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frustrating ive git the wrong spring just arrived..
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On 5/1/2023 at 6:47 PM, audiomick said:
Just for the record, Stein Dinse has them. The Z at the end of the part number indicates that it is from a third-party supplier, but I can't say who that supplier might be.
https://www.stein-dinse.biz/product_info.php?products_id=455346
edit: Wendel in Berlin seems to have one (only) left:
https://wendelmotorraeder.de/feder_gu04238200-p-1028587.html?ref=expl
I've got one of the "improved" ones from @Chuck sitting here waiting to be installed.
sTEIN DINSE ARE SENDING ONE TO ME...THANKS FOR THAT, dont look too bad to change it either.
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is this a record...my gear return spring has just broken...at 28500miles.....2002 RossoMandello.
Just gotta find a new one for a now obsolete motorcycle...grrr
Strikes me that if Guzzi knew there an issue with incorrectly manufactured parts they should have replaced every broken one FOC...its a manufacturing defect from NEW!
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hmm......I do agree to some point about 'patina' it makes an old bike 'original', untouched.
BUT the bright candy red that WAS the essence of the bike has faded over the 22 years and has a couple of minor marks in it..I'd like to put it and the rest of the paint back to as it was when new...the grey tailpiece has faded as has the side panels and the red pork chops....the carbon looks dull in comparison to as it was too..
BUT finding paint codes is proving impossible, many paint people say they can replicate it but its a gamble, will I be disappointed....
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@Rolf Halvorsen do you have the tailpiece rosso mandello decals still? Has anyone found paint codes for the candy paint or indeed the greysidepanels and tail?
Porkchops an unusual colour too...and need a refinish after 20 odd yrs ownership...
anyone?? andy Ashford Kent UK
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Ive not logged in for some time either, just not been using the Rosso M, BUT so glad to find the site much as it was when I last looked, thanks Jaap for all your hard work. My guess is your workload would have dropped hugely as V11s become rarer and yet the need for all the info gathered would perhaps have increased as the bikes age and issues arise that owners, aspecially new owners need help with. Be great if you could keep on with it yourself, perhaps sharing the moderating load with few trusted long term members? Is there not some income to be had from parts suppliers ads?
Now the real reason Ive logged in......my V11.com t shirt is looking old and faded...dont suppose there any available still|! ?
ps, my from brand new v11 is still in my garage along with a Laverda 750SF (just restored), my two Guzzi Callifornias (75th anniversay and a 90th anniversary), a Benelli 500 four,an early suzuki 1200Bandit, anRGV250, a Triumph Bonneville 750 silver jubilee, two Suzuki t500s,a TS250 Guzzi, a Suzuki GT380,an RD400 Yam, a Honda 500t, a Harley 1200Sportster, a Suzuki GT125, and an Aprillia RX50....and out of all them the Rosso Mandello is still my favourite bike!
However I find I now use my car 90% of my time, its an Alfa Romeo Guilia quadrofoglio and its sex on 4 wheels¬
Just bought the wife the Toyota Yaris GR, limited build homologation special...a pocket rocket it is too!
I will be selling off most of the bikes this year but the V11 is going to be refreshed and probably end up in the house as a piece of art....just need to find those decals and the paint codes...
best wishes andy c UK
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13yrs, 25k miles and still using oe clutch an my Rosso.....tick tock.......
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it was mine that got burned up in the garage within 24hrs.....oops
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Oh, I do have a spare fuel tank from a crashed early V11, just needs painting ...just in case.
I have been absent from here for a while..sorrry all but the two Calli's and the Breva have been used a fair bit over past two years.
My little 2 stroke 250 Guzzi has been used once a year and picked up a couple of show prizes too!
A front tyre blow out in France at 80mph put us in hosptal for a while too....so not so much going on for a while after that.
Still working on my Suzuki GT125 twin, a Yamaha RD125,a Honda VF400, two T500 Suzukis, an RD400, a Ducati Monster, an RGV 250, a CB500T Honda, a 400Superdream, a 250 Dream, another earlier TS 250 Guzzi twin, plus three 50cc bikes two Aprillia and a Derbi!
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My Rosso now is exhibiting a large bubble in the paint at the front of the tank, about halfway up. I want to prod it to pop it but....pretty certain the tank has been erroded internally by the ethanol just leaving paint holding in the fuel!
Bike has been usused for some time now (started several times though) and now I feling I should be sorting this issue out when I refurb all the paintwork on the bike. Tank paint is otherwise perfect but the grey sidepanels and tail piece have 'faded' or are otherwise pretty shabby as the paint has worn or bleached.
I will need, 1) The red pearl paintcode
2) A way to line the fuel tank from ethanol attack.
3) A way to repair any pinhole in it.
4) The paintcode for the light grey on the sidepanels.
5) The paintcode for the pork chops/valve covers.
4) The silver tank and tailpiece decals, rossomandello script in red.
