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What relevance does the price of the kits have? I�m struggling to see your point???
For us who have lived through the whole sorry roller tappet saga and those who haven't it should be remembered it was Piaggio/Guzzi who cocked up the design and the subsequent failed modifications. The factory did not do the right thing and recall all bikes for a roller conversion but instead adopted a wait and see approach which let down the owners and created a lot of bad feeling even from dealers who were stuck trying to sell products doomed to failure.I even wrote to UK Bike magazine to correct their review of used Grisos, saying they were misleading readers and potential buyers by not mentioning tappet failure, which they failed to rectify.Pete Roper has more than made up for his early defending of the design when nothing was forthcoming from the factory on the subject and most people were in the dark. If it wasn't for forums such as this and the people who contribute to them there would be a lot more bikes with trashed engines by now.
Maybe he only reason some of these fatties haven't failed, is that they're not ridden..
<Not bashing the motor company>Harley did exactly that a few years ago, knowing that many if not most of those poser's bikes wouldn't fail before the warranty ran out..Don't remember the exact issue, but Kev can probably fill us in. Doesn't matter. It sucks when a company treats their customers like that.Oh never mind.. let's move on.
Honda V-4's in the 80's had premature cam wear issues. I believe there were recalls, I don't know if the problem was ever completely resolved...
I had one of those bad boys. Honda fooled with it for *quite* a while. Oil to the top end eventually got there after the transmission was done with it. Very low pressure. I eventually tapped into the main oil gallery and ran a dedicated pressure line to the top end using brake line fittings. Another case of complex engineering to do a simple job..
Lycoming aviation engine camshaft and lifters come to mind. They have had problems for years. Continental aviation engines had similar problems. Mostly solved by roller lifters by the time I retired, except for the stuck exhaust valve issues, which I came to believe was predominantly caused by cylinder head temps over 375F and not keeping airspeed up for cooling air while heavy loads were put on the engine. It was my learning that around those head temps the alloys used in heads have lost up to fifty percent of their strength. Think of exhaust valve guides flopping around like a fish. Some of that must affect our engines but it's a testament to their strength that it's not a bigger problem. My point being there are engine problems in materials and design that affect all of them to some degree. Some manufacturers have had poor after purchase support.
Come on guys how long ago do you have to go back for obstract examples?No modern machine should eat it's camshafts and one manufacturer shouldn't have essentially the same problem more than once.Either points to internal problems.
Look, enough of this nonsense. If anybody wants to save themselves a whole lot of hassle chasing down the rabbit hole of using compressed air to seal the valves while compressing the springs send me a PM and i’ll Explain why it won’t work on the 8V. Yes, you could do it, but it would be infinitely more work than just removing the head.The end.
Wow, I can't believe i read this entire thread, I really need to get a life!
No you just need a rollerized 8V......Mark
^^^^ That's a pretty bad ride right there, Dave..
So, knowing all this 8V tappet drama, has anyone just bought the damn bike and dove right in to righting the issue? Sure, if the buy-in price is right, go ahead. But what if the price isn�t right? Do people pay �top-dollar� just to have the bike? And then dump 2 grand into it? I know it�s a stupid question ....but Moto Guzzis are rare to find....Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
