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Do you guys leave the bike in neutral with your right foot on the ground so you can quickly shift into first when the light changes...?
That's what I usually do. The "7" is a simplification of about 750cc. Welcome to the forum!
No problem with a wet clutch but will this be hard on a dry clutch?
Standard practice with a wet clutch (at least for me) is to intentionally let it slip when driving slowly and to leave the bike in 1st gear with the clutch disengaged, my left foot on the ground and my right foot on the rear brake pedal while waiting at a stop light, even if waiting for several minutes. No problem with a wet clutch but will this be hard on a dry clutch?
The V7 name goes back to earlier, and very successful, small block machines. Thus the reference is similar to the way the 1400 cc bikes are named California or Le Mans, both are historic Guzzi names. The bikes are not 700 cc, nor are the new V9 bikes 900 cc. In fact, the Norge 1200 and Stelvio 1200 are not actually 1200cc...you gotta be flexible. Have another glass of wine.Peter Y.
- my previous bikes have all had wet clutches. Standard practice with a wet clutch (at least for me) is to intentionally let it slip when driving slowly and to leave the bike in 1st gear with the clutch disengaged, my left foot on the ground and my right foot on the rear brake pedal while waiting at a stop light, even if waiting for several minutes. No problem with a wet clutch but will this be hard on a dry clutch? Do you guys leave the bike in neutral with your right foot on the ground so you can quickly shift into first when the light changes or do you just hold in the clutch lever?
The original V7 was a loop frame. 1966.
Way over thought. At a stop light, leaving the bike in gear and the clutch level in isn't going to hurt a darn thing.
Swordds, I do the same thing at stops. I don't care so much about the clutch's health as I do my health. Being in gear and having both hands on the controls gives me chance to get out of the way quick when I realize the SUV coming up behind me isn't gonna stop in time. And as Kiwi Roy says, leave an escape path when stopped.
Don't know from experience if Guzzi frames can be crabbed.
I have placed a down payment on a 2016 V7-II Stone that should arrive near the end of December or early January but I have some questions regarding how to drive the bike when it arrives. - my previous bikes have all had wet clutches. Standard practice with a wet clutch (at least for me) is to intentionally let it slip when driving slowly and to leave the bike in 1st gear with the clutch disengaged, my left foot on the ground and my right foot on the rear brake pedal while waiting at a stop light, even if waiting for several minutes. No problem with a wet clutch but will this be hard on a dry clutch? Do you guys leave the bike in neutral with your right foot on the ground so you can quickly shift into first when the light changes or do you just hold in the clutch lever? - why do they call it a V7 Stone? We're they "stoned" when they were trying to think of a name or does stone mean something in Italian? And what does the "7" infer?
"Geezers ?" Come on Bipper , no geezers ... oh never mind , even I am not capable of that much bull poopie Dusty
I've been riding for almost 50 years and have never been in a situation at a light where I had to "get out of the way quick." Maybe I've just been lucky. I was seriously schooled by my father, however, about breaking clutch cables. You don't want to be stopped, in gear, if that happens (and it did to him on an old Goldstar). I've had the clutch cable on my new V7 stretch while I was in heavy traffic on a hot day - that's no fun either. I sit in neutral at lights and try to use the clutch as little as possible. But that's just me.