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General Discussion / Re: Assisted needed

« Last post by Tkelly on Today at 10:12:15 AM »

The v50 would be the perfect bike for NC country roads.

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General Discussion / Re: Ar. Rally

« Last post by johnwesley on Today at 09:52:52 AM »

The rain chances have cleared out for Friday and Saturday.


I would bring personal coffee fixings if I was you always gotta have an emergency stash in case there’s not any around.

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General Discussion / Re: Identify my V&?

« Last post by DoubleGuzzi on Today at 09:27:17 AM »

Love that V50 "sport". 

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General Discussion / Re: Identify my V&?

« Last post by guzzisteve on Today at 09:12:38 AM »

Don't listen to Dirk.

It's a V7I.

Why?

Because it's the first generation of the revised single throttle body Heron Head smallblock.

The previous generation was the dual throttle body Heron Head.

Yes technically Guzzi didn't start numbering them until the V7II.

BUT logic dictates that if you count backwards the previous one would be "V7I" since that started the modern line.

A few try to argue the V7C should be "MkI" but it was the end of the previous line (yes the Nevada and Breva 750 etc), and arguably the inspiration for the current line which has a lot of differences. But if it was the street of the current line the V7II and III would be called something else.

I guess you could call the V7C the MK0.5 if you really want, or the 2TBMKI vs the 1TBMKI.

It's all pedantic BS anyway.

In the end, one thing is certain,, you don't have a V7II, you have the first generation of the single throttle body motors.

Correct Kev, like always!! It is what it is.

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General Discussion / Re: My Moto Guzzi V7 III TT/NTX/Dual-Sport/Scrambler

« Last post by Dirk_S on Today at 09:02:51 AM »

Over the weekend I built a 19” front wheel as a pavement-biased alternative to the 21” and sealed it for running tubeless. I used a 2.50x19 rim with 36 holes. Lacing and truing this wheel was my easiest yet, largely because I realized that I didn’t need to worry about the radial bump at the weld seam —it’s a hiccup and always will be, from my understanding.

The 18” front is going over to the V9 cafe, joining the stock V7 forks. The V9 forks are on the dual-sport; the NTX forks are waiting for a rebuild, and I figure the longer V9 forks are a good alternative themselves. With the taller front wheel and longer suspension both front and back, the ground clearance up to the belly pan is right about 7.5”, about an inch lower than with the 21” front and NTX forks installed.

For ‘porky modern scrambler style’ reference, the RE Bear 650’s ground clearance is 7.2”. The Bear probably also weighs a pound or three more than this guy, and that’s with nearly 2 gallons less than what the V7 carries.



Next on the To-Do list:

• rebuild the forks
• retrue the 18” rear (got the offset wrong upon initial build)
• build the solo seat and fender rack
• consider changing to enduro-style plastic mudguards
• swap V7 and V9 motor

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Bike Builds, Rebuilds And Restorations Only / Re: Well I think I finally found a suitable project a 78 t3

« Last post by Antietam Classic Cycle on Today at 08:30:48 AM »

So you think that “pogo” even limited to about 45-50mph speeds is one or both front dampeners being empty then. Seemed a little odd to me as any slower or faster and it disappears pretty quickly. I’d figure at 50 years old i might as well just replace em as they don’t appear to be that expensive. Any method you can think to tell which forks I actually have on there?  Is the sp one longer externally by that 20mm by chance? 

Getting my parts list ready for ya for that one you are parting but doubt things will happen on that end til I get back from the greenbrier concours the first week of may. Soon gonna need to focus on getting the - prepped for that.

My 1000SP would only "pogo" at about the same speed, on bumpy turns. Draining and refilling the dampers cured it. The dampers are never empty (if they were then that would mean they'd be leaking and I wouldn't bother refilling them), but rather the oil used is just too low viscosity to provide adequate damping after years of use.

It's hard to tell what mixture of parts you might have - it could be just the SP lowers were used with the original T3 internals, or they could be complete SP forks. I think you'll need to remove the dampers to tell.

 

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General Discussion / Re: Added V7 Stone to the stable

« Last post by davethewelder on Today at 08:23:13 AM »

Nice, I have the "ten" version.   Really like it.   I had a V85TT but traded it off.   How do feel owning two bikes with the same engine, are they different enough?

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Bike Builds, Rebuilds And Restorations Only / Re: Well I think I finally found a suitable project a 78 t3

« Last post by benebob on Today at 08:19:43 AM »

So you think that “pogo” even limited to about 45-50mph speeds is one or both front dampeners being empty then. Seemed a little odd to me as any slower or faster and it disappears pretty quickly. I’d figure at 50 years old i might as well just replace em as they don’t appear to be that expensive. Any method you can think to tell which forks I actually have on there?  Is the sp one longer externally by that 20mm by chance? 

Getting my parts list ready for ya for that one you are parting but doubt things will happen on that end til I get back from the greenbrier concours the first week of may. Soon gonna need to focus on getting the - prepped for that.

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General Discussion / Re: The V85 or the Quota

« Last post by davethewelder on Today at 08:18:03 AM »

I had a V85TT, if it weren't for the wind buffeting....   Dont know anything about the Quota, but the V85TT is newer, handled really great, good lookin' now I kinda miss it....

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General Discussion / Re: Assisted needed

« Last post by Ncdan on Today at 08:17:57 AM »

Thanks for all the responses and offers to assist guys.
I think at this point I’m going to just try to work something out with my buddy Lucian(Dave).
He’s been talking about a trip to the Smokey’s for 3 years now so maybe we can work something out that would be a plus for both of us.
It will have to be a situation like that or I may just need to pass on the little goose.
It no biggie either way. I was just thinking that at 73 a lighter bike would be in my future if I continue riding. I’m no longer a distance rider, the river place, 100 miles and maybe an occasional trip to the shore, 200 miles, is my limits now.
Anyhow no biggie either way and life is good.
Thanks again to those who offered to assist with this adventure 👍