Aluminum flywheel failure

[Tennitragic]

Thanks for the quick response Peter…I will contact you via Private Message.

[Molly]

Mine is a 2001 V11 Sport (a 'Greenie'). Does this problem affect my bike too? I'm approaching about 30,000 km. I also have no idea if the selector spring thing has been done. 

Am I riding a grenade ;-)

[audiomick]

3 hours ago, Molly said:

...Does this (clutch) problem affect my bike too?

As far as I know, it only affects the specific models mentioned here:

Your greenie should have the double-plate clutch, which doesn't cause any problems at all.

[Lucky Phil]

On 4/26/2025 at 5:00 PM, Molly said:

Mine is a 2001 V11 Sport (a 'Greenie'). Does this problem affect my bike too? I'm approaching about 30,000 km. I also have no idea if the selector spring thing has been done. 

Am I riding a grenade ;-)

No and No

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[EddieH]

On 1/10/2025 at 7:31 PM, Lucky Phil said:

Just buy a 5 speed no flywheel pickup RAM kit from MGcycles in the states They are lightweight steel flywheel these days. The genuine RAM alloy units had no failure issues and I have one fitted to my bike. SD is too expensive. You will need to use your original gearbox input drive is all and check the pushrod details in the instructions on the MG website. Forget about converting to a dual plate clutch assy. Once you have ridden a bike with a single plater you'd never want to go back to a dual plate sidecar flywheel assembly.

https://www.mgcycle.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=193&products_id=1698

Phil

@Lucky Phil

Phil, I have read a lot of your comments about this issue but one thing I'm still uncertain about is why not reuse the original 6 spd clutch "button"? It seems like the preferred solution is to cut down the diameter of the clutch rod tip instead. Wouldn't replacing the button be easier and cheaper than machining the rod? What am I missing?

BTW, I can't find any instructions on MG's website about the "pushrod details". Do you have a link to that?

[Baldini]

I put a RAM clutch in my Scura. Can't tell you part number, but was supplied by Agostinis to fit V11 Scura.

When RAM fitted, stock pushrod wouldn't operate the clutch. 

I replaced the centre button that came in kit, with centre button from the original Scura clutch.

Same pushrod. Worked fine.

[Lucky Phil]

6 hours ago, EddieH said:

@Lucky Phil

Phil, I have read a lot of your comments about this issue but one thing I'm still uncertain about is why not reuse the original 6 spd clutch "button"? It seems like the preferred solution is to cut down the diameter of the clutch rod tip instead. Wouldn't replacing the button be easier and cheaper than machining the rod? What am I missing?

BTW, I can't find any instructions on MG's website about the "pushrod details". Do you have a link to that?

The fitting instructions are in the images and most people machine the pushrod because they don't find out about the issue until the engine and gearbox are back in the frame I guess. Also the Scura came with the Guzzi single plate clutch std and most V11's came with the twin plate clutch with a different button.

 https://www.mgcycle.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1698

Edited 17 hours ago by Lucky Phil

[Weegie]

Had the same problem with the rod when I installed a RAM into the LM 1000, for exactly the reasons @Lucky Phil stated.

Not the most difficult problem I've ever had and easy to rectify.

[Baldini]

13 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:

The fitting instructions are in the images and most people machine the pushrod because they don't find out about the issue until the engine and gearbox are back in the frame I guess. Also the Scura came with the Guzzi single plate clutch std and most V11's came with the twin plate clutch with a different button.

 https://www.mgcycle.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1698

Yeh, makes sense. I took gearbox out cos I didn't know what was wrong - thought maybe I'd misaligned  plates or something.