lemppari Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Are the ignition lock bolts normal hex bolts? I seem to have lost one and the other is also loose. Couldn't see properly in the dark. Edit: Got it already from on-line parts catalog,8x15 hexes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoguzzi Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 no they are break away nuts.. that is once the factory installs them they break the top off as some kind of anti theft idea.. so there are no hex sides.. I had to use a vice grips to get one off after the other one loosend and fell off. you can replace them w/regular nuts (13mm?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemppari Posted May 18, 2010 Author Share Posted May 18, 2010 no they are break away nuts.. that is once the factory installs them they break the top off as some kind of anti theft idea.. so there are no hex sides.. I had to use a vice grips to get one off after the other one loosend and fell off. you can replace them w/regular nuts (13mm?). Yep, I put a normal 8x20 bolt in place of the fallen for time being. After I get back from Lapland which is indidentally probably the warmest place in Europe right now with temperatures near 30 deg. centigrade, I will get new break away bolts. Some English Jap-plastic-bullet oriented mag once came up with only one positive comment on Guzzis, though. They thought that it is the only bike they know that you can leave parked overnight with the ignition key in place and still have the bike in the same place where you left it next morning.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstallons Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Yep, I put a normal 8x20 bolt in place of the fallen for time being. After I get back from Lapland which is indidentally probably the warmest place in Europe right now with temperatures near 30 deg. centigrade, I will get new break away bolts. Some English Jap-plastic-bullet oriented mag once came up with only one positive comment on Guzzis, though. They thought that it is the only bike they know that you can leave parked overnight with the ignition key in place and still have the bike in the same place where you left it next morning.... HAHAHA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 I actually tried to convince my insurance company this is the case, but they didn't get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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