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3 hours ago, p6x said:
I did not try the PR4, so I am going straight on the R5;
I agree that Michelin quick move from R5 to R6 is intriguing. I asked MPH to source R5 in Dec 21, I did not know about the R6 at the time, else I would have gone 6.
We should maybe start a (long) discussion on why some of us seem to be wearing the front faster than the rear? on the same model though. I never go full acceleration personally, just for that reason, flattening the rear tire too quickly.
I haven't spent a lot of time trying to figure out the science, but I have two premises, one is that the rear tire temperature is almost always 10 degrees C hotter than the front ( I use my Steelmate TPMS to monitor both pressure and temperature), and I suppose carries more weight due to panniers and rider position. I would imagine the temperature is driven off multiple factors (downstream of engine, exhaust?, weight), but I would think heat is a primary contributor. Others who are more expert can chime in...perhaps there are other factors as well.
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3 hours ago, p6x said:
The 1155 between the 290 and the 105 at Chappell Hill is an acceptable substitute. However you need to be very careful, there are many blind curves and people riding horses. Wth all the ranches and farms around, I never take any risk.
Good suggestion, and yes, we've ridden this and all of the national forest roads hundreds of times over the last 25 years...always alert, and watch out for the boys of the FM3090 Sport bike club who like to run 100+ regularly from Navasota up to Yankee Tavern, and have unfortunately been responsible for the signs up there warning motorcyclists to watch out...several have not made it.
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13 minutes ago, LowRyter said:
10k is a pretty good run for any rear tire. Better than any radial sport oriented rear tire. Now the bias Metzlers on my California go along ways....
Indeed...and that's why I prefer the GT versions too in order to get maximum wear...I wish we had more real twisties here, but it takes a good days drive to get out of Texas to the fun stuff!
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34 minutes ago, LowRyter said:
wait Paul, You've gone through 5 sets of Pilots. How many miles have you been getting from a set or a rear tire?
Hey John.... I made one small correction above digging into the memory banks here after writing above, it's been 1 set of PR3's, 4 sets of PR4's. I'm counting the tires on my Norge and Scura, and as I mentioned above I get approx 9-10K miles out of each set. I do change front and rears at the same time, and the rears wear slightly faster than the front, so I'd guess I could probably get another 1K or a bit more out of the front, but why push it. I like to run tire pressures at 40/40 cold, they heat up to 43/44 on a normal Texas day when out riding for a bit. I know others here run much lower than that, I suspect that may account for faster wear perhaps.
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Nicely done on completing the tour and a cool patch too!
Several of us from Houston will ride up to the open house at Texas Sidecar on March 26th, looks like a good chance to have a nice ride and pick up a post for the tour.
I've posted up the event on the Facebook page of GRIT (Guzzi Riders in Texas), so we may get some other Guzzisti from around the area to join in hopefully.
One year we had a Guzzi lunch in Hearne, the equidistant location between Dallas, San Antonio and Houston...I think we had about 15 riders show up for lunch that day, including a Ducati Diavel who joined me from Houston. On the way back, we'll pass thru Milano.
Some of these rides thru this part of Texas are quite fun...you can go thru Athens, Carthage, Palestine, Italy, Milano, Paris all in a days ride!
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Davey at MPH is a real national treasure...he does excellent work, so far has proven to be extremely thorough, and even has sent me pictures of the work he's doing at my request when he's deep into the job, so I could see before and after shots of some internal work. His work has been 100% perfect on everything I've brought him, but as a habit I also go thru my bikes after I get them back from the shop and make sure nuts and bolts are all tight, check torque settings on the wheels particularly if I've had tires replaced. I've had a few experiences over the years from prior mechanics where they failed to tighten up bolts which were glaringly obvious oversights. Luckily no accidents caused by such oversights.
