Austin's G5

[jcctx]

Was the carrier built with that bend already in it..!

Looks like mine; it is shipped in a "half length" box and bolts together in the center. The bend is the result after the first time it is used!!

[AZach]

Thanks for all the kind words everyone, I already love this bike it is so smooth! The only main issue we can tell right now is the integrated front and back break dont work, I ordered a master cylinder rebuild kit and will bleed it and hope that is all that it needs. Other than that the tires are were new...10 years ago so I'll have to get those and I think I'll do the tubless conversion at that time too. Needs a battery, Mike threw in a mower battery he had laying around that's a bit too big. As for the cases I took then off 1) I figured i was just gonna need to bleed the breaks so I need to be able to get to them and 2) they are a bit too small as well as being 40 year old plastic cases I don't wanna break them by using them so I'm looking around for something else may just put some pelican case on it with a guzzi decal. Last is the hauler, I've carried several different bikes with ease, the Ducati monster i sold to get the G5, a 17 BMW gs 800, the klr from hell and now the G5. It may not look like I have many staps but I have two that hold the front and back to the hauler one wrapped around the whole bike to the truck and two on either side of the hauler stretching to the middle bed tie downs to keep from shaking. Went 300 Mike's with the G5 and it didn't budge once, the hauler is only 30-40 pounds at most so I'm guessing it was just a touch over 500 but with the two straps going to the middle bed tie downs that took some of the weight off the tounge.

[AZach]

Looks like mine; it is shipped in a "half length" box and bolts together in the center. The bend is the result after the first time it is used!!

Yeah I got mine off Amazon about a year ago and never had any issues with it. It doesn't really seem to be bent it's just where it bolts together theres a bit of slop in the holes. None the less loads easier than pulling a trailer and the truck is my parents I have an old Chevy with a camper shell and a platform with full length drawers I built, I just put a solar system on it so I have power and fans now haha but I cant load any bikes in the back so I use the hauler and they are cheaper and easier than trailers. I prefer it honestly and never had problems with mine.

[Unkept]

Thanks for chiming in, and welcome to WildGuzzi! :)

-Joe

[Gliderjohn]

I have a 2012 Norge and a T-3 and have traveled significant distances on both. Just a warning about the Norge...In any significant crosswind it SUCKS! Not from a handling perspective but the wind will curl up on the windward side and just dope slap the snot out of your head. The T-3 has no problem at all in a crosswind from a comfort point of view. Otherwise the Norge is a great mile eater and a very nice ride.
GliderJohn

[AZach]

I have a 2012 Norge and a T-3 and have traveled significant distances on both. Just a warning about the Norge...In any significant crosswind it SUCKS! Not from a handling perspective but the wind will curl up on the windward side and just dope slap the snot out of your head. The T-3 has no problem at all in a crosswind from a comfort point of view. Otherwise the Norge is a great mile eater and a very nice ride.
GliderJohn

Yeah that was part of why I went with the G5 to be able to go long distance and be able to handle 2 up no problem, that was also why I wanted bigger side cases to hold enough for two people. Also I've been searching for a luggage rack like Chuck's flat stock rack to be able to strap to the top and have my girlfriend behind me.

[AZach]

Thanks for chiming in, and welcome to WildGuzzi! :)

-Joe

Thank you! Glad to be on the good side of the Italian bikes. I sold my DUCATI monster to buy the G5, can't wait to start going to rallies. Went to the Wisconsin rally last year but had the Duc break down on me on the way up oh well.

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

Yeah that was part of why I went with the G5 to be able to go long distance and be able to handle 2 up no problem, that was also why I wanted bigger side cases to hold enough for two people. Also I've been searching for a luggage rack like Chuck's flat stock rack to be able to strap to the top and have my girlfriend behind me.

Here's one, but it's a bit expensive IMO.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1975-MOTO-GUZZI-850-T-850T-Rack-Factory-Rear-Luggage-Rack-Aluminum/283123636858?hash=item41eb7bda7a:g:qOcAAOSwtgFbgb~a&vxp=mtr

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

Another rack with trunk in the Swap Meet section. Might be able to make the rack work.
http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?topic=98093.0

[AZach]

Here's one, but it's a bit expensive IMO.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1975-MOTO-GUZZI-850-T-850T-Rack-Factory-Rear-Luggage-Rack-Aluminum/283123636858?hash=item41eb7bda7a:g:qOcAAOSwtgFbgb~a&vxp=mtr
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Thanks! I saved the one on eBay and sent the guy in the swap meet an email. I had looked for unter G5 and T3 but didn't think to look under 850t I'll keep looking thanks!

[brider]

...so I use the hauler and they are cheaper and easier than trailers. I prefer it honestly and never had problems with mine.

I could search some manufacturer's instructions, but I'll ask here: How hard is it to wrassle a 500+-lb bike up the ramp into place without fear of tipping/falling off the back once you're in position? Is it a 2-man job?

[Groover]

I usually position the ramp somewhere where the lowest part is elevated, like the end of a driveway then the vehicle in the street so the ramp ends up being flat. Obviously, you'll need to scope out where you can accomplish that

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

Here's one, but it's a bit expensive IMO.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1975-MOTO-GUZZI-850-T-850T-Rack-Factory-Rear-Luggage-Rack-Aluminum/283123636858?hash=item41eb7bda7a:g:qOcAAOSwtgFbgb~a&vxp=mtr

Thanks! I saved the one on eBay and sent the guy in the swap meet an email. I had looked for unter G5 and T3 but didn't think to look under 850t I'll keep looking thanks!

T, T3, Convert, G5, SP... pretty much all used the same Rack Factory luggage rack.

[nortryder]

Cool thread and nice bike. I've been lurking about checking out the different G5 around. I picked up a 79? last spring and haven't actually ridden it yet.I didn't realize they are that scarce. I sold an early 850T last year. I'm hoping I like the G5 more. I'vr ridden airheads since the late 70s and have been told that the G5 is similar. I'm especially impressed that you moved yours with the hitch on your truck receiver. That gives me hopes of being able to drag my KLR around on the back of my Ford sportsmobile. Who knows I may even lash the G5 on back there. Good luck with your bike, maybe I'll see you at some rallys.