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Online Michael_A

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Can you help identify these?
« on: August 25, 2026, 04:32:06 PM »
Hi All!
Need to appeal to the collective wisdom of the forum. In the process of doing a heavy recommissioning of a 1999 Bassa. Big service, all fluids & hoses, pulled the throttle bodies, sent the injectors off for professional service (they needed it), etc. etc. Cleaning up some wiring and inspecting everything. Now I've had multiple vehicles on the lift, so the parts in question MAY not even be from this bike... you know how it goes in the "fog of war", you think all pices are accounted for, roll the bike off the lift, and surprise! Sitting there is a "mystery part" that had previously gone unnoticed.  That's where I am! So...







The short "wiring harness" looking thing I suspect may be part of the decommissioned side stand safety switch that fell out during general cleaning and inspection? 
The radiused plastic plug??? I think it fell loose from the steering neck area as I was working on wiring behind the chrome neck covers... not sure.

One more pic of the Bassa in drydock:





Thank for any input. Entirely likely these "mystery parts" may not be from the bike at all! Would be nice to rule that out!

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Re: Can you help identify these?
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2026, 07:08:42 PM »
Those don’t look like the typical connectors used on Guzzi’s from that era.
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Re: Can you help identify these?
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2026, 12:15:26 AM »
The wire colors are wrong too.
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Re: Can you help identify these?
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2026, 11:24:08 AM »
Thanks guys!
 I'm leaning towards these being either:
1) Accessory take off stuff that came adrift... I did remove some items when I got the bike. Or stuff related to historic accessories that may have been "lost" in the bike at some time and finally fell loose.
2) Had lots of tools and stuff out on the lift, cans of spare hardware, misc. stuff. Entirely possible I tracked a few unrelated parts out and missed them during clean up. Found them later. Got necrotic.
I am more confident they are not OEM unless someone can venture a positive I.D....

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Re: Can you help identify these?
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2026, 07:53:22 PM »
Mike...I did a fair amount of work on this machine while in my custody...I don't ever remember seeing anything remotely like this during my ownership.  Looks kinda like a brake pad wear sensor from something totally unrelated to a Guzzi.  Let us know if you are able to identify this part.
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Re: Can you help identify these?
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2026, 06:12:30 AM »
Hi Mark, thanks for chiming in! I'm now 99% certain it was a part that fell out of my electrical test tool box while I had it on the lift doing some checks and didn't notice it until rolling the bike off. Your guess as to a brake pad sensor I think may be spot on as I have a few spares from a Mercedes I was working on years ago that I forgot about and probably left it in that toolbox.
On another note; Cleaned up the throttle bodies, one idle air passage was blocked with crud! Sent the injectors off for a professional overhaul and was surprised at how clogged they were (one especially, something like 30%). All part of the love these old bikes need! I hope to get it back together this weekend for a second big shake down cruise and will report back.


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