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nice picture of the fuel tanks ,
I never noticed, apparently Morini did the same as Guzzi , they changed the direction of the filler cap.
early caps flip forwards, later flip backwards.
the later setup was considered safer for the rider during a accident.

I wonder when they made the change...

sounds like your carbs are a good candidate for another ultrasonic clean.
the worst carbs i ever had were from a Aprilia pegaso, those drove me mad, impossible to set them up.
I eventually got them clean by soaking them in acetone for a week.

nice start for a project bike!
somebody already spent some money on alloy rims and new spokes.
the original chrome rims corrode as soon as they get wet.

nice find!
but why tune it for aspen?
these things should run on E10 pump petrol.

check the gearing , the 500 has a tall gearing , the 5 speed box is pretty similar as the 350 six speeder , with the 500 first gear pretty much the same as the 350 second gear. if you dont run on highways all the time , a couple of teeth extra on the rear sprocket actually improves the top speed of ...

you might have a look on aliexpress , they list pretty similar master cylinders for a couple of euro... could be worth checking the dimensions (ex, look for zx7 brake cylinder) i have good experiences with these chinese brake cylinders https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/32826060945.html?spm=a2g0o.produc...

A moto guzzi voltmeter is easy to find, and should provide the same info.

Nice collection of parts, could make a nice 350 sport and strada and enough spare parts to run them for a couple of years.
Tempting, but I'm going to pass on this one, I've got enough morini's to last my lifetime....

I asked the previous owner how he figured out the Mikuni jetting?? He told me he emailed Sudco Mikuni and they asked for the type of motor (V twin 4 stroke, push rod heron head), the horespower and weight of the bike and SUDCO reccommended a carb size and shipped them jetted to their design, they j...

Mikuni's are stupidly cheap, i have a set of 34 mm Chinese made mikuni's on my guzzi.
A set of new mikuni's was cheaper than changing the dellorto floats.

Just polish out the ridges.
I dont think you need to change the fluids,
I have been using homemade stainless brake pistons for years, never had corrosion issues.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz9ek_ ... p=drivesdk

nice price , i think i paid four times that at oldcross.com

i do have a 500 5 speed primary gear set in the pile of parts somwhere, doing 75 MPH on mine is not going to happen , by that time the valves are close to bouncing i think the rev limiter on the camel is set to 8500 rpm, i can rev it to see where it stops, but honestly my 350 with 38/14 gearing feel...

hi ,

Gearing on my camel is stock 14/46 ( actually the sprockets are still the originals)
apparently i might go back to 14/44 but the difference is pretty marginal...

Hi all,

anyone managed to fit a taller gearing to a 1980 500 camel?
i took the camel on a camping trip, but sitting a 90 km/h is pretty boring.
i am used to running the 350 at 110 km/h, but the 350 feels like having a taller gearing