Parts manufacturer on your Moto Guzzi

[waxi]

I have some free time and I made a list of manufacturers that were involved in my motorcycle. Yes, I am weird :)

On my V7 II Special 2015:
- Front brake: Brembo (caliper and lever/cylinder) - Italy
- Rear brake: ??? - no logo or anything whatsoever on caliper, cylinder is Brembo though
- ABS/ESP controller - ATE (now Continental) - Germany, made in China; Leoni cables - Germany
- Discs - Sunstar - Ohio/USA
- Front shocks - Kaifa - Taiwan
- Rear shocks - Olle - Spain
- Throttle body - Magneti Marelli - Italy
- Camshaft sensor - Bosch - Germany, made in Romania
- Starter - CHCD - China
- Exhaust - Lafranconi - Italy
- Grips - Domino - Italy
- Horns - Leb - Italy
- Battery - Yuasa - Japan
- Locks - Zadi - Italy
- Wheels - Grimeca - Italy

On my fathers Nevada 1998:
- Front brake: Grimeca caliper, Brembo lever/cylinder - Italy
- Rear brake: Brembo (caliper and cylinder) - Italy
- Front shocks: ??? - no logo or anything whatsoever
- Rear shocks: Bitubo - Italy
- Carburetors - Dellorto - Italy
- Exhaust - Lafranconi - Italy
- Sparks and plugs - NGK - Japan
- Starter - Valeo - France
- Grips - CEV, Domino - Italy
- Horns - Nikko - Japan
- Locks - Zadi - Italy

[cloudbase]

Yes, I am weird

Indeed you are.

I never checked mine, but being something of a mutt myself, it wouldn't bother me a bit if the bikes were as well.

[elvisboy77]

That is cool!  Thanks for sharing.

[guzzinka]

I appreciate this weirdness, I often wonder about these things but never checked.  I like to buy Italian for the goose when possible, but everything is made somewhere else these days 

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

The older the Guzzi, the fewer the "outside suppliers".

[thepittsburghguzzi]

I am into this! If anyone has any to add, let's see it :D

[Tom]

Ride to an Italian restaurant and smear some marinara on it.  It'll do your bike some good.

[LaMojo]

Yuasa Motorcycle battery - GS Yuasa Corporation/Japan - made in USA

[waxi]

The older the Guzzi, the fewer the "outside suppliers".

My point exactly Could someone add Griso, California, Norge, Stelvio?

[sib]

On my V7 II Special 2015:
- Front brake: Brembo (caliper and lever/cylinder) - Italy
- Rear brake: ??? - no logo or anything whatsoever on caliper, cylinder is Brembo though
- ABS/ESP controller - ATE (now Continental) - Germany, made in China; Leoni cables - Germany
- Discs - Sunstar - Ohio/USA
- Front shocks - Kaifa - Taiwan
- Rear shocks - Olle - Spain
- Throttle body - Magneti Marelli - Italy
- Camshaft sensor - Bosch - Germany, made in Romania
- Starter - CHCD - China
- Exhaust - Lafranconi - Italy
- Grips - Domino - Italy
- Horns - Leb - Italy
- Battery - Yuasa - Japan
- Locks - Zadi - Italy
- Wheels - Grimeca - Italy

Handlebars, clutch lever, handlebar electrical switches - Domino/Tommaselli, Italy
Rear brake caliper - most likely Heng Tong, China
Starter motor - Chengdu Huachuan Electric Parts Co., China
Tires - Pirelli, factories in 14 countries
Spark Plugs - NGK, Japan

A really obscure one:  part 2B002549, also AP8150450, the spring-lock-washers that hold the inner and outer shells of the plastic side panels together, are made by Springmasters, UK

[Triple Jim]

I needed to replace the cracked Akront (Spain) front rim on my Mille.  I found that I could get a Borrani rim, but learned that they're forged in China and finished in Italy, so I really wasn't going to get a fully Italian rim.  I went with an Excel (Japan) because I was told the quality was better than Borrani, and the price was a little lower, and after all, Some Ducatis came with Excel rims.  The Excel really is a nice rim, and so round that truing was easy.

[Seamaster]

Now days, made in Italy, especially by some small manufactures may not be a good thing, quality wise!

[Yeahoo Whoyah]

At the Nationals in John Day I was looking at the new V9 demo bike. On the top front of the engine the ABS controller was mounted and had a sticker attached with the words "Aprilia China".  If I owned that bike that sticker would come off or be covered up by a moto Guzzi decal. 

[Two Checks]

Yuasa Motorcycle battery - GS Yuasa Corporation/Japan - made in USA

The company is based in Japan and has facilities around the world.

[Scud]

A few manufacturers I've noticed on my 2002 Scura

Forks, shock, and steering damper: Ohlins, Sweden
Brakes and Wheels: Brembo, Italy
Alternator: Ducati, Italy
Various Plastic bits: Ascerbis, Italy

[Tom]

Big shock.  International firms based in one country using manufacturing plants in other countries. 

AGV 1/2 helmets with HD plastic logo writing on it.  Manufactured in Malaysia.  Drives my HD friends crazy when I point it out to them.

[waxi]

At the Nationals in John Day I was looking at the new V9 demo bike. On the top front of the engine the ABS controller was mounted and had a sticker attached with the words "Aprilia China".  If I owned that bike that sticker would come off or be covered up by a moto Guzzi decal. 

Exactly!! Same on my V7. Also, on a starter you can find big sticker "made in china"...

[sib]

At the Nationals in John Day I was looking at the new V9 demo bike. On the top front of the engine the ABS controller was mounted and had a sticker attached with the words "Aprilia China".  If I owned that bike that sticker would come off or be covered up by a moto Guzzi decal.

And if you lived in Detroit and drove a Ford, you'd cover up the stickers indicating that it was "foreign" made in Dearborn.

[waxi]

Really not the same. You can't go with Aprilia stickers on a Moto Guzzi. Also the label on starter was so obvious that it was first thing that came off...

[Toecutter]

First thing was the plethora of safety decals.

Then the starter sticker.... THEN the "made in china" sticker hidden BY that sticker.

[bad Chad]

The battery in my Factory new 99 Bassa was a Varta, not sure where it was made.
The voltage regulator on Bassa is stamped Ducati, as I believe most late Tonti were.
The license plate holder on my Breva is stamped Aprilia, as I believe the original grips, and bags too!