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General Discussion / Re: And the winner is... V85TT

« Last post by jrt on Today at 10:08:01 PM »

I love my V85. It's quickly becoming the best all around Guzzi I've ever owned. Even with that 6 gallon tank, I've gotten into pickles before in back country and dang near ran it out of gas. So, I mounted two aluminum beer cans to my urban saddlebags for an extra 40 ounces of "reserve" or at least fuel to start a fire if I need to survive a night
You can see them in this photo I took a couple days ago.

Luap, after your troubles with the 1400 and a few other bikes... I'm glad to read that you are becoming happy with this one.  You deserve it, 100%.  I sincerely hope it just get's better and better. 
I enjoyed my V85 for awhile, but it just didn't quite tick off what I wanted.  Now I've got a bit older 1100 Cali and it's just about right for me. 

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General Discussion / Re: Increase in valve clearance.

« Last post by GuzziNZ on Today at 08:14:28 PM »

So here are my results.
Made up a piston stop and checked TDC. Both sides are within the thickness of the line.
Specs for valve open/close are at 1.50mm valve clearance
IN OPEN 20 BTDC
IN CLOSE 52 ATDC
EX OPEN 52 BBDC
EX CLOSE 20 ATDC.
Only ever checked timing using the right hand cylinder but this time I checked both.
RH cylinder. IN 15 and 52.  EX 51 and 20
LH cylinder. IN 12! and 51. EX 46! and 20.
Fired it up again and no loud tapping this time.
So valve clearance has never moved between checks
As I have never checked LH valve timing I can't say if its changed but funny how both IN and EX open are retarded the same amount pointing to manufacturing tolerance?
Will just keep riding it and scope cam next time sump is off.

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General Discussion / Re: Brake Calipers

« Last post by n3303j on Today at 07:03:43 PM »

Brake calipers on the T3 are aluminum and do not rust.

Mine sat for 18 years before I bought bike.

New anodized aluminum pucks are available to replace the rusted chrome plated steel ones.

Split the caliper. Clean the bodies thoroughly. Replace all the rubber bits (including small o ring between two halves) and you will be set for another 100K miles. A lot cheaper than buying new ones.

https://store.bevelheaven.com/Brake-Related-Parts/Brembo-F08-Piston-Seal-Kit-38mm/

The caliper bore only guides the puck. All sealing is done by the square cross section O Ring. As long as the O Ring groove isn't damaged installing a new seal will work excellently.

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General Discussion / Re: Yammie Noob rides the V7 Sport

« Last post by davethewelder on Today at 07:00:28 PM »

He did a good review of the MG, not everyone understands the bike, but when you do.   Nothing compares.

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General Discussion / Re: Ar. Rally

« Last post by johnwesley on Today at 06:54:16 PM »

Is this the same place the "Fools on the hill" campout used to be at???

This is a different location, the old fools on a hill event has a steep climb to the top, it’s called Mt Nebo. This is east of that location about 25 miles.

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General Discussion / Re: Brake Calipers

« Last post by Antietam Classic Cycle on Today at 06:28:51 PM »

New calipers at MG Cycle: $185 for the right-side/rear (price may not have been updated to reflect the tariff yet) and $266 for the left-side. Both are $200 ea. at Harper's.

The T3 would have had F08s from the factory, only the 1000SP ever had an F09 on the rear.

The front master cylinder is $224 and the rear is $232 at MG Cycle.

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General Discussion / Re: Brake Calipers

« Last post by yackee on Today at 06:07:41 PM »

I found that it was worth the money and less hassle to buy new F08s from MGcycle rather than try to rebuild the existing ones. The chrome pistons tend to rust quite a bit if neglected and it can be a hassle to get them out and clean out the existing caliper. But my budget constraint may not be yours. You can use the F08 in the rear, the F09 is hard to obtain. I used an F08 on the rear of my T3, it works great.

You will probably also need to replace the master cylinders, or rebuild them. I rebuilt the front M/C, but still couldn't get pressure, and just bought a new one. The rear is harder to replace.

And the lines themselves--probably worth replacing with stainless-wrapped new lines.

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General Discussion / Re: Brake Calipers

« Last post by Antietam Classic Cycle on Today at 05:51:36 PM »

All early big-block Guzzis used the same F08 calipers on the front end. The F09 was used on the rear of some 1000SPs. If you can find F08s with the single 10 mm bleeder, those are the best as they usually have anodized alloy pistons instead chrome-plated steel ones. The 10 mm bleeder is also much less likely to twist off.

F08 calipers aren't what I'd call "rare", they were widely used on Guzzis, Ducatis, Laverdas and BMWs. The F09 is sort of rare.

If you're looking at the same ebay calipers as I am, then $250 for a pair that might need to be rebuilt is a bit high IMO. 

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General Discussion / Re: Brake Calipers

« Last post by 73 sport on Today at 05:28:39 PM »

     MG Cycle in Wisc. has both left & right FO8 calipers.

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General Discussion / Brake Calipers

« Last post by Moparnut72 on Today at 05:05:50 PM »

The font calipers on the semi basket case T3 I am rebuilding are trash, badly rusted. I think I have found that the '76 Lemans used the same calipers. This came up in AI which I don't trust. It seems that F08 calipers are kind of rare, a few of the ones I have found are in Germany and very expensive and exorbitant shipping and beyond my budget for this disaster. Can any of you guys very that they will fit. I have found a listing for these at a reasonable price. The T3 takes F08 calipers and AI says the Lemans does also. I want to be sure the seller doesn't take returns and these are a bit pricy but not bad. I couldn't find anything in Guzziology about the Lemans. It does say F09 will work though but the master cylinder to caliper ratio isn't very good.  This project that I took on to give me something to do this winter is turning in to be more than I wished for. If it gets any worse I may park it for awhile. I hope tis all makes sense. Thanks in advance.
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