I am considering covering the tail and sidepanels with carbon wrap.....what you think folks?
Apparenty the wheels too can be wrapped?
I am in the UK but any comments/suggestions welcome.
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Long way round on a Guzzi? ha ha ha ho ho ha ha ho ho ho ha ha ha ho ho ho sorry....but ha ha ha that's soo funny!!!
Be more of a "Long Push Round"...........
:luigi: Or " The Long Wait Around" (for parts from Guzzi under warranty).
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I used a Bosch Lens from a BMW when I needed a glass, far cheaper than Guzzis.....reflector prob same too....
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Was the paint codes ever found then?
The tank is a pearl red and Ive never seen it elsewhere..
The pork chops and tappet covers are a dusty red colour which mimics an anodised finish
The tail section and sidepanels are a light grey paint
The engine and transmission is a crackle black finish,Harley do an aerosol which is very similar finish.
My bike is pretty good still but the pork chops paint is worn and the grey tailpiece has a few scuffs too now..as do the sidepanels from my leathers.
The tank is pretty good but I certain its faded a little..
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Must be Chalock Gliding Club....usually club meets ,miles away..Hi all
Got the Rosso outa the shed yesterday,first time in 18mths its been used!
Took for MOT,no probs there,was great to be on it again after only using my Calli for past year..felt soo fast lol!
However,I have now noticed a small paint blister on the tank, grrr.low down at front of tank so not too noticable..
Wondering if anything to do with this ethanol issue, my tank has swollen a little too, opened up at the front and touches forks when on full lock now....(only just tho) no issues for mot, dnt think he noticed!
Does piss me off tho.....spend £8500 on a new bike....and government changes fuel specs so it effects your tank...its not good.....grrrr......grrrr. They gonna buy me a new tank? doubt it....an of course any new tank is gonna be just the same as will be old stock.....grrrr
Spose I oughta go tax it but maybe I wont and tell emm I put tax money towards a new tank? hmmm wonder if that stand up in court!
Happy Biking, a very very angry Rossoandy!!
(anyone in Kent UK fancy a ride out sometime? )
Rosoandy,
I live in kent, try and get yourself to a guzzi club meet, check Guzzi club uk webs site, we some times meet at a gliding club near Ashford,
Meetings 2nd sunday each month.
Paul
just got my other Guzz ready for use..a TS250!
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Well I would say Guzzi GB is a great club, magazine well made and informative, albeit recently not covering V11. Perhaps its because no one has offered an article on them? Last one was sold new a good few years ago now...
V11Le Mans is brilliant site too. Very informative on all things Guzzi and esp the V11......loads of worldwide input to draw on....which of course Guzzi Club GB doesnt enjoy....and of course GB covers ALL Guzzi models old and new...
As for slating the Calli....its a worldwide success,thousands sold....once owned and ridden most owners keep them for years.....I lucky enough to own a V11 and a Calli and they both have strong/weak points it depends on what you want from a bike on a particular day...I love emm both....so much soul....but very different.
What they do have in common is the shite backup from Guzzi in the UK....no better now Piaggio in charge,all they want to do is make lots of money from sales of bikes every year...there is still little customer service/interest in owners from the factory.
I hear Piaggio have dumped lots of older spares and scrapped the old tooling that made them....now many older parts are in short supply or simply unavailable and older bikes are off the road for want of parts...
Anything over ten years old is at risk of being discontinued apparently.....so wont be long before our V11s are scrap.....due to lack of spares..
I cannot buy a new fuel tank for my Rosso apparently anymore....and the Ethanol is eating away at it...
So to finish, there a place for both Guzzi GB and V11LeMans.com,we need emm both!
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from raceco UK:
Tappet clearances for the Guzzi big twins should be set to 0.20mm for the inlet and 0.25mm for the exhaust. This also applies to the "modern" Guzzis such as the Sport 1100, Cali 1100i and V11. The factory settings for these bikes are 0.10mm and 0.15mm respectively, but this is to try and reduce engine noise to meet US emissions regulations. With tappets set this tight the engines have trouble ticking over and running cleanly at low revs.
Same issue here...my gut feeling is running lean...just about to check clearances and plugs,inspect inlet rubbers too. I wondering if an engine sensor is messing around, ie temperature or crank sensor......a process of elimination...
Cecked all above yesterday,compressions fine at around 130psi,tappets ok too. Obserbing the engine running at a fast idle of 2000rpm I could see the coughing was on the left cylinder only, now thinking a dodgy injector as the new plugs I fitted are running lean on this cyl too...
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from raceco UK:
Tappet clearances for the Guzzi big twins should be set to 0.20mm for the inlet and 0.25mm for the exhaust. This also applies to the "modern" Guzzis such as the Sport 1100, Cali 1100i and V11. The factory settings for these bikes are 0.10mm and 0.15mm respectively, but this is to try and reduce engine noise to meet US emissions regulations. With tappets set this tight the engines have trouble ticking over and running cleanly at low revs.
