The Le Mans Start - Part 2

Marty rang me yesterday, and told me that the long-range weather forecast for South Australia was 12 months of higher than average rainfall. Given that we've been in drought for 3 years, this sounded like good news. So I asked him where he got this information.
His response??
"I re-registered the Le Mans for 12 months............"

Very funny, brother.

But this is good news as it's been sitting idle for many years, and now that the seat is fixed and the engine serviced etc, there was only the minor issue of the rear indicators.
The Guzzi used to have a carry rack - which weighed about 7 kilos (14lbs) - and I removed it when the project started.
The downside was that the indicators (turn signals for those in North America) - which were originally mounted on tubular metals stalks with a threaded end - were mounted directly to the carry rack. naturally, I did not have the mounting stalks. Nothing is ever simple, is it?

I went to Eurocycle, our local Guzzi dealer, and the mounting stalks were $65 each. $130 is way too much, so I though about whether to get some half inch tube and make up the fittings. It would mean getting a tap and die set, and the cost of that didn't thrill me. So I decided to try the local bike wreckers. I visited my folks and then went to motorcycle wreckers near them today, but they only had second hand parts for the newer Japanese bikes, and all the mountings and fittings didn't seem to fit the Guzzi character. They also had new units at $40 to $55 apeice, which seemed a bit pricey to me.
I tried a seond wreckers, closer to home, and as luck would have it I found a pair of similar shape the the Guzzi units, off a Suzuki trail bike. They had the added bonus of flexible rubber stalks, which is always useful when trickling through parked traffic. They were both in as-new condition, and total cost was $20.
Then I went to Tandy and bought some spade connectors and insulating covers, so I could hook everything up. That was another $12.
I fitted the indicators and hooked up the hot leads, and then ran both earth wires to a common point, and then turned on the ignition. Hit the left turn button and voila, both front and rear were working as they should. Same for the right hand side.
Then I eventually fired up the Le Mans - it was a bit uncooperative for the first few minutes until I got the carbys nicely pumped full of go fast juice - and it settled into a lumpy fast idle.
Marty will have the rego papers with him when he travels the 1500kms to Adelaide to visit us in the school holidays.
The Le Mans awaits.
The next burning question is - What's it like riding around on 10 year old tyres??? Hmmmm.