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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Anomaly on November 04, 2022, 08:07:27 AM
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Not the most pressing question, but after a search turned up a thread about Dave Swanson cleaning up the Borrani wheels on his T3 California, I got wondering about something: My 1981 T3 California has Akront spoked wheels. Are the wheels I have original or would they have been Borrani originally? Or, is there no way to tell at this point?
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Borranis were used ( Cross on V7 Sport, then Record) on all spoked big block models until Guzzi started using cast wheels or Akronts. I have seen Cali 2, T4 and G5 both with cast wheels as well as spoked wheels.. The Akronts were used on 1000S, and Cali3/1100 from the end on the 1980's Also by then Moto Guzzi had gone to a 5 bolt brake rotor hub. and flat floating rotors .
I was getting a Ducati Bevel 900GTS fitted with alloy rims in the mid 90's and was told by the good folks at Buchanan's in LA that the Akronts were actually stronger and a bit heavier than the Borranis. If you have the 6 bolt hub , most likely the rim was replaced at some point as Borranis became a little thin on the ground and Akronts were better priced anyway.
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Some of the Mille GT's had Akronts. Then the Quota's had issues w/them. All I remember. but I only remember the bad stuff for warranty.
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Anybody that says they know what parts Moto Guzzi put on any bike had better be the guy who uncrated that particular bike. Lots of variation even within same year and model. There are very few things to be sure of in life and one of them ain't Guzzi for any consistency. The micro fiche and parts books seem to merely suggestions at times. The mid to late 80s bikes seem the most bitsa. Just my experience.
Brian