Ouiji Veck

Re: Range. Up on the slab at 80mph @ 43k RPM or so I can almost count on 200 mi. Around town if my light comes on below 150 Mi I must have been really been hammering it. 02 Lemans 37000 mi, PC III, Stucchi, Mistrals. She's really losening up. Just gettin' better n better.

Thanks guys so far...I'm still taking notes. I'll be back in her innards this w/e and see if I don't find something before I order a V.Reg.........don't want no fires!

I just had a thousand mile trip cut a little short by the pesky charging light gremlin. Sat. was rainy and my light came on after 50 mi. I watched it for another 50..sometimes blinking...before I informed the group and disconnected my headlight. The gremlin persisted for another 15 mi then went out for the next 50. I decided to cut the week end short after watching Bert shell out nearly $500 for a throttle cable fix for his RT. (Not field seviceable!!?? U-Haul /Shop) Of course I didn't see the light again on my 300mi trip home with the headlight connected. A little history: I've put over 30K mi on since I got her and every time I start up and roll out I've had a charging light for the first mile or 3. then OK for the whole day. N.O.P. This is the first time I've seen it while under way. I've tried to hunt the gremlin down every time I've had the tank off. (A dozen?) I'm just wondering if any of youz guys might have been there / done that before I go off into the wilderness of the wiring harness. ...again. Does the R/R sometimes "go" slowly? (over 30K mi?) Was she just jelous because I kept drooling over my friends new R1200R? (110 HP 425lb camping Monster) Well I'm really drooling now....cept for the throttle cable. I'm not inclined to blame the rain. The idiot light was out during the worst of it. I hate electrical problems and really hate intermittent electrical problems. Meanwhile.....GOoooo Red Sox!!

Un-hosted rally this w/e Just me and 14 to 16 of my friends. Crown Point Campground Crown Point New York. We'll be there thru Monday. Camping, riding, eating and drinking. Stop in and say hi or come and camp. We'll be MIA during the day Sat and Sun... riding. Victim

WOW...this again. Somethings wrong somewhere. My last bike was a 94 900SS and my LeMans (with a 180 on back) feels better than that did...and the Duc felt real good. Looking forward to hearing a difinative solution. I'm short and 200lbs ..maybe thats a clue. I'm nestled tight to the tank when I ride. The LeMans has a longer WB too I think. I hate tank slappers. Went over the bars once. Had nightmares for months. A horrible way to get off. Good luck getting it sorted. Give the bearings a good look but I bet it needs suspension set up.

NEMG Guzzi rally, Partridge Hollow Campground \Monson Ma. (just west of Sturbridge) 9-28 / 9-30 4 meals and lotsa fun 35$ (?) Small fun rally with really good food/ really good people..a handfull of Guzzis I wont get there till Sat. afternoon. too bad, my favorite rally. I wanted to post a link to the details but can't find one. The Lonesome Weirdos' Blinking Man rally is Columbus Day w/e @ Crown Point CG Crown Point NY Adirondacks.......yipeeeeeee Love those roads. (Bring a blinking light) Just me and my friends, 14 of us last year. No food, no fee 'cept for the camp site. The more the merrier

NEMG Guzzi rally, Partridge Hollow Campground \Monson Ma. (just west of Sturbridge) 9-28 / 9-30 4 meals and lotsa fun 35$ (?) Small fun rally with really good food/ really good people I wont get there till Sat. afternoon. too bad, my favorite rally. I wanted to post a link to the details but can't find one. The Lonesome Weirdos' Blinking Man rally is Columbus Day w/e @ Crown Point CG Crown Point NY Adirondacks.......yipeeeeeee Love those roads. (Bring a blinking light) Just me and my friends, 14 of us last year. No food, no fee 'cept for the camp site. The more the merrier

How do I miss you guys at IMOC. Maybe we'll hook up @ NEMG on the 28th Meanwhile...... I tell everyone a new MG comes as a kit bike. It comes assembled just so you know what goes where. Then you take it apart and put it back together and ride it for a couple hundred thousand miles. I couldn't abide taking a bike to the shop. Too costly- too slow- too stressful. 36K mi and just getting better Hope things turn around for you Cycdude Hang in there and hang on this board. You will be very happy in the looooong run.

All bikes remind me of airplanes. When I raced I thought it was the closest I'd ever get to dog fighting. Gotta shoot down (pass) the guy in front of me. Goldwings, Sts, HDs etc. = Bombers Singles = WW1 planes Inline 4s = jets Guzzi = Corsair Duc = Mustang Trials bikes = Fwd. Observers / bird dogs MXs = All the above I just love airplanes. Always have.

Fear ye not. 35Kmi ...Totally expecting to go the next 150K with very few issues. One eaten RW bearing...my fault..over torqued. I haven't heard of any dealer/ service manager with a CLUE re Guzzi. This is the place to service your bike. Yea ya gotta check fasteners on any bike. Less on a 4 cyl. egg beater more on a 2 cyl, push rod, big bore. You can go buy a new Fender Stratocaster for $1000 bucks but in a little while ya gotta tighten the strings back up a little. Especially if your bangin' the crap out of it and bending the strings up 3 notes. Have fun!

Mark, 2 guarantees. 1.) It's something stupid 2.) You've come to the right place. Someone here will nail it. In the mean time chill and peruse/ search for relative posts. Relays and electrical connectors are the usual suspects.

Ya gotta stick with the pros. I myself am a Guzzi Witch doctor. I have no idea what Daves' charts say.

Geeeze...shut up about leaks you guys..... Your giving me cooties.... 35Kmi and not a drop...knock knock knock on wood. (It did have the weeping oil sensor leak but it submitted to my feelie meelie torquing. Dry as a bone the last 5K or so.)

