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In the workshop manual I have in pdf format, there is not a single part number for any of the components. They are described by their names, they have an item number, but no part number quoted.
The link supposed to provide you the manual for the V11 with the part numbers no longer work.
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5 minutes ago, KINDOY2 said:
I got a new one for my Rosso Corsa from AF1 racing a few months ago...Brembo Gold Rear....GU30653001.. ( it says front on their site when you enter it but its the rear..and that is the correct number for a rear) It was only $104.00 dollars complete with new Brembo pads..and they usually have it in their USA warehouse..took about a week.
I queried their website with the part number posted, and drew a blank. I got an Aprilia part number instead:
Front brake caliper - AP8213196
Obviously, the manufacturers always do that! they take a Brembo part number, and they rebrand it with their own part number. It would be so simple if they had kept the Brembo part number across the board, so only one reference, even if compatible with multiple motorbikes.
But we are no longer talking about a repair kit....
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6 minutes ago, docc said:
+1 on overseas shipping. My recent parts from the UK, The Netherlands, and Israel arrived very efficiently. DSL is amazing.
The difference in efficiency clearing US Customs in Cincinnati versus New York is notable, as well.
Well if you noticed, UPS, DHL, FedEx have a service charge for clearing customs "on your behalf".
I do buy a lot of goods from Europe, and I always get the taxes double dip. Boonstra does not use eBay, and they automatically remove the NL VAT when they sale outside of EUR.
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8 minutes ago, thumper said:
Thanks for the information, May just order from overseas
You should be fine. Most of these shops go eBay for the exposure. But you don't need to pay the extra money from eBay since these guys have an Internet site, and they are certainly used to send goods all over the world.
I looked at the Powerhouse uk web site, and when you click on the repair kit to buy it, you are taken to eBay. Looks like you are going to pay the 20% local VAT on top of everything else eBay is going to charge you automatically, such as local US taxes too.
Do not waste time trying to address that issue with eBay, I tried so many times, and you can never speak to anybody who understands taxes.
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11 minutes ago, docc said:
I tried searching the Brembo USA site for the Brembo part number for the rebuild kit (PHGV11RPSK), but no luck.
I am guessing a call to Brembo Italy is in order. The US representation of some of the foreign companies here seem to be purely PR work.
I have been in touch with Alpinestars in California for my TechAir 5 airbag. Phone calls, and the people I spoke to always need to get in touch with someone else in Italy.
But when it comes to vintage parts, UK and NL are king.
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5 hours ago, thumper said:
Thanks saw that would like to get it before Aug 23.
US supplier if possible.
I ordered bars end weights from Boonstra in the Netherlands. It was at my door in three days using DHL.
Actually, they arrived before my Formotion instruments ordered the same day from California.
Contact Powerhouse UK directly tomorrow https://powerhouse.uk/ forget eBay...
Remember, if the parts are new, they should be VAT exempted and the courier to the USA should also be VAT free.
Since the parts are below $800, you should escape paying import duty. I did not pay any import taxes for my bar ends weights.
When you use eBay, they charge you automatically for local taxes independently of the country where the goods are sent.
Because in Europe, by law, sellers have to quote new item prices with the VAT included. There is no VAT on used goods. In EUR you only pay VAT on new items.
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Have you tried Brembo USA?
https://www.brembo.com/en/bike/original-equipment
Do we know the exact part number for the rear caliper?
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10 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:
Whitworth is still a very common general hardware thread and bolt size for use in construction etc.
Ciao
I did not know....
I remember that on my assigned lathe, we had tables for what levers to combine according to thread types. During all my training, I never cut a single Withworth thread.
Anyway, I read the Wikipedia narrative, and learned that the 1/4" thread at the bottom of all my cameras and video cameras is a Withworth thread! all these years.
For piping, I am much more familiar with the BSP standard.
But as per our previous discussions, I always found cumbersome to deal with the multiple different standards. With metric threads, there is a single nomenclature, or close to at least.
I also remember the nightmare to identify UNF, UNC, UNS when needing to replace something on our equipment and looking for fasteners...
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1 hour ago, SFTripod said:
Lest we not forget Whitworth tools........Oh, that's right, we're "trying" to forget them....
