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General Discussion / Re: 2020 V7 Racer on Cycle Trader

« Last post by guzzisteve on Today at 08:31:40 PM »

I swapped bikes today, parked the sidecar rig & got the EV. From riding sidecar rig a couple months my arm & shoulder strength was brought back some & enough to ride the EV. Feeling like a big block man should I guess, Ha Ha Ha
Nice to feel comfortable, Eh Steve

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General Discussion / Re: Baggers

« Last post by PilotJet on Today at 08:26:08 PM »

They Both Are Awesome if you ask me!! Killer finish on the Hooligans race. I love all 2 wheel racin ... and sidecars as well

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General Discussion / Re: 1975 850T clutch cable length

« Last post by Woodrow on Today at 08:22:46 PM »

Thank you once agan,  The bike is going to some out of retirement , its been parked for a few years and i remember the clutch was sort of difficult to use. One other thing, the handlebars are the ''swan neck clipons ''  Ive never adjusted them as they alwase were ok to me . No big deal really.
   
   I dident realize MG cycle had measurments on there cables .  So good  .    So a fresh lawn mower battery and Im ready.  Woodrow

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General Discussion / Re: forzen clutch ngc

« Last post by steven c on Today at 06:58:44 PM »

I have to say it's a lot of fun throwing around a 305 lb motorcycle again. It's like riding a big  mountain bike.

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General Discussion / 2020 V7 Racer on Cycle Trader

« Last post by Guzzidad on Today at 06:57:38 PM »

    Ya, it's mine. I just don't ride it much since I bought a Bobber. The Bobber is more "age appropriate" for this 73 year old. The Racer was a lot of fun to ride though.

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General Discussion / Re: Shinko life expectancy?

« Last post by Antietam Classic Cycle on Today at 06:37:44 PM »

Back in June and July of '24, two friends and I rode our "old" Guzzis across the US to Oregon and back, 6650 miles for me. All three were equipped with Shinko 230s front and rear. My heavy (650 lbs. without all of the stuff I had loaded onto it) Cal III FF still had at least 2k more tread on the rear and the front could have gone at least 4k. My friends were on a '71 Ambassador and '73 Eldo and ran the rest of '24 on theirs. We weren't running fast, but it was 95+ degrees almost every day. IMO, the 230 is the "best bang for the buck" of any tire. 

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General Discussion / Re: V7 II Racer 2016 ECU MAP

« Last post by Vagrant on Today at 06:08:29 PM »

I had Beetle do a map for my 16 stone last year after the O2 sensors failed. It fixed the cold start up jut fine and the overall fueling was excellent. Just email him. FYI, $100 is dirt cheap for his help!

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General Discussion / Re: Baggers

« Last post by turboguzzi on Today at 05:57:25 PM »

the whole Baggers thing is such an odditiy, the BASE bike that "you can buy", is north to 100K $, imagine the cost after its been prepared for racing, how many teams are going to pocket that?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billroberson/2025/03/05/harley-davidson-to-build-just-131-110000-153-horsepower-rr-tourers/

Wannt authentic racing?  Super Hooligans.

Serious looking bikes, 2 secs a lap fast than Baggers @ Daytona for a fraction of the cost, wild to watch, 40 starters....

watch both races, tell me what looks more fun...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWzpwvS0kDM&t

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmH1He8yvgI

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General Discussion / Re: Moto Guzzi Convert Oil Leak

« Last post by guzzisteve on Today at 05:50:27 PM »

Maybe it has a light weight flywheel mount & it cracked that went in to the bowl. Never seen one do that, but it could happen depending on flaws in the metal. How else would you get spraying to the plug. Never seen that. Maybe the hole on bottom of bell housing it plugged.
This stuff hurts my brain, last worked on a convert 25yrs ago right before I moved. I had to put a HD flywheel in one cause it broke the light weight one.

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General Discussion / Re: Moto Guzzi Convert Oil Leak

« Last post by pehayes on Today at 05:03:19 PM »

Unlikely it dumped the oil out of the inspection hole.

We're going with what the OP wrote in his complaint.  He wrote "...and it leaked all the oil out through the timing adjustment hole."  I don't know of any other holes where one could inspect or adjust timing other than the rubber plug on the right side of the bell house.  I agree it is very odd, but that is the data we have from the owner.

I sure hope he reports back with the inspection and resolution results.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA