guzzi jon

I'm running redline heavy shock proof in the trans and bevel of my new griso, will post if it starts spewing

I overcharged my Odyssey when I first got it base on some info I read on one of the forums, sucker sits for a couple of months and still fires the bike right up, never charged it other than pre-installation, use em in all my guzzi's except the griso. I would look for something else confounding the problem

I tend to break my new bikes in on the local hills lots of gear changing, loading and unloading and fairly well subjected to a bit of everything. After a hundered miles, i also let it rev a bit, with no problems ever. My gut feel is that most moder bikes (kind of include guzzi in this group) have got machining tolerances close. I've seen several bikes with less than 100 miles strapped to a dyno and wrung the piss out of with no apparrent problems, not my first choice for a purchase, but I'm sold the first few hot and cold cycles work out the majority of real issues. Certainly magaizines dont follow breakin instructions, however I do follow my own which do allow for similar mileage, if not similar limitations. No freeway droning, but up and down hill strafing seems the best bet for me.... YMMV

Bob Dickman, a local So Cal hooligan still rides his 78, bought new 180,000 miles ago, still goes like stink in the twisties. Occasionally one will show up on fleabay, but they seem to go fast. I'd like a barn fresh one myself

I brake my bikes in my useing all the gears going up hill, down hill etc. no extended droneing or constant speed on the highway. Basically riding them assertively through the twisty bits while only occasionally revving up a bit yeilds a finely broken in bike. Of course the other info is most important as well

A number of us have been talking to the new moto guzzi dealer in TO, he's been great to the guzzi crew so far and has invited any and all guzzisti to an one house on May 12-13, the best date that interfered the least with previously scheuduled socal rides and events. Sounds like he's got MG truck showing up with some bikes for demo rides and grub as well. If interested, please see this post on the socal sight, he needs some rough numbers of who may show up. At least come and commiserate with many of the so caler's and meet the new dealer. He's open to ideas and really likes input from the guzzi crowd, even offering his shop for tech days etc. Check out the link and post of pm if you plan on showing up. Dont have many dealers that care about us in Los Angeles, need one to succeed, he's also got an Axone Cheers. http://socal-guzzi.com/PHPBB/viewtopic.php...b378a0e80c9dfca Cheers Jon

I've had a broken stud EDM'd out (Roper talk for spark eroded I presume, $40 total) go for it

I've never had to remove squat to raise the fork legs, prop it up, loosen them a bit and tap the forks with a rubber mallet until where you want, tighten each side when it gets where you want. At RH said, have the sucker jacked up first or you will quickly be resting on the fender...

Bill Ross came by my place and picked up a late model Jackal engine to pirate a few bits, dont underestimate his resolve to go fast. He know's his stuff and the folks he's working with are great as well. Expect these underdogs to do well at Bonneville. I'm donating to the cause and all guzzisti should consider this as well. Bill sponsors Guzzi charity benefits for the needy yearly and is a great guy, he makes me proud to be a guzzi guy, I wish his team all the best.

Any reason you folks see to not use the RLSH for both the trans and bevel box year round? I live in a fairly hot part of California and was planning on running the the heavy in the trans and bevel/carc in my Lemans and Griso. Thanks for any feedback Jon

I went with Power Pilots on my Lemans with a skinnier 170, sucker handles much better than previous Metz tires with a 180 in back

Dave, I would have a look at the torque arm to see if the bushings are shot, some died really fast. Also some cracked the plastic side covers really fast at the mounting screws, not a real problem, but an easy way to get a $200 price reduction, plus check for the usual stuff. Cheers, Jon

anyone add moly to the Redline shockproof?

My friends V11 was previously owned by a gent who lived at the beach,virtually all the steel fasteners are a rusty mess, he's slowly replacing all of them with stainless steel. As for the Rat approach, I have one Guzzi that I went this route with, it is releiving to never worry about cleaning it, just knock the bigger chunks of bug guts off...

dlaing said: Perhaps the sag could be a clue that Traxxion sent you the "wrong" weight springs, or maybe the fluid level is set wrong in the LeMans????? Actually, the Traxxion springs are dead on, and the fluid level and weight is fairly well optimized, my Lemans suspension is well sorted, and is killer. It's just the Griso suspension bits when properly set give the same good handling as well as the plushness that the Marz forks are simply not capable of delivering. I've ridden some well sorted Ohlins guzzi's and they are nice, but I dont have em on my Lemans.

I've been forking around with my 02 Lemans forks for a bit, installed some correct rate springs from Traxxion dyamics, muddled about with various fork oils and volumes and felt I had a well sorted front end. Then I picked up a Griso, had Todd Egan set the compression and rebound damping and I set the sag, the Lemans might as well have a springer front end, the Griso bits when set are the mutts nuts. The Lemans handles brilliantly, at the cost of some compliance, the Griso handles superbly and is plush as well.... If I could put the Griso forks on the Lemans, or the Lemans engine in the Griso, I would have the ultimate guzzi....

SB, I had Rich do the same saddle for me, doubled the distance I could ride in comfort, best investment for a spiney you can make

Rich Maund puts the Italian flag stuff on his seats if you want as well, great seats too

Greg, I just returned from a trip through the Santa Monica mountains on my Griso, followed by a repeat run on my Lemans for a back to back comparison. My Lemans is well sorted, and faster than the Griso, but the Griso was more enjoyable, and more comfortable than the Lemans (except the seat, my Rich Maund seat is the dogs danglies). With the Griso and my Cal SS, I'm putting my Lemans on the block, I just dont need it now. Your Billybob is certainly more comfortable that my Lemans, but the Griso just induces grinning when strafing twisty bits Jon

I just picked up a low mileage 06, so far I'm quite impressed with it. The suspension seems quite a bit better than my Lemans, power is likely a bit less than the Lemans, but not too much. Rattly clutch and the CARC is a bit loud going slow, but everything else is very refined for a guzzi. I'll be taking it to the mountains this weekend to really test the handling and dial in the suspension.. so far, I like it Jon

So Todd, any chance you can make a run with cross overs.... Cheers,

I prefer keeping the stock airbox with properly cut holes along with keeping the snorkels. It seems to allow excellent flow, use stock or KN filters and is cheap. Should provide similar screening as stock. Worked for me, along with x-over and dyno link tuning I went from 78 bhp to just under 85 Cheers, Jon

In my experience with Guzzi's, they dont start smoothing out until 10 - 15K miles on them. For vibration, check the throttle bodies balance. I've also had loose and tight steering head bearings contribute to vibration.

a guy on the Oz forum installed one of these on a cali, looks cool... should hook up to a V11 as well http://www.trailtech.net/vapor.htm

Just sold my stand Joel, and sold my perfect, low miles Kawasaki ZX-9R, the Griso fund is complete... And with Kawasaki being delivered Saturday, the hole for the Griso is ready......