Whitworth was nicknamed "Gas thread" by my Lathe instructor when we learned about threads... but we never used it.
And understanding threads is a great adventure in the world of oilfield connections... API or not....
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On 7/29/2021 at 11:01 PM, Scud said:
For charging, I carry a solar-powered battery with 2 USB charging ports. I can charge 2 things in the tank bag, backpack, or overnight. I charge it fully in advance of the trip, and I can set it in the sun to top it off. Then I don't have to carry all the other charging stuff for the accessories - just the cables.
I like using a backpack, and for long trips, I take the Klim one that has a 3L water bladder.
I'm not clear if you are intending to camp or use hotels. That would make a big difference.
Hotels exclusively.
As long as the trips are short, I should be ok. Its mainly about off riding time. The pants are warm, and my riding shoes are not very comfy to dance the two steps with the local cowgirls.
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On 7/30/2021 at 1:28 AM, pete roper said:
The business with different chargers is a PITA so the way I deal with it is I take my LiFe starter pack and it's charger and as it has a couple of USB ports it can charge crap up on the run and then I can charge it up again at night, (I don't camp any more except in extremis.).
My Mana has a 12V socket in the 'Helmet Compartment' where the tank would be on a conventional bike which is handy. The Griso has nothing, probably like the LeMans. Before I do my next 'Big' trip I'll probably put a double USB thingy on the bars somewhere but I really don't like having too much clutter on the bars. Perhaps I could hide it under one of the 'Wings'?
I usually carry an inverter on long trips (car trips I mean). So I can plug in higher amps chargers during the trip.
The camera and video camera are luxury. I don't really need to ride with them, but I like to take nice photos, and I don't like doing it with cell phones. Those do not have USB ports. The camera has a battery that you take out, so I carry two. The video camera also has an external battery that requires a different charger.
The Alpinestars Airbag has is proprietary connection and charger. They did not need to do that. They could have had a USB-C port. A bit like Apple that insists with Lightning ports on their phones.
I should manage anyway.
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On 7/30/2021 at 3:16 AM, Lucky Phil said:
My business class seat has a USB port in the armrest
Ciao
Many hotels have USB outlets too nowadays, but you never know in advance.
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On 7/30/2021 at 4:50 AM, Bill Hagan said:
Given that capacious tail bag, perhaps this is best use of the space?
Bill
You are actually very close to my life's philosophy. Just take your AMEX with you, and you are set.
Unfortunately, the AMEX cars is mostly useful in the USA. In Europe, not many stores take it. You are better off with a VISA or a Mastercard.
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2 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:
I spent my whole career working on US built aircraft, so all AF (plus a lot of years on Airbus, and Fokker come to think of it) and the metric system is by far and away the best. I can measure out 900mm OR 35 and 27/64ths", spare me. The only thing I still convert is 10ths and hundredths of a mm, thousandths of an inch seem more relevant to my brain for some reason. But I always do the calculation in my head, I'm not mad enough yet to use a calculator or anything. And who cares how much force a horse from 1824 could produce and the length of a mans foot from the same time.
Ciao
I spent a good part of my career dealing with mixed units based on what the customer fancied. Sometimes I had to measure tools in inches, other times in meters. Sometimes I had to make my report using ISO units, sometimes Imperial.
Although I was taught in metric, I had to learn inches and fractions because some measures are still expressed in imperial units.
But I agree with you that metric is much more intuitive to decipher.
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On 7/24/2021 at 1:07 AM, po18guy said:
Mine came with Staintunes. Pretty throaty, but not obnoxious. Db killers out. With them, it is just so wrong. Recently rotated them up for a little more spiff.
I have the same; Australian Stay In Tune, and they do. However, the company went belly up, and was picked up by an auto parts.
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4 hours ago, docc said:
Getting back to mySport after an uncharacteristically extensive wrenching session on my little Honda, I had to stop reaching for the 12s and 14s and fall back to the 11, 13, 17, 19 for the Guzzi.
"Odd", I know . . .
If I remember correctly, the distance between two opposed faces which determines the size of the wrench you need to use is based on the standard used for that particular fastener.
It is either ISO, or DIN and at the manufacturers' choice to follow. Either one works, but for the same size, the nominal wrench size may change.
This always has been a major pain in the back side.
