rex007can Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Long story short. Crashed my V11 Sent it to a shop. Got them to repair the handlebars, and replace the rear tranny cover seal. I was going to replace the dials and headlight myself. To replace the rear cover seal, they had to remove the swingarm and the drive shaft. The incompetent idiots apparently didn't notice THAT THE SWIGNARM IS BENT!!!!!!! SO freakin bent in fact, that IT CRACKED THE REAR MUDGUARD!!! How BLIND do you have to BE to MISS THAT!??!! Sigh... Anyways... there's a Centauro swingarm on Ebay. Looks the same but I know, looks can be deceiving. SO... does anyone know if a Centauro swingarm will fit on a 2001 V11 Sport? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeve Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 SO... does anyone know if a Centauro swingarm will fit on a 2001 V11 Sport? Thanks. Yes, I know. No, it won't: the 6-spd gearbox on a V11 is much different from the 5-spd Centauro gearbox, part of the purpose of the 6-spd box was to move the shaft down & over to make more room for a wider rear tire than the old Sport/Daytona/Centauro spine frames could support. I have a V11 swingarm that I snared off eBay [for too much money] with the idea of designing a jig around it to make aluminum swingarms [because the best mod to any Guzzi is lower unsprung wt off the rear axle.] After receipt I discovered that the reason it had been replaced(?) by the P.O. was because the bearings were toast. Not that that matters for my purposes, but you should know in case you think you'd want it. You can have it for what I have in it + shipping [i've given up on grandiose schemes for utilizing time I don't have... for now. ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Stewart Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 It is hard for me to believe that the rear swingarm would bend from a crash, unless perhaps another vehicle hit the rear of the bike from the side Any pictures for us to see what you are talking about? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rex007can Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 It is hard for me to believe that the rear swingarm would bend from a crash Mike Believing has nothing to do with it. The tubing on the right side that goes diagonally down from the rear shock to the main part of the swingarm is bent outwards, and has cracked the rear mudguard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luhbo Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 That was my thought, too. Is it really bent? The swing arm looks really weird and 'pre-bent', if you like, especially when you see it the first time naked. The mudguard on the other hand is probably very hard to break, being made of rather soft stuff. The bike would have been looking quite strange with a swingarm bent that much. Hubert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrt Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 You could look into one of the 'Edgeguards' that were sold a couple years back. Basically, it replaces the mudguard with a plastic plate. Or you could make one up yourself, if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstallons Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Long story short. Crashed my V11 Sent it to a shop. Got them to repair the handlebars, and replace the rear tranny cover seal. I was going to replace the dials and headlight myself. To replace the rear cover seal, they had to remove the swingarm and the drive shaft. The incompetent idiots apparently didn't notice THAT THE SWIGNARM IS BENT!!!!!!! SO freakin bent in fact, that IT CRACKED THE REAR MUDGUARD!!! How BLIND do you have to BE to MISS THAT!??!! Sigh... Anyways... there's a Centauro swingarm on Ebay. Looks the same but I know, looks can be deceiving. SO... does anyone know if a Centauro swingarm will fit on a 2001 V11 Sport? Thanks. How did you crash? Is this an insurance job or out of pocket ? Most bikes a wrecked from the front so SOMEONE parting out V11s should have a rear swingarm. p.s. you must have had some real winners repairing the bike if this got past them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rex007can Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 Found one from a member here. Found another one overseas, but shipping would kill me. Yeah... real winners... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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