Stelvio CARC failure in Oz AND South Africa

[MotoZA]

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]

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]

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

Pete

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

   Bob

[steffen]

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

   Bob

:1:

Santa Pete...

[Vasco DG]

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]

  Amazing 

  Dusty

[Dean Rose]

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]

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]

Pete Roper.........what a guy....but we already knew that.     He just keeps on giving............. .

[bad Chad]

 :1:

[Chuck in Indiana]

Just pick up Pete's tab here.

Well, maybe for one night..

[Vasco DG]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Jukebox]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Everybody knows that Petey lives in Austria, Dusty..

[Vasco DG]

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

[oldbike54]

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]

Ain't Austria over by Dallas?

[Triple Jim]

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

I thought Chuck lived in India.

[John A]

Well that's over there by Dallas too.

[oldbike54]

Well that's over there by Dallas too.

 Closer to Nacogdoches 

  Dusty

[MotoG5]

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]

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

[Vasco DG]

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]

Well done, VDG.