Rear brake manufacturer, V7, V7II?

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I'm pretty sure it's not Brembo, there isn't a Brembo logo anywhere on the brake caliper.  I'd like to know the manufacturer because I'l like to locate a replacement inside plate that the inside pad rests against.  I screwed mine up by getting the disk between the back of the pad and the plate, instead of between the pads, when I removed/installed the replaced the wheel when I replaced the tire (lesson learned).  Thanks.

[organfixsing]

I looked up the part numbers
Front      2B001197
Rear       2B000525
These are not Guzzi or Aprillia part numbers and as they both are similar, this suggests that they are from the same manufacturer, i.e. Brembo.

Cheers
Brian http://wildguzzi.com/forum/Smileys/default/grin.gif

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I solved my original problem by getting a new rear caliper.  It turns out that the caliper is a one-piece casting and doesn't come apart.

However, I'd still like to know the manufacturer.  For the front caliper, there's no doubt it's Brembo, the logo is cast into it.  The rear caliper has no logo anywhere, so it's unlikely to be Brembo.  I believe it may be manufactured by Heng Tong in China, but I can't be sure of that.

[organfixsing]

Don't know where I read it, must have been in a review of V7II.
They said that the rear brake was made by Moto Guzzi, so only available from Moto Guzzi?

Cheers
Brian   

[organfixsing]

I found where I read it.
"CLASSIC BIKE GUIDE" A review of the latest STORNELLO. To quote:-
'The relatively hefty 260mm rear disc with its floating two-pot caliper, all made in-house by GUZZI - same as the front disc -.

I note that further on in the article, they say that the 40mm fork legs are GUZZI made and also they criticize the "Spanish made Olle rear shocks" as being 'wooden'.

Perhaps the fork stanchions are made by GUZZI but the sliders are Kaifa made.

This may sort of clear things up?
Cheers
Brian 

[sib]

Thanks, it does kinda clear things up. Using another tactic, I looked up the EBC brake pads specified for the rear calipers on recent Guzzi V7's (FA256), and the only other bikes they fit are several recent Aprilia models.  I then looked up the calipers for these Aprilias and they look identical to those Guzzi calipers except that they're metallic rather than flat black and they have the word  "APRILIA" embossed on them, where there's just a flat surface on the Guzzi calipers.  So, I'll conclude that these calipers are made by or for Piaggio for use on their bikes exclusively.

Update:  I recently found out that these pads also fit some other Italian bikes (Cagiva, Gliera) as well as some older Hondas and East German Simpsons.  So, maybe the pads don't give an accurate indication of the manufacturer of the calipers, after all.  Back to square zero.