Author Topic: Stelvio CARC failure in Oz AND South Africa (Read 130910 times)

MotoZA · « **Reply #300 on:** December 03, 2015, 05:00:40 AM »

Fair enough

It's just unexpected and too good to be true, very gracious! I'll PM you, thanks a lot!

I hope somebody from Piaggio reads this and realises how it is supposed to be done.

Vasco DG · « **Reply #301 on:** December 03, 2015, 05:07:37 AM »

Well you'd better PM me an address and any special instructions for sending weird shit to South Africa because it would be a pain in the arse if it got impounded or destroyed because we didn't tick all the boxes!

Pete

Bonafide Bob · « **Reply #302 on:** December 03, 2015, 05:19:49 AM »

Quote from: Vasco DG on December 03, 2015, 04:52:17 AM

Why would I say it if I wasn't serious?

Pete

Pete, That is really a good thing you are doing. :1:

Bob

steffen · « **Reply #303 on:** December 03, 2015, 05:30:54 AM »

Quote from: Bonafide Bob on December 03, 2015, 05:19:49 AM

Pete, That is really a good thing you are doing. :1:

Bob

:1:

Santa Pete...

Vasco DG · « **Reply #304 on:** December 03, 2015, 05:45:14 AM »

No, and that sort of bullshit can stop right now.

Think about it.

I recently bought a wrecked Griso to re-motor mine.

That leaves me with a bunch of shit. Does this shit have *Value*? That is for the market to judge but at the end of the day I don't think CARC bike swing arms are likely to be a 'Fast Moving' item.

Therefore I have a fairly bulky piece of shit clogging up my workshop that I am highly unlikely to ever need.

If I put it on the Bay of Fleas what is it going to get me? $20? $50? And then all the hassle and general fuquetardery associated with said Bay of Fleas.

Here we have some idiot in South Africa who has been hung out to dry. That sucks.

Join the dots.

It's not like I'm giving him my superannuation plan with a bleeding cherry on top! It costs both of us little and, as always, if it works out well all I'd ask is a donation to some organisation, (Prefferably not religious.) of a charitable nature.

Pete

oldbike54 · « **Reply #305 on:** December 03, 2015, 09:38:42 AM »

Amazing

Dusty

Dean Rose · « **Reply #306 on:** December 03, 2015, 10:15:03 AM »

Quote from: Vasco DG on December 03, 2015, 05:45:14 AM

No, and that sort of bullshit can stop right now.

Think about it.

I recently bought a wrecked Griso to re-motor mine.

That leaves me with a bunch of shit. Does this shit have *Value*? That is for the market to judge but at the end of the day I don't think CARC bike swing arms are likely to be a 'Fast Moving' item.

Therefore I have a fairly bulky piece of shit clogging up my workshop that I am highly unlikely to ever need.

If I put it on the Bay of Fleas what is it going to get me? $20? $50? And then all the hassle and general fuquetardery associated with said Bay of Fleas.

Here we have some idiot in South Africa who has been hung out to dry. That sucks.

Join the dots.

It's not like I'm giving him my superannuation plan with a bleeding cherry on top! It costs both of us little and, as always, if it works out well all I'd ask is a donation to some organisation, (Prefferably not religious.) of a charitable nature.

Pete

Just pick up Pete's tab here.

WitchCityGuzzi · « **Reply #307 on:** December 03, 2015, 12:40:17 PM »

This is the kind of stuff that separates the Guzzi community from the rest. Reason alone to stay with the marque.

Just awesome.

Arizona Wayne · « **Reply #308 on:** December 03, 2015, 12:53:59 PM »

Pete Roper.........what a guy....but we already knew that.

He just keeps on giving............. .

bad Chad · « **Reply #309 on:** December 03, 2015, 01:07:06 PM »

:1:

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #310 on:** December 03, 2015, 01:09:50 PM »

Quote from: Dean Rose on December 03, 2015, 10:15:03 AM

Just pick up Pete's tab here.

Well, maybe for one night..

Vasco DG · « **Reply #311 on:** December 03, 2015, 01:44:39 PM »

Actually we had a great night there last night! One of the Ghetto crew came up to get his bike rollerised, (Yes, his tappets were 'Donald Ducked'.) and after doing that and finding it made a good, rather than a bad, noise we adjourned to the Royal where we consumed far too much beer and Chinese scoff!

This morning's task is to fix the leaky rocker cover gasket on the RH head and the go for a 'Test Thrash' around test track 'B' before I pour him back into his land cruiser and Bugger him and his long suffering missus back off to Lorne!

It's really nice when the *Fix* for a problem actually works!

Pete

Muzz · « **Reply #312 on:** December 03, 2015, 04:17:34 PM »

Quote from: MotoZA on December 03, 2015, 05:00:40 AM

Fair enough

It's just unexpected and too good to be true, very gracious! I'll PM you, thanks a lot!

I hope somebody from Piaggio reads this and realises how it is supposed to be done.

