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General Discussion / 69 Ambo rear drum brake vibration

« Last post by tparr on Today at 03:46:19 PM »

  When applying moderate pressure on the rear drum brake I get a startling vibration/pulsating and a sound like a horn. Scared the willies out of me the first few times it happened. This just started last year.
  I took the rear wheel off to inspect, thinking perhaps the pads were shot or a spring had broken, but all looked fine. I cleaned everything, filed a bevel on the pads and put it back together. Didn't solve the problem.
  I'm guessing the pads are original. The bike had 23,000 miles on the odometer when I got it and have put on another 20,000 miles.
  Any thoughts on corrective action?

1969 A model Ambo with 43,000 miles

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General Discussion / Re: 35 years, 100,000 miles

« Last post by GUZZI SVT on Today at 03:35:19 PM »

The fairing is a Ducati 900 SS, early model, bought from Sid Cycle in St Petersburg Florida.  The seat was designed by me and built by Mike Corbin after meeting him in Sturgis in 1989.
The exhaust is B.U.B. , Big Ugly Bastard. Designed by Dennis Manning

Look for a feature story on, The hop up of an 850-T3 No Bullshit!, in the National Moto Guzzi Owners Club news in the following months. One more dyno test for the results.

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General Discussion / Re: Looking for a MotoGuzzi Guy East of Seattle

« Last post by Aldo on Today at 03:08:13 PM »

Jason is your guy

https://www.denizenmoto.com/

Jason is the man, he really knows his stuff and is super nice dude.

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General Discussion / Re: Norge brake and clutch lines

« Last post by red stripeguz on Today at 02:52:08 PM »

That I don't know, still need to contact them

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General Discussion / Re: Looking for a MotoGuzzi Guy East of Seattle

« Last post by SEA_Guzzi on Today at 02:30:54 PM »

Jason is your guy

https://www.denizenmoto.com/

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Bike Builds, Rebuilds And Restorations Only / Re: 68 v700 (GC)

« Last post by turboguzzi on Today at 02:29:06 PM »

interesting starting point

maybe these will inspire you

https://www.ruotefiere.com/?page_id=11

https://www.ruotefiere.com/?page_id=884

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General Discussion / Re: Norge brake and clutch lines

« Last post by 73 sport on Today at 02:26:06 PM »

    You stated that Spiegler doesn't have lines for Norge. Will they make them as to your specifications?

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Bike Builds, Rebuilds And Restorations Only / Re: Minimalist bike finally complete

« Last post by turboguzzi on Today at 02:18:37 PM »

In my eyes its a Conceptual bike, in a totally good, in-your-face way.

Right there with Hazan Motorworks stuff

Send it to Bikeexif, they will love it there, but youll need a set of professional photos that will do it justice.

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General Discussion / Re: How old is too old for tires?

« Last post by Joliet Jim on Today at 02:06:33 PM »

My best tire story was one that still had the wheel attached. Westbound on I94 in Indiana almost at the Illinois line and I see a truck tire bouncing in the eastbound lanes. I'm in the middle westbound lane with traffic on both sides in my 20' truck puling my 35' travel trailer. Sure enough the wheel bounces over the barrier and crosses the median and decides to come straight for us. As I'm bracing for what I expect to be a wheel through the windshield killing both of us, the wheel all of a sudden takes a super bowl bounce and not only clears the truck but also completely clears the camper and shocks the hell out of the person behind us who managed to miss the wheel. I really hate that expressway.

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General Discussion / Norge brake and clutch lines

« Last post by red stripeguz on Today at 02:04:32 PM »

Wanting to change the fluid for brakes and clutch on the Norge and the lines look they could use replacing as well. This bike has handlebar risers so from what I've found I'll need 2" longer for the brake line. Does the clutch need to be extended as well? Any good sources for replacement lines? Checked out Spiegler and they don't have l;ines for Norge but they do for the Griso, which I'm assuming would be the same? They are not extended though sop still not applicable for me (but perhaps they'll make longer set?)