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Congrats on the new Stone. Love the colour :drool
Welcome Moss! Nice bike. ;-TBut your profile picture made me spew tea on my desk. I love that show!! You are definitely the right kind of weird for a Guzzi.Hunter
Hi All!May I get back to the question of the proper adjustment of the clutch cable? I have read several discussions regarding this here at Wildguzzi, but still I am not sure I have understood the right procedure: It was recommended that a free play of at least 1/8 inch (aboit 4 mm) should be achieved. But: how do you define "free play"? Is it that it feels as if nothing is moved, activated, or put under pull, or is "free play" actually that, meaning, if I pull the handle the lever at the gearcase does not move for some millimeters?I have set the clutch in a way that I sat on the Stone, engine not running, first gear selected, clutch handle fully pulled. Moving around the bike I let go the handle until I felt the engagement of the clutch. This point then I put into the middle of the handle movement. The shifting is better than anytime before, no problems at all, be the engine cold or warm. But I fear the clutch release bearing could be damaged.
Oh-Kay....After reading Pete´s (Vasco DG) good explanation I took another look at my clutch arrangement. Try it this way: (engine not running!)<snip> My gear showed exactly the issues like yours. Now the gear change is butter smooth.
So that did the trick ... I'm not surprised! Cool ;-T
This was not the OP. Wonder if he's tried the EASY adjustment....
Yes, I did post the same problem earlier in this thread. Pete showed me the right way to proceed, I simply described how I did it "in praxi".
Moss: It's a curse to be only 27 years of age. So young, so much enthusiasm, and still you have to wait another 50 years before you can even think of wearing red suspenders.Ralph
Oh-Kay....After reading Pete´s (Vasco DG) good explanation I took another look at my clutch arrangement. Try it this way: (engine not running!)1) remove the right cover (hiding the battery). Remove the rubber boot from the adjusting mechanism at the handle (shove it out of the way).2) a cable runs beneath the battery, shove it to the outer side of the battery. So you can take a good look at the clutch actuation at the rear side of the gearbox.3) go to the left side of the bike, lay on the seat, so your left hand can reach the clutch handle, and you can see the clutch actuation at the gearbox (you should not let a second person manipulate the handle, you need the feel).4) identify the parts of the clutch actuation. For this you may pull and release the handle. If you don´t see much, get a torchlight. If you still not see much, get your reading glasses (I had to...).5) What do you see? At the rear side of the gearbox there is a lever running vertically. It is quite long. On the lower side it is hinged between two bosses at the gearbox, at the upper side the clutch cable engages. Near the hinge there is a coil spring, which pushes the whole array into its idle position, when not manipulated, and a plunger coming out of the gearbox. This plunger is pushed into the gearbox by the lever if you pull the clutch handle. And as the plunger is not connected to the lever here the adjustment is important.6) Now the adjustment you want to achieve: If the handle is in idle position (not pulled) the lever shall not touch the plunger. You can see and feel the moment when the lever touches the plunger. Adjust the cable at the handle so that there are few millimetres of free play at the handle´s end until the plunger gets engaged.7) Test drive the bike, and when it´s warmed up properly, check the adjustment again.My gear showed exactly the issues like yours. Now the gear change is butter smooth.
First of all Moss, welcome to Guzzi world. You have excellent tastes and a beautiful bike. Fear not--your V7 will just get better and better as you add on the miles, get little adjustments sorted out, and get used to it. If you don't mind, here's a question for you. Why did you pick the Guzzi V7 Stone? You say you researched a lot. What appealed to you? I'm always curious about the sociological aspects of motorcycling. Why not a GSXR something? Harley? Or a Bonnevile? Just curious.
The Sport Classic really is a sharp looking bike. You would be happy to ride one for very short jaunts around the local watering holes, just to be seen. Count yourself lucky you did not buy one because the maintenance would shock you. Even the two valve desmo heads are going to cost close to $1K for a routine service and, as I recall, that's every 7,500 miles for that vintage. Clutch baskets and plates only last about 15K miles so that's another $500 or so. After owning four Ducks I moved on.Peter Y.
So much to pie fun at.... Where to start. I'll get back to the Harley comment tomorrow with two photos... Someone else already got the fat Guzzi guy joke... The Sport Classics were beautiful but got maximum plastic tank suckage... And yes maintenance can be costly (I didn't let Jeff get one until she finished residency lol)... There's a lot to like about a Thruxton, but you chose well.Come over the bridges and join us for a NJ breakfast/event...
Pete, when you got your moto guzzi, did it come with 2 washers that the dealer couldn't tell you about in the bag with the owners manual & warranty info?
I hope I didn't offend anyone with the Harley comments, just not my type of bike I suppose :D
When is the next breakfast meetup? I am going to the dealership this Saturday to have them go over everything, so hopefully it's not this weekend.
In addition to the clutch not being adjusted correctly, I want them to check to see if there is a MAP update... Anyone know about how pipes should change color? I know they are supposed to, or they can turn blue, but on my bike the left one is turning blue and the right one is a slight shade of gold. This is right where the pipe comes out of the engine. I've read a little about this, and some say it's a MAP update.. and for one guy it was bad lambda sensors/o2 sensors. On the other 2015 v7 at the dealers, both pipes were equally blue, and the bike did seem to ride a bit different than mine, but I'm not 100% sure.Anyone know why the pipes might turn blue on one side and not on the other?