Same issue here...my gut feeling is running lean...just about to check clearances and plugs,inspect inlet rubbers too. I wondering if an engine sensor is messing around, ie temperature or crank sensor......a process of elimination...
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Hi all
Got the Rosso outa the shed yesterday,first time in 18mths its been used!
Took for MOT,no probs there,was great to be on it again after only using my Calli for past year..felt soo fast lol!
However,I have now noticed a small paint blister on the tank, grrr.low down at front of tank so not too noticable..
Wondering if anything to do with this ethanol issue, my tank has swollen a little too, opened up at the front and touches forks when on full lock now....(only just tho) no issues for mot, dnt think he noticed!
Does piss me off tho.....spend £8500 on a new bike....and government changes fuel specs so it effects your tank...its not good.....grrrr......grrrr. They gonna buy me a new tank? doubt it....an of course any new tank is gonna be just the same as will be old stock.....grrrr
Spose I oughta go tax it but maybe I wont and tell emm I put tax money towards a new tank? hmmm wonder if that stand up in court!
Happy Biking, a very very angry Rossoandy!!
(anyone in Kent UK fancy a ride out sometime? )
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At last I was able to throw the V11 round some DRY roads, after utterly the wettest spring I can remember, including a long sweeping left hander grinding away the side stand in the process - happy days!
I found when I ground the stand the engine cut out!! ooooer..
so I took it off....bit of an issue when I stop an get off the bike now....
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So far I have replaced rear wheel brgs,bevel box bearings, steering head brgs,prop u/j,four engine valves(bent),a failed timing cover gasket,relays,the hardening has just failed on the crownwheel in the bevel box so its a new one of those too,bikes now done around 26000miles....I so lucky I didnt buy a Honda..I woulda been so bored.
Jeez, my bike has done the same miles and i have only replaced the rear wheel bearings
I,m bored.Well you either ignoring the long list of work you need to do or........your bike not spending much of its time bouncing off the limiter pulling wheelies an stoppies,chasing blades and R1s!!!!
My bike gonna need a new sidestand soon too....its ground away!
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Does anyone have an actual drive shaft or U-joint failure to report?
YIP mine failed at around 13000miles, I replaced the joint with a sealed for life one and that did up to 24000miles so lasted nearly as long as the grease nippled original.....however this time I noticed a crack in the casting that the uj is pressed into so opted for a new shaft at £350...ouch! a repl u/j was £12!! an an hours work to change.
So far I have replaced rear wheel brgs,bevel box bearings, steering head brgs,prop u/j,four engine valves(bent),a failed timing cover gasket,relays,the hardening has just failed on the crownwheel in the bevel box so its a new one of those too,bikes now done around 26000miles....I so lucky I didnt buy a Honda..I woulda been so bored.
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2003 V11 Sport
Sunny day, on a weekend ritual ride with my girlfriend. 80 miles to our favorite pie place, following the Gallatin river towards Yellowstone park. On the way back, I started to feel a slight rhythmic vibration from the rear end. I slow down a bit, flip over the visor, try to isolate any sounds. Pull over and check the driveshaft for any slop in the joints or the connection. Decide to limp it home, very. slowly.
Get about five blocks from home, when the vibration turns really bad. Pull over immediately, and start checking everything again. Thats when I spot this:
Bearing race has completely collapsed. We walk the five blocks home, get the truck and park it at my shop.
New bearings in without a problem, but I'm concerned about why it happened with only 8,000 miles on the odometer. I've never seen a wheel bearing (especially on a street bike) fail with so few miles. I'm worried (looking at how the bearing is preloaded from the rear caliper mount. The area contacting the bearing appears to be greater than the inside race, and possibly contacting the outer seal.
Has anyone else had anything like this happen on their V11 sport?
Also, does anyone know where you can buy a center stand for these bikes nowadays? I find myself having to do ridiculous things to lift and support the rear of this bike:
I have experienced this myself en route to Mandello some yrs ago.....my money is on the spacer,,,just a fraction too short will cause the brgs to pre load when U tighten the wheel spindle...There is also a thin washer asc with the rear spindle and bevel box,is it in place?
Not asc with the rear wheel bearings but prudent to check the bearing where the drive shaft enters the bevel box, these can fail too. Grasp the drive shaft near the rear u/j, has it got lift in it? Should be next to zero here.If there is play your bevel box will wear and fail,take it apart and replace the bearing first!
Another check on the prop u/js themselves is prudent, these do wear out too!
Guzzi do not do separate u/js but they are available cheaply from a motor parts supplier (you will have to remove one and use as pattern).
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Well my Rosso uses this clutch and its rattled like a cement mixer with a brick in it since new...got no worse.
It still works just as well as ever and has a slightly fierce action,like the friction plate is made of a really hard material,its not a soft take up.
I be pissed off if mine fails.....its done 25000 miles now...esp if gearbox goes with it!
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