobbies and fairy lights and you’re in the $$$$$

I've managed to swap my SFC for a GSXR.
Sold that and am in the process a buying a Vincent Black Shadow with the proceeds.
Paul