Mike used to work on the bikes when his brother Todd was around years earlier. I bought my Norge from him back in late 2009, and Mike was just as picky and meticulous as Davey, so I always felt very comfortable knowing he had his hands on my bike, and his guidance on how Guzzis behave when new and then at future intervals as they break in has always been spot on. The Griso was also purchased from Mike by a friend, and then I bought it from my friend when he could no longer ride, and so far has been flawless.
My Scura was worked on at Mike's house up in Hempstead when for a period of time he could not use the workshop, and he did the Roper Plate, replacement of the single plate clutch, full lubrication of those bloody hard zerk fitted u-joints and several other "must do" items that Chuck had recommended at one of the Cedar Vale rallies. He did them all, and the bike has ridden like a dream since I got it back from him several years ago, no failures, no issues.
Knowing that there are good Guzzi surgeons nearby is very comforting, I can do a lot of work on the bikes, but some items are beyond my knowledge, skill or toolset, and sometimes even time, and I'd rather ride another bike while having one of them on the lift with Mike or Davey, knowing they'll probably find a few other items to look at with the patient on the operating table that I wouldn't even know to look for.
On the subject of tires, I'm on my 5th set of PR's, 1 PR3, 4 sets of PR4's...they have been impeccable in all kinds of weather, very very good in wet weather, and very sticky for twisties. I have them on the Norge and Scura, and a fresh set waiting to be put on the Griso when the original tires wear out. I am curious about the PR 6's, but will choose to skip the 5's based on feedback from other riders. Getting the GT version is excellent for longer wear here in the flats of Texas...my experience has been about 9-10K miles per set so far, with the rear wearing slightly faster than the front.
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7 hours ago, p6x said:
@docc By winning the 2022 Monte Carlo Rally, Sebastien Loeb set a new record; oldest driver ever to win a WRC rally.
He won 9 times the WRC world championship.
Incidentally, Sebastien Ogier won 8 times so far, still in the race to get to nine this year, arrived 2nd at the 2022 Monte Carlo after leading, but had a puncture to give Loeb the win.
It seems like when you are born, if they name you Sebastien, you are bound to become a talented rally driver?
When you think about it, (Finland, Sweden, Norway) always were the countries producing the best rally drivers.
Ahem...Colin McRae - Scotland and Walter Rohrl - Germany... I'd take these two any day for style and substance as well.
Back to Pikes peak...everyone should enjoy a ride up there at least once on a motorcycle...it's a fun ride to the North Pole, well worth the investment in time to get there.
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The other item that is less of an issue, but still something to look at once item #1 is solved. If the start at 4 minutes truly is a warm start, then it should start up and idle perfectly instantly if properly tuned without having to gun the throttle at all.
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Sounds like the problem that the older Land Rovers (Defenders, Series vehicles) have with the starters. Frequently solved by hitting it on the casing with a hammer to free it up and then they start right up. Quite a few folks in the HLRC (Houston Land Rover club) have experienced this regularly. Not that I'm recommending the same solution here, but is the starter an original one or does it look it's been replaced at some point?
Presumably all of the battery connections have been tightened down sufficiently as well.
Just another thought on this...do you by any chance have a Lithium battery on the bike. The symptoms can be exactly the same in cold weather...where the battery has to "wake up" a bit. I've seen this on my Shorai from time to time...
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It's quite lonely being only 1 of 2 willing to buy here, at least I have 3 other Guzzis to play with in the meantime!
But hey, that means fewer people to wade thru to get one when it finally is released in 2025! No butting in line guys!
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Well that would have been equally entertaining too! Nothing like a good slide guitar to accompany the songs.
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Upcoming Docc!! Event is in March!
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For Texas riders within a reasonable radius of Donie, Texas (south of Dallas, north of Houston, north east of Austin), here's a fun event and a good excuse for a ride. I'll ride up from Houston on the backroads, easy couple of hours. If anyone else wants to tag along, let me know and we'll convoy up.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2963816537263102?ref=newsfeed
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BRRR! That doesn't look like fun at all!