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. I think it's TBs out of sync...even if you did do them already.. There was a particularly good method posted here somewhere ... not as good as mine but good. Starting with TPS. You guys will be discussing the gravitational pull of Uranus pretty soon. (Though the gravitational pull of Myanus may be quite substantial.)

I invariably shut the Goose off with the kick stand.!!! Come in for a landing.....shook...kickstand down...bike off...key in pocket. Living dangerously ain't I ?? nyut nyut nyut....wooo wooo woooo woo I ain't takin' no crap from no eyetalian hunka tin......

Just a quick summation so as not to bore you. Left here in blazing heat 10 a.m Fri 7-28 Picked up 4 Weirdos in Longmeadow Ma. and headed north of Pittsburg NH. 250 mi @ 80mph pretty much. Stopped for gas with 192 mi on the trip meter...yayyyyyyyyyyyy! A record. Crossed into Canada Sat.AM...(absolute breeze through customs both ways)beat feet to Quebec City....shlogged up the N. side of the sea way for an hour before things started to thin out. The next few days were up to and around Baie Comeau..had to wait an extra day for the ferry to Mantane on the Gaspe Peninsula. Did a figure 8 through the Chic Choc Mts. and up and down each coast of Gaspe. Finally back down some great rds. through New Brunswick into Fort Kent / Caribou Me. And lastly to the Yankee Beemers Heath rally where they go out of their way to make the lost tribe of Guzzi welcome. All in all another epic trip. I could go on and on about the great roads, Fjords, whales Mosse'es, food, people, spectacular scenery, abuse of the roads and language, The best part though was the relentless throb of the Guzzi. After worrying about what I might not have addressed since last winter the bike was happy as a puppy doing a perpetual 80 on the highways or beatting on it through the Chic Choc Mt. Rds. Only five of us went. 3 others had health or other conflicts. Too bad. Next year hopefully it's gonna be mini motor homes, big trailers and the Rocky Mts. I never want to do big slab runs in 96 deg heat again. May as well stay home and shingle the roof. Did some 80mph one hand camera clicking sweepers..... Hard time loading pics.... Another try......

Have fun WCB. Camped out on the Cabot Trail for 3 days 2 yrs. ago. Pretty hard to beat.

02 bought in 04 w/ 6Kmi 32K now...2 weeks it will be 35K Wheel rear bearing went this spring. Still on orig. shift spring. (spare in the tank bag) Changed relays to GEI early on. Sachs went south ...nursed it for a while till I got a Wilbers & fork springs.....mmmmm Do it. Just fixed the kick stand loopy thing. Blew off TB boot a couple of times. Set the TBs by ear 25K ago...running spot on. 40mpg+ Valves @ world specs Heading for Newfoundland Friday a.m. Moose, bears and wide smooth roads with no mounties.... Yahoooooooooeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!

Brilliant. Couldn't agree more. I love that Eric is putting this thing togeather. I'm buying one. As soon as the national speed limit is raised to 150mph and all police are given the week ends off. Meanwhile I'm fighting my primal urges all day long on my Guzzi...as best I can. Just in case I win the lottery... Does anyone have any experience or opinion on what a Rotax like that is like to work on? Specifically valve adj.? Reliability? Maybe when they come out with the old guys version.

I'm with ya ratch. Pulled the front wheel and they're as smooth as a baby's bumm. Just gettin' antsy leavin' for Newfoundland a week from this Fri. I suppose if I get stuck up there in the nether regions of Quebec I'll just have to find a mademoiselle to put me up 'till the Fed-Ex truck arrives.

Changing my front tire w/ 31K mi and was thinking better "check" the bearings.. maybe better just replace 'em huh? Easy enough job, just hate to pay $$$ for them when I just need to go down to the bearing shop and look the guy in the eye and lie.. " uh......there for the winch @ the boat yard" and get 'em for $8.00 ea.

I'm gettin' dizzy ...... I was out tonight on the favorite roads and thought about this thread. Tried to make the Guzzi feel "nervous" and actually found I could by putting too much input into the bars. I steer with my arse more than counter steer. Been riding bikes with clipons over 20 yrs. I'm just tossing out that it might just be technique rather than some of our mechanical suggestions. I guess that goes with the lose arms, light touch philosophy. Ahh... another thought. Blown rear shock. Yes. When my Sachs blew the front tire felt like it was trying to skitter out from under me. Have you given the rear the old bounce test Cat? ( should come up slow) Any way...I'm thiknin' 'bout ya when I'm out there. (boy am I out there)

Aaaa...the summer of my discontent. First I had to turn down crewing on a Fairhaven to Bermuda race now this. If for no other than it can be shipped for a fraction of the price of someone riding it / hotels/ airfare/ fuel. I've seen trans continental bike shipping a lot for a mere $500. I can't find that specific outfit (saw 'em a lot over @ "biketrader.com" but here's a link to an outfit I found quick. It looks like there's even a green V11 sport on a pallet in their advertising! http://www.funtransport.com/quoting.html

QUOTE(Ouiji Veck @ Jul 10 2007, 01:15 PM) * ....If your bike feels nervous in a corner fix it or get..... ..... A TONTI ! sun.gif ZZZZZZZzackly I remember when Honda came out with the CR 500 and the incredible 12 way adjustable rear shock. There were some spectacular "get offs".

Nervous Guzzi ? It's a contradiction in terms. It'd be cold day in hell before I'd ride 20 miles on any bike that felt "nervous", let alone own one. If your bike feels nervous in a corner fix it or get rid of it.