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    picture of my exploded flywheel

    in Technical Topics

    Posted

    Well now, therein lies a very long and boring story.

    There are no guzzi dealerships in ireland, unless you count the dodgy one bfg dealt with, and belfast is about 6 hours from me, so not really an option.

    So (stupidly), and bearing mind I'm not much of a mechanic, I took the cowards route, brought the bike to my local, but nationally respected bike shop, and let them sort it out. They had never dealt with a guzzi before.

    So they ordrered the completely new clutch assembly from Ducati dublin, who then lost it. About 5 months later I got them to order it from moto mecca( a reputable guzzi place in the uk), and a month later it arrived, and they fitted it.

    Now I didn't see what they fitted. They just phoned moto mecca, said "I need a full clutch assembly for a tenni", moto mecca looked it up, ordered it from Guzzi in Italy and thats what was fitted.

    There was then 6 months(no kidding) of pick the bike up from shop, ride for 50 miles, find massive oil leak, bring bike back, scratch heads. 3 or 4 times.

    In the end it seems they had been using a "generic" engine seal/gasket whereas they should have used the bespoke guzzi one. Having eventually phoned moto mecca and been told that "you have to use the guzzi one", they did, so problem solved. <_>

    So far so good.

    So to answer a few questions, no I don't know what was fitted. steel? aluminium? The original is aluminium(the one pictured), or so I've always thought, so I'm guessing so is the new one.

    With regard to will it happen again, well, here's hoping lightning won't strike twice. God, how naiive.

     

    BUT THERE'S A PART TWO OF THE STORY.........

     

    This bit I'd love some informed opinions-Pete Roper, I'm looking your direction.....

     

    I wrote about this elsewhere, but the bones are: I then put 1000 mile on the bike, no problem. the clutch had a very light trigger, but nothing you couldn't deal with.

    I take it to Holland, the clutch give up in France. It gets brought to a Guzzi shop, where a greasy frenchman who obviously knows his stuff but can't speak a word of english takes it apart in front of me over about 2 hours.

    Now again bear with me if some of my techie speak is a bit pedestrain.... It seems that the clutch pin was not fitting correctly in to the correctly sized orifice. The hole it was trying to fit into had 2 diameters, one wider then the other, and the pin was fitting as far as the wider one, but not the(further in) hole. Basically the pin when moving didn't have full travel. Hence the very light trigger, I guess. So either the pin was the wrong size, or the hole was. And I don't know if it was the original pin.

    The mechanic hadn't a clue either. What he eventually did was to bore out the hole to the correct size, and now the pin fits snugly. As far as I know. :huh:

    But i don't know why it didn't fit in the first place, in other words, what did i get fitted?

    When I eventually got to Holland, by car, Paul Minneart reckoned that maybe moto mecca sent a 5 speed clutch assembly, instead of 6 speed.

    I dropped into Moto Mecca a few months ago, and explained the story. They could show me the order they had made to guzzi in Mandello, and it was for a Tenni.

    So what did Guzzi send?

    Mistral cans..

    in 24/7 V11

    Posted

    This one got my curiousity, so I spent yesterday emailing mistral in Italy.

    I got my black oval carbon fibre cans in Agostinis in Mandello in 2002. They don't have anything resembling a db killer.

    It seems I got the "racing cans", which obviously wouldn't have db killers.

    I've got a mistral x over on the way next week(thankyou Jaap), so that should improve the sound a bit. I'll keep you posted!

    picture of my exploded flywheel

    in Technical Topics

    Posted

    I wasn't sure where to put this, so this is a good as any. It had been noisy for as long as I can remember, and those who know have said that crack had been there a long time. Its been replaced by another single plate. The oroginal had about 14000 miles, and 8 years on it.

    PICS FROM FERGS PHONE - 27.jpg

    wheres the damn tenni page gone?!

    in 24/7 V11

    Posted

    I was hoping to glean some info from fellow tennisti, so this'll have to do.

     

    I've got carbon fibre mistrals on the bike, the rest is pretty much standard, and I've noticed at some of the meets that the other v11s tend to be a fair bit louder, and nicer, to be honest. Far as I can make out, theres no db killer on my mistrals, so have any other tennis fitted some of the aftermarket crossovers? does it sound much different? was it worth it? should I bother?

    Mistral cans..

    in 24/7 V11

    Posted

    weird, just had a look at my mistrals, and they don't have anything that looks like a db killer.

    they're the carbon fibre ones. I wouldn't mind making the bike a bit louder actually, it does sound a little gutless.

    any thoughts? I still have the standard crossover.

    V11Lemans.com continental meeting 2011

    in Meetings, Clubs & Events

    Posted

    Well I have 2 weeks in the middle of may(8-22) which i had pencilled in for a continental trip, I think later in the summer would be better for the uk, august maybe.

    Denmark was being mentioned , but with a lot of stuff in the news in the last few months I'd guess Soren has his hands full. But i still wanna go somewhere on the continent. I might just head back towards Sibbe and fit in a few laps of the nurbergring.

    I may have my mate John with me(on his new/old vfr750- I'm afraid my recent troubles may have turned him off guzzis), but I'll go alone if needs be, and it would be great to have a meeting point somewhere, even if just one night for a few beers.

    No need for arranged accomadation or planned rides or barbecues. Just a bar, with maybe somewhere nearby I can lay my head to sleep off the hangover.

    Sunshine would be nice too, but I"m not too fussy.

    TENNI REGISTRY

    in V11 Registries

    Posted

    No, my flywheel exploded 2 years ago. Standard single plate. Those that know say it had been cracked for quite a while before the clutch finally gave way. No other damage as far as I know, it seems I was lucky.

    The whole assembly got replaced. It doesn't feel any different, but seems quieter. I'm away at the moment, when I get home I'll post a photo of the offending item.

    V11 meet uk/ireland 2011

    in Meetings, Clubs & Events

    Posted

    Dunno if someone has a plan for this part of the world? I think BFG was saying something maybe, but he also said he was very busy this year, and he has organised 2 trips now.

    I live in Clare in the west coast of ireland, near Limerick city, nice spot with the cliffs of Moher and the Burren within an hour or so. There's a decent pub/b&b / campground near me,on the Shannon river, and I could organise something for augustish, but I won't know for sure until late february whether I'm free.

    But it's just a thought. It's a bit far for the continentals, And we've done Ireland 2 years running now. Would people prefer Wales/Scotland?

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