How very frustrating Paul after all your hard work. Bloody old bikes....!
Hi Rob and all
had great fun with a group of great and interesting people in wonderful mountain countryside. Several other bikes also "failed to proceed" and were picked up by chase trucks and trailers.
I was "awarded" the "Mechanical Hardship" trophy, with the comment from the event organizer that the Gilera was the prettiest bike to ever receive that particular award, bloody hell.....
Already looking forward to next years event. I am currently working on resolving the Gilera VAPE rotor issue, then will do final carb jetting dial in on a local dyno at the shop that did the head and the other machining for me. Then considering potentially offering the Gilera for sale to fund a possible Ducati 250 build, we'll see, have not really decided yet. I am not sure if I have another comprehensive bare frame bare engine cases build left in me.
A Ducati 250 was the fastest bike at the Giro, I am not built to be among the slower in the overall pack, while the Gilera runs really well and is truly gorgeous, te Gilera 150 is what it is and 7 hp barely gets my bulk up some of the steeper mountain roads...... The Gilera needs a lighter rider to be competitive, so either I lose a bunch of weight or I figure out how to bolt a supercharger on the Gilera or .......
before anyone jumps to the conclusion I am joking about a supercharger for the Gilera, a supercharger is permitted by the rules. Too bad turbo charging is excluded by the rules, that would be much easier. Challenge to supercharge one of these little singles is where and how to mount and drive the supercharger. I am doing some preliminary research, I think supercharging the Gilera might be more interesting than building a Ducati 250 from scratch,,,, and likely considerably cheaper