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PJPR01

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  1. Sweet...the old stomping grounds...great video, bike looks like a blast!  Nice shadow photography there!!

     

    Excellent sound track as always!  Nothing better than the fresh smell of the Pacific ocean near Pismo beach and the sand dunes!  

     

    Make a stop at Pea Soup Andersen's as well?   :food:  :food:

  2. Funny...the box of rocks description is commonly used as well to describe the sound of the cold Porsche upon start up before it smoothes out at idle after about 30 seconds of warm up.

     

    How is the riding position on the Duc vs. the V11...more or less inclined/pressure on the wrists?

  3. Sounds like the Duc will be an interesting beast...numbers are only a part of the experience, the rest sounds rather like unconstrained fury (in a good way).  

     

    K-bike looks nice and well maintained, I had a blue K1100LT many years ago...an interesting experience, although I'd have to say the Guzzis are more enjoyable in most aspects.

  4. Swoosh...yes...moves about the same amount, a tad less on mine.  What did you end up doing to fix it, if anything, or just accept it as normal as docc has said?

     

    Thanks Guzzimoto...will take a look.  Replacement OEM runs about $320...so I'll compare price on the Shindy.

     

    I'm guessing then that this "free play" is for fork compression to allow a bit of angle change while still allowing the damper to function linearly.

  5. If by Rose joint, you mean the center anchoring joint vs. the end mount, then yes...that's where the movement is.  I see about a 1/16 of an inch movement, you can see the frame of the steering damper be flush and then rotate open a bit.  The "free play" is inside that circular mount where the hex bolt goes thru.  There seems to be a little spider screw there as well, but on mine at least it does not appear to be adjustable, and my hex bolt is as tight as it can get, so I'm guessing there's looseness in the washer/mechanism inside that circular mount.  

     

    If that's normal...great, but it feels sloppy to me.

  6. A side benefit (tongue in cheek) of having taken off the tank to do a few repairs on filter/fuel hose etc...is checking everything else on the bike and finding stuff to fix!

     

    So far all else is good, but I notice that the steering damper (part # 01530230) has quite a bit of free play in it at the center mounting point.  

     

    Tried tightening up the hex bolt there at the center mounting point, but to no avail, so I'm assuming that I need either a new bracket or washer/filler to tighten this up, and hopefully not needing to replace the actual steering damper, which feels smooth and with no catches from side to side.

     

    Have others had success sourcing an equivalent mount or have you done some other fix here, as this particular part is not sold separately by Guzzi.  Feels like an important item to fix so the mounting bolt doesn't break, as in that case, for sure I'll have to buy the whole damper.

     

    Mille grazie...

  7. It does seem to "look" more like a sport touring setup although the front end is Lemans-ish with the fairing/mirror setup and Norge-ish with all the plastic fairing bits, but I wonder how it will feel w/o the bags on it.  Nice you had a good reason to take it for a ride!!  :)  Pie run!!

     

    I frequently ride the Norge on local rides w/o the bags and it does have a notably different "feeling" of lightness (probably because my bags are usually full of long distance gear etc.).  This is a nice looking Ducati indeed...adding some variety to the fleet here.

     

    Curious to see how it grows on you over time, or will it feel too tame by comparison to the more visceral Guzzi feeling you are used to?

     

    A few months ago I saw the new Triumph Thruxton out on a demo day (w/o rides unfortunately...only available for looking at), I'm curious to take it for a spin and see what it feels like compared to the Scura.

  8. Lovely...flat smack in the middle of the 2 weeks I am travelling in May...no can do.

     

    Will just have to detour a little bit on the way up to Cedar Vale to catch some of these roads anyway.

     

    Enjoy the Spine raid...someone ought to show Spinal Tap one evening for fun!

  9. Winter...it's the season to ride!  Much nicer riding in winter down here on the Gulf Coast than the beastly 98% humidity / 100F heat of summer time.  Time to rack up the miles...!

     

    Have yet to see a Greenie down here in Houston or another Scura...rare as hen's teeth around here...seen 1 LeMans!

     

    While the Scura is waiting for the O-rings and new fuel filter to arrive, I had to take the Norge out for a spin yesterday on a picture perfect day...Scura definitely feeling neglected! 

  10. That's another item I have to test as well, as mine is not possible to turn by hand.  Got the Scud fuel line yesterday (thanks Tim), now waiting on the O-rings from Harpers, and have to find a Y or T to join the vent/overflow lines together.  Luckily I've got some extra vent hosting from the work done a few months ago.

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