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    Need help with a part#

    in Technical Topics

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    Yep, mine sounds like the problem on the reaction rod thead. Thanks for pointing it out docc. I have 10k miles on the bike, but it was like that when I bought it so could have happend any time. I don't have a great deal of play in it so I'll just start looking for solutions now. I'm thinking a delrin bushing with a brass sleeve would work.

    The guy I bought my bike from had pressed Delrin bushings into the reaction rod. At the time I blamed it for the bike's "herky-jerky" (words of local MG dealer who owns a V11) driveline action. I got one used from Reboot Guzzi Spares & have the other hanging in my shed.

    Guzzi ergal foot controls kit: paging helicopterjim

    in Technical Topics

    Posted

    I have the same setup on the Tenni & can send pictures if you need them. jrt's pictures give a good view of the installation & should be enough. It looks as if you are missing the threaded rod w/ heim joints on either end which connects the shift pedal to the shift lever (part that jrt fabricated but is included with yours). If MI can't get you one, try Ducati. 907ies (and probably all Ducs w/rearsets) use a very similar rod.

    just a ramble really

    in 24/7 V11

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    not really anything important to say but took the breva on a run sat and it proved itself a great touring do it all bike once again but what is it that stirs the soul and makes me feel ten years younger and so much more free when I ride the V-11 can any of you American guy's come back and say what it is that stirs your soul when riding the sport c'mon bare your soul what is it that makes us biker's ,freedom,speed,the buzz,the need to see other places with wind in the hair ,the thrill of "Lord nearly lost it then" ,but kept on track so feel good in ability,we all done it ,or is it that brill sound that no one else can replicate ,dunno 'bout you guy's but I'm pushing 59 and will never ride another 'cycle but a big Guzzi simply because it has a soul,said it before and say it again theres people ride fast bikes and people who ride fast on bikes ,been riding bikes long time now and don't know of anything else where you can pull up in a foriegn country and have a chat to a totall stranger just because he riding a 'bike ,God Bless an G'Night.Don

    I think it's the undeniable presence of Motorcycle DNA in the v11s. Subsequent Guzzis & all other motorcycles that I can think of have had most of it refined out of them. I recall taking a test ride on a Honda VFR800and commenting upon my return that although it didn't do anything wrong, neither did it do anything right.The dealer was somewhat surprised and pointed out the all-around excellence of the bike by any standards. My reply was that it was too late for Honda as Toyota had already built the perfect motorcycle as it kept the rain off as well. I think earlier bikes had charisma in greater or lesser measure because they were built by people who wanted to build motorcycles according to their vision and so much of that shines through when you ride one. That's why I gladly accept the V11s flaws and enjoy riding it so much; it's the genuine article.

    Ride safe..

    Mark

    T112 checks in

    in 24/7 V11

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    Hello to all. Just wanted to let you know that #112 is alive & well in Rhode Island. I have several friends with various v11s,Which I liked,but not enough to sell my Ducati 907ie. But, 40k miles on the Ducati, that model no longer supported by the factory, it was time to move on.Kismet that at the same time a Tenni, my favorite Le Mans, appears on EBAY.needles touche', I'm ecstatic.Excellent site & community,I'm a regular reader.

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