Motorcycle Classics at Motogiro America – Day 3

Reader Contribution by Richard Backus
Published on July 16, 2008
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Dave Miller’s riding this bike, a 1966 125cc Moto Guzzi Stornello
Dave Miller, our man at the Motogiro America and riding a 1966 Moto Guzzi 125cc Stornello, is still in the running, even though the Stornello has been giving him a few problems. Dave reports:
“Since I talked to you last night, they had announced results, and for me the highlight was that my running mate David Hills, riding a Motobi, is in third place in the vintage class and Stewart Ingram is in second place riding his Moto Morini. Our tired old hacks are in second and third! I love it when that happens.

“Last night I was up to midnight working on John Goldman’s bike, sorting electrical problems, so I didn’t get much sleep. We got it running, he made it about 40 miles today and the clutch quit, so it looks like I’ll be ripping into that tonight.

“My morning started with my roommate saying, ‘Hey did you know we parked next to a sprinkler?’ So I went down, and it didn’t look too wet, so I tried to start her, and she was mad at me and decided she was gonna become a two-stroke for the day; she promptly fouled a spark plug. Naturally, I didn’t have one, so I went rushing around looking for a spark plug. It takes an NGK B8ES, but somebody had a B5HS. I knew that was a lot hotter, but I stuck it in, it tried to start but wouldn’t, so I rolled it over to Stewart; it’ll always start for him because he owns the bike. So I pulled the plug, checked the gap, it was closed up. So I thought, okay, I gapped it again, stuck it back in, it started and ran for a minute, sputtered and quit.

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