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The gas cap looks very nice...bought it that way or had it powder coated or painted?
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Looks pristine! Beautiful bike!
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All that extra prose is worth about $1900 to $2500 of over inflated price…nothing truly special there….
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2 hours ago, Chuck said:
The reason for the shit eating grin?? He didn't get me about 30 seconds before.. I didn't mention that, though.
Need to know basis only...why divulge unnecessary incriminating info! You look happy, that's the most important! Nothing like running above triple digits...smooth as silk!
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Flashback to the 60’s! We had those and then the blue plates….what’s old is new again!
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Very stylish as always! By the way, what production # is the Mighty Scura?
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Yup...already done! Where else can one get humor, technical recommendations, music all rolled into one big pot.
May 2022 be an excellent year for everyone!
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3 hours ago, Chuck said:
The Mighty Scura now has black Napoleons here in the midwest where it's more important to see if that's a cop car behind you than being narrow for lane splitting in SoCal.
Can't imagine you worrying about cops Chuck!! When you get stopped, do you stick your hand in your vest like Napoleon as well? You were offering up your Scura the other day if I recall correctly...how many miles are on it now? I'm thinking those Red grips might also be the reason for no vibrations! Hope all is well!
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All this talk about hand numbing vibration, I don't have that issue at all on my Scura, but I also use a Crampbuster on all my bikes to avoid any wrist strain, but I'm curious now whether the clips on have any filler in them or not. May have to take a look. I tried mounting Napoleon's a few years ago, but the "shaving" down process was overly complex, so back to standard Aprilia/Guzzi mirrors, I took off the Mickey mouse round ones, those just seemed like a couple of lollipops.
My odometer is at 09999, ready to roll over on the next trip, just in time to start racking up the miles this year with this wonderful riding weather down here in Texas.
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This is the part number from Stein Dinse.Agree on the coating it black, that’s what I did also. If you have an email, Shoot it to me via pm and I’ll email the larger resolution pics. I don’t host my pics on any hosting sites anymore, so just posting from my IPhone directly…
Cheers!
Video presentation of the 2022 Michelin Road 6 and Road 6 GT;
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Yes...unfortunately 6 weeks is the norm these days as you've also experienced. The price for backlog and expertise is patience, and perhaps a 2nd bike!
Years earlier they were able to turn bikes around in just a couple of weeks when they had a couple of techs and Mike working on bikes as well, but as I understand it only Davey does the bikes and Mike dedicates himself to cars.
I presume you are talking about getting your Guzzidiag to work? It can be a bit fiddly on recognizing the port, I usually pick COM3 on mine, but sometimes have to bounce it to Com5 and back to Com3 for it then to connect. Sometimes if your motorcycle battery is too low, it won't work, so to be sure, I also put it on a tender if it's not recognizing it right away to get the extra juice. I'm using an HP laptop, not a Mac...what device are you using? There is also as a reference a very good thread of how to use Guzzidiag on Wildguzzi that Beetle wrote up and maintained for a long time. It's a handy reference thread to keep with you when working on the bike. Were you also planning to balance your throttle bodies, or was that already done?
Now Guzzidiag doesn't tell me if the injectors are spraying perfectly, it just triggers it so you can hear each one operate independently, but whether they are spraying a full pattern or not if embedded in the throttle bodies isn't visible, so you'd need to pull them out and visually inspect while triggering Guzzidiag to fire the injector. Others have suggested they are easy to clean if clogged...I've not done that service before, but if you suspect something, it would probably be worth getting them cleaned first before replacing.
I am not 100% certain if Davey has a specific setup to check the injectors, but I'd guess yes since he seems to know everything else I've ever asked him to do. Worth a shot to ask him.
Hope you get it back in time...let me know if you want to ride up to the Texas Sidecars open house in late March, perhaps we'd have a mini Spine raid up there!