I have been a recipient of Pete's largesse at a stressful and financially challenged time. My darling could not believe it at the time, neither could I. Truly a man amongst men.

smdl · « **Reply #313 on:** December 03, 2015, 05:06:54 PM »

Quote from: Muzz on December 03, 2015, 04:17:34 PM

I have been a recipient of Pete's largesse at a stressful and financially challenged time. My darling could not believe it at the time, neither could I. Truly a man amongst men.

Ditto, and agreed!!

Shaun

Nic in Western NYS · « **Reply #314 on:** December 03, 2015, 05:09:41 PM »

Pete's just being the good bloke he is (if that's what they say in Oz).

Jukebox · « **Reply #315 on:** December 04, 2015, 12:28:30 AM »

It's really nice when the *Fix* for a problem actually works!
I like the Peter, as I have heaps that don't.

Harry

pete mcgee · « **Reply #316 on:** December 04, 2015, 02:10:54 AM »

Careful Pete,
That crusty exterior you've worked so hard to perfect is starting to slip.
But any excuse to clean up the garage is a worthy goal.
Good one.

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #317 on:** December 04, 2015, 06:11:18 AM »

Hey, Pete.. any idea how long it takes a package to get from Austria to the states? The Kid's Spot is eating up space in the shop that could better be used for an airplane..

oldbike54 · « **Reply #318 on:** December 04, 2015, 06:48:48 AM »

Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on December 04, 2015, 06:11:18 AM

Hey, Pete.. any idea how long it takes a package to get from Austria to the states? The Kid's Spot is eating up space in the shop that could better be used for an airplane..

Austria ? WOOF ?

Dusty

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #319 on:** December 04, 2015, 07:05:49 AM »

Everybody knows that Petey lives in Austria, Dusty..

Vasco DG · « **Reply #320 on:** December 04, 2015, 07:13:21 AM »

Usually ten days to a fortnight but Indiana might be a bit *Special*

oldbike54 · « **Reply #321 on:** December 04, 2015, 07:20:31 AM »

Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on December 04, 2015, 07:05:49 AM

Everybody knows that Petey lives in Austria, Dusty..

Told this before . When Pete and Jude were on their way to Muskogee , I contacted our local paper about doing a human interest story on the Australian visitors . The young lady at the paper asked if they were famous in Europe . After a moment of silence I asked the rhetorical question , followed by another awkward silence . Never mind . Of course our local internet news site , owned by a self proclaimed "life long motorcycle enthusiast " , had never heard of Moto Guzzi

Guess our definition of enthusiast is different

Dusty

John A · « **Reply #322 on:** December 04, 2015, 07:54:36 AM »

Ain't Austria over by Dallas?

Triple Jim · « **Reply #323 on:** December 04, 2015, 07:57:43 AM »

Quote from: Vasco DG on December 04, 2015, 07:13:21 AM

Usually ten days to a fortnight but Indiana might be a bit *Special*

I thought Chuck lived in India.

John A · « **Reply #324 on:** December 04, 2015, 08:22:42 AM »

Well that's over there by Dallas too.

oldbike54 · « **Reply #325 on:** December 04, 2015, 08:38:09 AM »

Quote from: John A on December 04, 2015, 08:22:42 AM

Well that's over there by Dallas too.

Closer to Nacogdoches

Dusty

MotoG5 · « **Reply #326 on:** December 04, 2015, 09:24:12 AM »

This thread has been an eye opener for me as a long time Guzzi rider and brand loyalist. I have been pretty put off by the handling on the part of Piaggio in dealing with the valve train issues on my 12' NTX and the closing of another long time top drawer dealer MPH. Not to mention the clutch and swing arm events. With all of this having taken up the last several months it was easy to loose sight of just how much I have enjoyed all of the Guzzis I have owned. And that indeed includes my present 8V. But more importantly just how much I have enjoyed the people who surround these bikes. If it were not for Pete and all of the other folks that have hung in there and kept the information and suggestions coming it would have been much harder to fix the problems and keep my 8V on the road. In the end frustration with Piaggio, who after all are just the latest in a long line of owners of Guzzi, shouldn't change the fact that owning and riding these bikes is still more than worth it. The 8V is a gas to ride with a sound a feeling like no other. Guess I am still hooked.

tazio · « **Reply #327 on:** December 04, 2015, 09:36:05 AM »

Well said.
My Stelvio gives me a rush like no other.

Vasco DG · « **Reply #328 on:** December 09, 2015, 12:11:59 AM »

Just to update this in case people thought it was bullshit. Swingarm and torque rod got on the 'Big White Bird' this AM, Should be in the steaming fleshpots of Kyalami in seven to ten days.

Kent in Upstate NY · « **Reply #329 on:** December 09, 2015, 12:32:20 AM »

Well done, VDG.

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Author Topic: Stelvio CARC failure in Oz AND South Africa (Read 130910 times)

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