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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: waxi on July 16, 2016, 03:18:15 PM
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I have some free time and I made a list of manufacturers that were involved in my motorcycle. Yes, I am weird :)
On my V7 II Special 2015:
- Front brake: Brembo (caliper and lever/cylinder) - Italy
- Rear brake: ??? - no logo or anything whatsoever on caliper, cylinder is Brembo though
- ABS/ESP controller - ATE (now Continental) - Germany, made in China; Leoni cables - Germany
- Discs - Sunstar - Ohio/USA
- Front shocks - Kaifa - Taiwan
- Rear shocks - Olle - Spain
- Throttle body - Magneti Marelli - Italy
- Camshaft sensor - Bosch - Germany, made in Romania
- Starter - CHCD - China
- Exhaust - Lafranconi - Italy
- Grips - Domino - Italy
- Horns - Leb - Italy
- Battery - Yuasa - Japan
- Locks - Zadi - Italy
- Wheels - Grimeca - Italy
On my fathers Nevada 1998:
- Front brake: Grimeca caliper, Brembo lever/cylinder - Italy
- Rear brake: Brembo (caliper and cylinder) - Italy
- Front shocks: ??? - no logo or anything whatsoever
- Rear shocks: Bitubo - Italy
- Carburetors - Dellorto - Italy
- Exhaust - Lafranconi - Italy
- Sparks and plugs - NGK - Japan
- Starter - Valeo - France
- Grips - CEV, Domino - Italy
- Horns - Nikko - Japan
- Locks - Zadi - Italy
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Yes, I am weird
Indeed you are.
I never checked mine, but being something of a mutt myself, it wouldn't bother me a bit if the bikes were as well.
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That is cool! Thanks for sharing.
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I appreciate this weirdness, I often wonder about these things but never checked. I like to buy Italian for the goose when possible, but everything is made somewhere else these days :wink:
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The older the Guzzi, the fewer the "outside suppliers".
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I am into this! If anyone has any to add, let's see it :D
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Ride to an Italian restaurant and smear some marinara on it. It'll do your bike some good. :thumb:
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Yuasa Motorcycle battery - GS Yuasa Corporation/Japan - made in USA
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The older the Guzzi, the fewer the "outside suppliers".
My point exactly :laugh: Could someone add Griso, California, Norge, Stelvio?
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On my V7 II Special 2015:
- Front brake: Brembo (caliper and lever/cylinder) - Italy
- Rear brake: ??? - no logo or anything whatsoever on caliper, cylinder is Brembo though
- ABS/ESP controller - ATE (now Continental) - Germany, made in China; Leoni cables - Germany
- Discs - Sunstar - Ohio/USA
- Front shocks - Kaifa - Taiwan
- Rear shocks - Olle - Spain
- Throttle body - Magneti Marelli - Italy
- Camshaft sensor - Bosch - Germany, made in Romania
- Starter - CHCD - China
- Exhaust - Lafranconi - Italy
- Grips - Domino - Italy
- Horns - Leb - Italy
- Battery - Yuasa - Japan
- Locks - Zadi - Italy
- Wheels - Grimeca - Italy
Handlebars, clutch lever, handlebar electrical switches - Domino/Tommaselli, Italy
Rear brake caliper - most likely Heng Tong, China
Starter motor - Chengdu Huachuan Electric Parts Co., China
Tires - Pirelli, factories in 14 countries
Spark Plugs - NGK, Japan
A really obscure one: part 2B002549, also AP8150450, the spring-lock-washers that hold the inner and outer shells of the plastic side panels together, are made by Springmasters, UK
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I needed to replace the cracked Akront (Spain) front rim on my Mille. I found that I could get a Borrani rim, but learned that they're forged in China and finished in Italy, so I really wasn't going to get a fully Italian rim. I went with an Excel (Japan) because I was told the quality was better than Borrani, and the price was a little lower, and after all, Some Ducatis came with Excel rims. The Excel really is a nice rim, and so round that truing was easy.
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Now days, made in Italy, especially by some small manufactures may not be a good thing, quality wise!
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At the Nationals in John Day I was looking at the new V9 demo bike. On the top front of the engine the ABS controller was mounted and had a sticker attached with the words "Aprilia China". If I owned that bike that sticker would come off or be covered up by a moto Guzzi decal.
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Yuasa Motorcycle battery - GS Yuasa Corporation/Japan - made in USA
The company is based in Japan and has facilities around the world.
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A few manufacturers I've noticed on my 2002 Scura
Forks, shock, and steering damper: Ohlins, Sweden
Brakes and Wheels: Brembo, Italy
Alternator: Ducati, Italy
Various Plastic bits: Ascerbis, Italy
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Big shock. International firms based in one country using manufacturing plants in other countries.
AGV 1/2 helmets with HD plastic logo writing on it. Manufactured in Malaysia. Drives my HD friends crazy when I point it out to them. :grin:
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At the Nationals in John Day I was looking at the new V9 demo bike. On the top front of the engine the ABS controller was mounted and had a sticker attached with the words "Aprilia China". If I owned that bike that sticker would come off or be covered up by a moto Guzzi decal.
Exactly!! Same on my V7. Also, on a starter you can find big sticker "made in china"...
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At the Nationals in John Day I was looking at the new V9 demo bike. On the top front of the engine the ABS controller was mounted and had a sticker attached with the words "Aprilia China". If I owned that bike that sticker would come off or be covered up by a moto Guzzi decal.
And if you lived in Detroit and drove a Ford, you'd cover up the stickers indicating that it was "foreign" made in Dearborn.
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Really not the same. You can't go with Aprilia stickers on a Moto Guzzi. Also the label on starter was so obvious that it was first thing that came off...
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First thing was the plethora of safety decals.
Then the starter sticker.... THEN the "made in china" sticker hidden BY that sticker.
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The battery in my Factory new 99 Bassa was a Varta, not sure where it was made.
The voltage regulator on Bassa is stamped Ducati, as I believe most late Tonti were.
The license plate holder on my Breva is stamped Aprilia, as I believe the original grips, and bags too!