I've been doing glucosamine with MSM for over 20 years. I recently went to a knee doc for mild joint pain and he said it was bone on bone and I needed a replacement. Take from that what you will, but I'm a believer.
What Pete said, of course. I rode one out to SoCal several years ago to leave out there and ride in the canyons. It needed rewired, and that was maybe 20 years ago. (!) It's a great traveling machine, and the old Tonti frame was awesome for the day.
The 07 Norge I kept for a while was the best mile eater I've ever ridden. The stock suspension, while *very* comfortable was way too soft, though. It truly wanted to go places at go straight to jail speeds..I was fortunate. As I matured she became a little too top heavy for me and went to a good home. Loved her though..one of the two Guzzis I bought new.
My pup at the time, Austin, did a clutch job on his G5. I saw the hanger door go up and 4pm, and he rode it out at 10 pm.
You need "the box." that's about the only special tool.
I took him for a ride in our sidecar rig for ice cream at an Indiana Guzzi rally many years ago. I had no clue who he was, just another bearded Guzzi Guy..
I have a few blanks that didn't make it through the stringent QC lady. They would be perfectly usable, but not perfect. I could most likely find the original file and fixture, but don't want to let the form tool go. I'm using it on an airplane I'm building.
When I took over the care of the G5, it had a fairly new Surflex clutch. After replacing the clutch, flywheel, transmission input gear, it was as good as new.