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dbarb3

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  1. Unfortunately when connected directly still doesnt work.
  2. As usual I jump to expensive conclusions with out doing the diagnostic work. 1. Speedometer started going all over place and quit, I figured cable without checking. Purchased new cable and installed. Wrong. 2. Figured without really testing that it was speedometer. Found a new speedometer on ebay and installed. Wrong. 3. So I finally did the work and found that when I turn the cable at angle drive by hand it turns at speedo. At this point do I reinstall angle drive and how do I see if cable is turning at speedometer with angle drive attached? Do I leave it unattached from speedo and ease motorcycle forward in gear and watch cable at speedo? If cable doesnt turn when angle drive is installed, whats next.
  3. Well seems nothing is simple with me or MG I have new cable in and needle is all over the place. Guess I will visit the article referenced above.
  4. Well that makes sense thank you
  5. Did a search and got a thousand posts Trying to troubleshoot speedometer, MPH nor either odometer is working, tach works fine.. I unscrwed cable from ispeedometer end and cranked engine, it soes not turn, does that indicate cable issue. Just getting started on it and trying to save some steps if psssible.
  6. I now have 02 Lemans and had a 1200 Sport for 6 years and 40K miles. If this makes any sense I feel more "connected" to the V11.
  7. Probably wont work here but maybe try gravity bleed, top up master cylinder crack open the bleed screwand see if it will drain on its own
  8. Short version is that stewgnu is the winner, long version is weeks of aggravation After numerous take off and reinstalls of the selector box and sending it back and forth to Hamlin, a gentlemen named Dave Blue who worked for Guzzi for years came by and completely disassembled/reassembled the selector box and adjusted eccentric starting from scratch. He cant understand how it worked fine for 6K miles when it was way out. Dave was passing thru and had to leave so I reassembled and it shifted much better but was not returning to center every time and we knew center spring was good. This is where it gets Guzzi weird, I took off shifter box one last time to see if I could see anything obviously wrong, nothing. I reassembled it with the intent of burning it if I couldn't get it corrected. Went on a ride and shifted perfectly and has for 600 miles now. Good grief.
  9. Well I am resigned to send it to a shop, about the only 2 I know of are Hamlin and Cadre and they are both 500M away. Any suggestions? Not sure if I can or will haul it in back of pickup or pay shipper.
  10. Well, I have removed starter put up rear wheel and done about everything possible and it just will not click from 6th to a lower gear, I thought it was going down to 5th but actually is between gears. Shift lever is clear and working. I am resigned to it being internal at this point, only shop I can find in NC is booked until December.
  11. Beyond my limited skills it seems, any suggestions for a shop in central NC?
  12. Yes the clutch seems to be working fine, gonna take another look at shift lever
  13. I will take a look but it was shifting OK for 6,000 miles
  14. Bike stranded me and would only downshift from 6th to 5th and no more. Assumed it was spring. Pulled selector box and springs are intact. Since I was slammed with work I sent selector box off to have it checked and super spring installed. Before I went any further I checked the shifting mechanism and cleaned and lubed and its working fine and hitting nothing. Reassembled everything today and shifts just fine 1st thru 6th but will only downshift from 6 to 5th. Shifting forks looked fine to an untrained eye. Any thoughts before I set it on fire, good grief I'm really starting to hate this thing.
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