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Good grief! Stop sooking on about the pipe colour! Just ride it and enjoy it! You aren't planning on licking the headers are you? After a ride that wouldn't be overly smart.....Pete
I understand the concern over the headers, but must defer to Pete's experience. Keep an eye on it after the break-in service, but don't be too OCD till then.As for top speed, can't say for sure. Mine will do the ton with me (a big guy) on it, but not much more I suspect.That said I distinctly remember the bike feeling tight for the first few thousand miles (reluctant on the highway, like I was asking too much of it even though it had power left, maybe it was using more throttle then I thought it should need at the time). Now 8k miles later it seems much more willing to run 80 mph, but I still prefer it below highway speeds.
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.
Gentlemen & Ladies,I am a new V7 stone owner in the Atlanta area, and had the same issue with the gear pedal bolt loosening, and the gear getting stuck in 1 - in Atlanta traffic - which is bad. Now I know I need to get the blue loctite to hold this and may be more bolts in place.This is my first bike, so the idea that bolts will loosen because of vibration and the solution - one never thinks of that in cars(!)... that was very helpful.2014 Moto Guzzi V7 Stone