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Giving the cafe sport a bit of love, been languishing in the garage since before covid 😳. Re insure it this week take it for its MOT, once it’s passed that get road tax and see what the summer holds for us. 😎🏴
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Hi, Advice needed. My Cafesport has been laid up for over a year now, but it’s time to get her ready for a summer of fun ( should be out of lockdown by then 😎). Anyway l drained the tank and changed the fuel filter when she was laid up. Is it a good idea to change the fuel lines as they are the originals, they look ok but it’s the internal condition I am worrying about (how come I only worry about the guzzi, and not any other bike I have😳). Also it is clips that are crimped onto the hoses and not jubilee clips, are they reusable or do I need to source new ones if I do the job.
Cheers
Gary
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Lockdown is finally easing here. Went a 400 mile run on Monday to the west coast, roads were very quiet, no caravans, Motorhomes etc to impede progress. Loved it, just what I needed. Pubs, hotels, campsites open next week. See what the “new normal” is then.
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Thanks for the replies
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Have my swing arm off for some maintenance ( s/arm bearings are good, phew 😅). When refitting do you add threadlock or just lubricate the threads and tighten the locknuts. Would hate to damage the fine thread used. Can’t find any mention in the manual.
cheers
Gary
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Just cleaned up my front brakes and changed the oil. Looking across to the clutch cylinder on the bars and the fluid looks like cold tea. I know it’s a pain to get to the bleed nipple so have sort of ignored it for a long time
. Any way the battery is out of the bike, so I removed the starter motor and the rear shock cylinder thing, all the room you will ever need to get to the bleed. Job done, easy peasy 
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What happened??
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Nice job, love the colour.
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There is a V11 side stand on ebay with a modified plate fitted.
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idling on the sidestand. I think this might be the larger cause of wear. Especially if the bike has a lumpy idle and the sidestand is on an abrasive surface such as brush-finish concrete.
Chuck, you beat me to it as i was going to post this. My bike has the same wear, I noticed because it seemed to be leaning over further than it used to. Scud has hit the nail on the head. I have always taken my bike out of the garage, put the sidestand down on a concrete drain cover and warmed it up,now there is a slight angle on my driveway so the bike can slide a few inches when rocking back and fore, obviously wearing away material off the stand every time. We need someone to engineer a solution, someone who likes a challenge and can make it look good, someone with, oh i dont know say a aviation type background.
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Welcome to the forum. Another cafe sport in Scotland, getting affa common now.Where abouts are you based.
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What size do you need for the clutch??.
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Soooo, I haven't got that far yet! That is an image Tomchri sent me.
So, grossohc, which part did you have the excessive wear?
Flywheel.
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No, had no wear on that part.
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Docc
There was wear on the splines. So I just thought the plates are sticking on the grooves. But I also replaced the springs and now the lever pressure is slightly harder than it was. Made me think when I put it all back together that it could have been the original springs on there way out ( getting weaker) as some were slightly shorter when I compared them. But nobody is going to go to all the trouble of stripping the bike down and only replacing the springs ( or are they?). Any way just got the bike's MOT done and out for a 200 mile blast and all seems well. with just a smidgen of paranoia-
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That is what happened to me. I changed the master cylinder as I thought it was the seals gone. Thought it was cured, but it did it again and the clutch started slipping anyway. Bought a slave cylinder ( didn't use it). The problem was the plates sticking on the flywheel. Anyway the only thing I didn't buy for this job was a new clutch line. So just dive in there and have fun Docc.Today, my clutch lever suddenly "gave way" slightly and the clutch would not engage. Then, it came back and off I went. In the next ten to fifteen miles it did this several more times: lever pressure would "giveway" (as in: loose lever, no feeling of resistance) and no clutch engagement. Several times, it engaged again suddenly and lurched the bike.
After the last stop, about six miles from home, it has not done it again. I've squeezed and squoze and held and pumped the lever repeatedly in gear, in neutral, and with the bike shut off and it has not repeated.
I'm trying to find Andy York's resolution on his slave cylinder and got distracted by an old thread in *Silly Banter* that Belfastguzzi regaled us with and Ponti ran away with . . . "Two Cows"
I needed a good laugh, but my clutch still has me worried . . .
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I have the same forks on my Cafe sport. Never used a special tool for it. All i do is put the spindle in fully and tighten the 2 left side axle allen bolts to the right torque. Tighten the axle nut then tighten the 2 right side allen bolts.
Gary
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Got mine this morning, nicely made, Thanks Chuck
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Thanks Chuck, am in no hurry, away working right now, then home to fit a new flywheel and clutch. Thats if i can remember how i took it apart.
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Hi Chuck am i to late for one. If not count me in.
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Just took my bike apart to change the clutch as the gear changing was getting worse and the clutch was slipping, my flywheel looks to have wear on it, although not as bad as the OP. So looks like i will have to get a new flywheel as no point in re assembling just to strip it down again. Anyway the 10 hole flywheel seems to be like rocking horse S**t and just as expensive. Anybody know a supplier?
Gary
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I used to get a rattle from the front of the bike, really annoying. traced it to the bikini fairing hitting the headlamp, small piece of rubber and it was cured,
Kickstand lower bolt size
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My bike sits at a jaunty angle when on the stand. Checked the small bolt and it was loose, tightened it up but just keeps turning so put it on with thread lock for now. Main bolt tight and no deformation on bracket, but the wear on the stand is 😳. It’s like someone has filed it away. Does anyone know of a side stand foot extender that fits.