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General Discussion / Re: That Guzzi Smelll

« Last post by guzzisteve on Today at 10:40:41 AM »

Must be made from hemp rope for the cords.

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General Discussion / Re: Cadre Cycles Today

« Last post by Dave Swanson on Today at 09:54:38 AM »

I agree on the black Strada.  I like the grey from 2025 as well - both look very classy.  A bit disappointed with the red and green colours for 2025 - neither is my jam.  I wish I was ready to pull the trigger on one right now so I could grab a 2025....A grey or black Strada with the hard luggage added could conceivably be my forever bike.  It's perfection for me.

Just think how much money you will save over the rest of your lifetime if you get your "forever" bike now.   

That would equate to the bargain of a lifetime.  No way to pass that one up! 

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General Discussion / Re: New Stelvio

« Last post by YellowDuck on Today at 09:54:34 AM »

The dispute is not whether they are variable rate .
Try this.
If you have your progressive shock out on the bench and the length of the spring is 200 mm.
Now fit the shock and sit on the bike, it will sag 40 mm to rest at 160 mm spring length.

Now take your shock out and preload it to 180 mm spring length.
Now fit your shock and sit on the bike, it will sag 20 mm to rest at 160 mm spring length.

In both cases you are heading off down the road on a spring that is compressed by YOUR WEIGHT to 160 mm.
The pre load has NO EFFECT on spring performance once it comes off the top stop. You FEEL like the spring is firmer because it didn’t sag as much when you got on, but it still compressed to 160 mm. The spring does not FEEL your weight PLUS the pre load.

Now of course if you preload the spring excessively, it will “top out” more readily, indeed if you preloaded it to compress the spring to 160 mm, it would top out continuously but any extra load would still make the spring perform and FEEL the same when you hit.a bump.
I read factual explanations on this topic that say..
“Spring preload does not affect spring performance, it just feels stiffer to the rider…”

They mean it just “feels stiffer” when you jump on, not when you’re riding…
Now that, I DO agree with.

As the great man Basil Fawlty said…
“Please understand before one of us dies..”

https://youtube.com/shorts/q6857V3-aug?si=rcqea0svXTeGhHIE

Thank god...another person in the motorcycling universe who understands this.  I thought I was all alone.

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General Discussion / Re: Cadre Cycles Today

« Last post by YellowDuck on Today at 09:50:25 AM »

The green V7 Sport and the black V85 Strada look nice as well. Well done Moto Guzzi and well done Cadre Cycle. It will be interesting to see how these lines, and others, get updated in the years to come.

I agree on the black Strada.  I like the grey from 2025 as well - both look very classy.  A bit disappointed with the red and green colours for 2025 - neither is my jam.  I wish I was ready to pull the trigger on one right now so I could grab a 2025....A grey or black Strada with the hard luggage added could conceivably be my forever bike.  It's perfection for me.

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General Discussion / Re: Right turn signals

« Last post by DoubleGuzzi on Today at 09:29:37 AM »

The bulbs have a single filament for blinker and emergency flasher.
If the flashers work, the wiring and ground to the bulb is fine.
Sounds like a handlebar switch, wiring to the switch or a dash problem.

On reflection, you may well be right; I did mention switchgear. 

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General Discussion / Re: My new v9

« Last post by Dave Swanson on Today at 09:19:10 AM »

I'd be more motivated to keep the ethanol out my bike.  Being surrounded as you are blessed to be by numerous gas stations with non-ethanol options it would be a no brainer for me to choose that. 

You may not realize it, but I am jealous of how easy it is for you to get non-ethanol.   

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General Discussion / Re: My new v9

« Last post by Tkelly on Today at 08:26:48 AM »

My wife always put premium in her Miata,said the car felt faster.When I filled it up with regular she never noticed a difference.

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General Discussion / Re: My new v9

« Last post by Kev m on Today at 08:25:23 AM »

Do you feel better with a balanced diet or eating fast food regularly? The small $ differences & healthy engine should be enough reason 4 higher octane. “Pinging”is to be avoided @ all costs !

Eeehhhhhhhhh, except that's not a really good comparison.

Or maybe it is but we're good at fooling ourselves.

Let me explain using the same or similar analogies.

The jist of your argument is that if something is good (octane) then more (higher) is better.

If we consume 100% of the daily requirement of a vitamin, then there's no benefit to consuming any more (we literally piss it out).

Or say oxygen is good, so more is better right? No, too much (too high a percentage) will burn our lungs.

How about water? Drinking too much will literally kill you.

So back to octane. What's wrong with too much?

Too much leads to incomplete combustion, which translates into carbon deposits which can damage an engine over time.

If the manual calls for a pump octane rating of 91 then 93 isn't "healthier" and 100+ is dumb.

So like anything in life it's about balance.

Fair?

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General Discussion / Re: Right turn signals

« Last post by Pescatore on Today at 08:20:54 AM »

The bulbs have a single filament for blinker and emergency flasher.
If the flashers work, the wiring and ground to the bulb is fine.
Sounds like a handlebar switch, wiring to the switch or a dash problem.

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General Discussion / Re: My new v9

« Last post by mechanicsavant on Today at 08:14:41 AM »

Do you feel better with a balanced diet or eating fast food regularly? The small $ differences & healthy engine should be enough reason 4 higher octane. “Pinging”is to be avoided @ all costs !