Fork stem notches setting?

[belfastguzzi]

 

I asked this question when I first got the Griso. Now there are more out there, I'll try again.

What do Guzzi mean by 'notches'? It's a puzzle because what they say in the manual doesn't matches the drawings or photos in the manual, nor photos of new bikes. The manual says that the standard setting is to have 4 notches showing and the sports setting is 5 notches. Yet the MG pictures and actual bikes from the factory all seem to have only 2 notches showing!

 

This is a photo from MG Service Manual.

The stem is set at only one or two notches, depending upon what is meant by notches. This corresponds with the diagram showing how the stem should be set, but not with the text.

 

Here are all the notches/rings on the stem

 

I have had mine set at what I think is at 4 notches, but is it?

 

Biesel, what does yours look like, as set from the factory?

[biesel]

Here are all the notches/rings on the stem

 

I have had mine set at what I think is at 4 notches, but is it?

 

Biesel, what does yours look like, as set from the factory?

 

 

Hi Belfast,

the factory setting is on the 3rd ring, one ring higher than yours.

(it´s 15,5 mm measured from the top)

[belfastguzzi]

Hi Belfast,

the factory setting is on the 3rd ring, one ring higher than yours.

(it´s 15,5 mm measured from the top)

 

Thanks, that's what I thought.

It doesn't match with what the handbook says or shows.