In the oilfield industry, early on, some accessories, instrumentation, metering systems were manufactured in the USA, and installed on equipment manufactured in Europe.
So you would always need to have a tool box with imperial and metric tools; sometimes the temptation to use the wrong tool would result in a lot of frustration. That included tap and dies, and screws that looked alike but with imperial threads that you may want to install in a metric threaded hole; same size, different thread pitch!
And the cherry on the cake were with the early British standard for threads, which fortunately got discarded when they embraced the metric system. Initially, British threads would screw anti-clockwise against the universal standard to screw clockwise, excepted for gas connections.
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My company switched to RCM for many downhole tools.
Most of those tools are capable to determine when they require maintenance.
Modern cars have some RCM built in too. My car tells me when I need to change the oil. It is always (a lot) later than the kind advice written by the dealership on that windshield sticker. lol...
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On 7/24/2019 at 2:46 AM, MartyNZ said:
It is called "infant mortality" nowadays, and is a consideration in a "reliability centred maintenance program". It's not the whole story, but the effect is real.
In one of my line of business, "infant mortality" was used for brand new equipment that would break down a few hours before entering service.
Mainly Electrical Submersible downhole Pumps. For those non eruptive wells, you run a pump. Some of them, would fail a few hours or days after being started.
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2 minutes ago, Gmc28 said:
I’m supposed to be over there in Mandello in late September. Did I miss some news about new restrictions, or is this more about the large group issue associated with that kind of event?
Keep your fingers crossed that you can actually travel. Who knows what can happen until then...
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31 minutes ago, PJPR01 said:
Ci vediamo nel anno 2022...forza Italia! Let's hope by then, things have finally settled down, and overseas adventures can begin again!
I think the world is going in complete FUBAR mode with the back and forth botched communication that took place almost everywhere.
I am now totally confused on what the message is.
I am going to go with riding my V11 is going to keep me safe from the Delta variant. Why not? wearing a helmet is the best protection... lol...
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@po18guy I received the preowned jacket today; not in time for my trip to Freeport, which I did with my Icon.
But it was a very educating trip, because throughout there were patches of showers followed by intense sun. So I got drenched, and then dried by the sun.
I must say the "cooling" effect of wearing wet clothing did not convince me at all.
It felt wet, but it was not really "cooling" me. I found it rather unpleasant. And the "cooling" effect did not last much under the sun.
However, the rain was so heavy that it was hard to see, and the asphalt accumulates water pretty fast.
Bottom line, I don't mind riding in the heat!!!
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It is only postponed though....
Not as bad as if it was cancelled.
So let's hope for the best next year...
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6th Stop: Etape #7 Freeport Texas; "Mistery Boat".
This was interesting since I could test the cooling effect of a good shower followed by the sun...
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Did you watch the movie "The accidental Tourist" with William Hurt? in this movie, he tells that packing is an art that comes from experience, and this is where "less is invariably more" came from, when it comes to packing for travel.
When I traveled with my motorbike, the 70's, I had a tank bag, and carried another bag on the back end of my bike, where a passenger would have sat. Most of my travel was week-ends to go to the races around Europe. In these days, I carried a two spots tent.
As I am exhausting the Tour du Texas stops around me, I am going to need to overnight somewhere, and bundle stops together.
I only want to carry the strict necessary, and go with only what can fit in the small bag at the back of my bike (see the video herewith). I think I would only spend maximum two nights, so I can get by with nothing but the indispensable. Clothing, my riding gear will be on me, socks and shorts won't take much space, jerseys neither.
What will take the most space are the compulsory accessories, mainly the stuff to charge all these batteries. Because they are all different; AirBag, Phone, Camera, Video Camera, Helmet Bluetooth. The Airbag, Camera, Video Camera all have dedicated chargers with their own cords. The Phone has a lightning connector; the Helmet audio, a micro USB port.
I am not considering my phone to take pictures or make videos.
Anything I may need on the road, I would buy.
What do you guys pack on short trips? what do you favor to carry the stuff? any of you carry a back pack while riding?
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2000 v11 moto guzzi rear brake caliper rebuild kit
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I managed to get something from Brembo, but I had to log myself from within Italy to get to the motorcycle configurator;
And as you can see, for your bike, they only sell the rotors. No brake pads, no caliper....