Colorado mechanic suggestions

[alanp]

My V7II is going to need a new transmission input shaft seal (I think).  It is just out of warranty of course.  Will have to pull the engine, and this is not within my repertoire of mechanical skills.
Looking for suggestions of where I could get this done in the general Denver/Boulder area, preferably.  Not exactly trusting Erico, although I haven’t been there in years so maybe they are OK?

[cloudbase]

Moto Italia in Fort Collins.

[guzzi4me]

Moto Italia in Fort Collins.

I believe they closed a while ago...

Jeff

[Mike Harper]

Just a little ways out od town but there is always Harper's 

[Dharma Bum]

You might get hold of Matt down in Albequerque

[LongRanger]

I hate to say it, but Erico might be your best and only local choice.

Their incompetence and negligence cost them my business in 2012, but perhaps things have changed since then. Good luck.

[BentGoose]

Alan
Check into Motolab, I haven't used them myself and haven't heard any negative feedback, I would try then before going to Erico.
 http://www.scooterlab.net/
Roger

[dxhall]

Erico is about your only choice, I’m afraid.  Get out the Italian loafers.  No socks.  Skinny jeans.  You’ll fit right in.

[alanp]

Alan
Check into Motolab, I haven't used them myself and haven't heard any negative feedback, I would try then before going to Erico.
 http://www.scooterlab.net/
Roger

Thanks Roger, I’ll check them out.

[alanp]

Erico is about your only choice, I’m afraid.  Get out the Italian loafers.  No socks.  Skinny jeans.  You’ll fit right in.

Yeah, if they spent as much time with the wrenches as they did with the espresso machine I would feel a lot better about them.

[jpv7]

Alan, please keep us up to date on whatever is found.  It's disappointing to hear about this on such a new bike.   I'd be seriously thinking about moving on from the brand if it happened to me...

[dxhall]

I’ve lived in Denver long enough to remember Harry’s Motors.  Harry sold and serviced Norton and Moto Guzzi.  The lights were always kind of dim, and the place smelled like petroleum products.  When you walked up to the counter, Harry himself was likely to come help you, wiping his greasy hands on a shop towel as he walked up to the counter.   Harry (and his son, who worked with him) really knew his business.

Times have changed.  I suppose in a sense anybody not named Marquez or Rossi is a poser, but it sure seems to me that the poser percentage in motorcycling has increased since I started riding.

[M0T0Geezer]

My V7II is going to need a new transmission input shaft seal (I think).  It is just out of warranty of course.  Will have to pull the engine, and this is not within my repertoire of mechanical skills.
Looking for suggestions of where I could get this done in the general Denver/Boulder area, preferably.  Not exactly trusting Erico, although I haven’t been there in years so maybe they are OK?

Alan...  Alan...  Alan...

My 750 Breva 750 ran 60,000 miles seeping, weeping oil around all the crankcase & tranny joints the whole way.

You know that bike well.  It never missed a beat, oil and all.  I think every seal and gasket may have been leaking.  Maybe 'cuz I used 5-40 synthetic oil in it the whole time, maybe not. 

Over 5 years I may have blown $30 in red rags to wipe it down after every ride.  Add another $25 for top-off oil.  I'm sure that was a lot cheaper than a 'full crab' job from any dealer.  Who knows if that would have dried her tears at all??  Who knows if the dealer might not have gone teats up in the middle of the job?  Then What?

Half Aircraft, Half Air Compressor, Half Ditch Pump: It's a Guzzi.     

With love,

'Geezer

[alanp]

Alan...  Alan...  Alan...

My 750 Breva 750 ran 60,000 miles seeping, weeping oil around all the crankcase & tranny joints the whole way.

You know that bike well.  It never missed a beat, oil and all.  I think every seal and gasket may have been leaking.  Maybe 'cuz I used 5-40 synthetic oil in it the whole time, maybe not. 

Over 5 years I may have blown $30 in red rags to wipe it down after every ride.  Add another $25 for top-off oil.  I'm sure that was a lot cheaper than a 'full crab' job from any dealer.  Who knows if that would have dried her tears at all??  Who knows if the dealer might not have gone teats up in the middle of the job?  Then What?

Half Aircraft, Half Air Compressor, Half Ditch Pump: It's a Guzzi.     

With love,

'Geezer

Well, 'Geezers posts provides a different perspective.  One possibility is a "small" but persistent leak as he describes, which is no more than a cosmetic issue.  I had jumped to the conclusion that my issue was panic worthy, but it may not be.  Here is why I panicked:
Since new, a small oil "seep" has been evident at the mating face between the engine and transmission.  But sometime within the past 1000 miles this "seep" released its first drip onto my garage floor.  Then a few rides later another drip.  Then a drip after every ride.  Then a drip almost immediately upon parking the bike, followed by a few more drips.  The drips are generated when riding, the bike doesn't leak when sitting, it just releases the drips that collected during the ride. 
So my feeling that I need to get this fixed isn't driven by the severity of the leak, but the rapidity with which it has progressed over just a few hundred miles.  I am concerned that I am heading for a catastrophic seal failure and a seized tranny.  But maybe not.  Not sure what I should do now, just ride it and don't worry (unless it gets a lot worse), or fix it before it catastrophically fails?  Thoughts and similar experiences welcome!

[guzzisteve]

I drained out the syn oil and used dino oil, leaks stopped for about 5 yrs. If it drips w/ plain oil change seal.

[alanp]

Thanks everyone, some good suggestions.  I have decided to ride the bike and see what happens.  If the leak continues to worsen I will have to deal with it, but at its current level I think it is not too much of a concern. 
I did contact some of the suggested mechanics and found 2 that would do the job, but not until the fall.  Too busy this time of year, which is understandable.  And BTW, I liked talking to the guy at Moto+Scooter Lab.  Sounded like a real straight shooter and seems to know Guzzi's fairly well.