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@gstallons I have reassembled the shift lever and "shimmed" it properly with flat washers with the o'rings acting as dirt catchers. The o'rings should hopefully stay in place as there are no o'ring grooves. The flat washer should keep them in. @Sam P I don't understand where that 7mm play came from. The initial assembly was as per the drawing. However, there is a trace of welding on the shift lever. Also, the position of the lever was very low, which was fine to engage the first gear, but required an effort to shift up. I am guessing there may have been some damage fixing that resulted in that lateral play. The shifting is better now, but I need to do a longer test run to make sure the gear lever does not come out of the shift lever as it did twice before.

It is not about "appropriate"; the whole concept of "tip" is detourned. My first encounter was in February 1983, when I took one of these yellow cabs from JFK to get to my hotel in Manhattan. Upon arrival, I was yelled at in the open by a pretty irrate taxi driver. I did not understand. In France, even today, you are not required to tip. You pay for the transport, yes? so a tip should be left at the appreciation of the customer, and never an obligation. But as i learned later, this did not hold true in NY. Apparently, the tip is compulsory in a number of cases. In France, a "tip" is called "pourboire". Which literally means "for drinks", combined into one word. The meaning is on point. This is an extra that you provide, because as a paying customer, you felt that someone went out of his/her way to give an impeccable service. It is not something that should be automatically claimed because today's technology enables it. NFC which is the technical name of contactless payments should make transactions faster. As it turns out, because you invariably need to select a tip in cases that should not require one, you end up having to fumble with the payment terminal. They found a new way to enforce it, by removing the "no tip" option. I am starting to see it more too. But as you suggest, I am not ashamed to tell them I don't want to tip, so complete the transaction.

In this new assembly, there will be no slack. The previous one, the wave washer served no purpose given the 7mm lateral play. Its sole purpose was to mangle the o'ring, not maintained inside the pivot hold. I will take some pics once installed.

@68C As a European from France, I will share what has always been my most puzzling experience here. None of the price shown to you includes Tax and/or fees. In the whole of Europe, and the UK, the price shown to you is the price you pay, in that it includes VAT. This is never the case here. I was once explained that the rationale is that taxes vary per state, city and so on. But my local supermarket does not include taxes either. Why not? Something you also need to be wary about: tips! with the contactless payments, came the flip tablets, which impose you to select a tip percent before you can complete the transaction; even when there is no service provided, such as you purchasing something that is given to you over a counter, or even better, when you do all the work yourself. I am just back from Orlando Florida, the home of Mickey, and I discovered a new one: the no tip option altogether missing. It felt a little bit like extortion. Can you picture going to your supermarket, filling up your cart, and at the check-out, you are presented with a tip percent selection with no opt-out? Are you renting a car?

I am not reinstalling the wave washer, as it did not serve any purpose. I have shimmed the shift lever properly, and it no longer has any lateral play.

I received the o'rings this morning: The size is ID=15mm x CS=1.5mm. Therefore, any O'ring GU90706141 is it; I paid 18 dollars for two o'rings....

Do you have a lot of lateral play in your shift lever? see my technical topic here:

ah ah ah.... When i got stopped for overspeeding, I also explained that those old pointers on the ITI speedometers are not really steady, but hover around the marks. In any case, they do not have to accept any reason or rationale. If they want to write you up because they need to meet quota before returning to the station, then you are done, because this is usually how it works. They are given an objective, and this is what drives them for those petty infrangements.

@GuzziMoto This is now official, Pirelli will replace Michelin from 2027. Motosprint.it announced it before it was official. This is the best opportunity for Pirelli, as the change in engize size and aerodynamics will not allow for a direct comparison with the previous tire provider. About the tire pressure limit, this is something Michelin required following their own factory tests. The reason is below the 1.8 bars, the tire may explode under stress. When the journalists of Moto Magazine visited the Michelin racing tires factory, Michelin explained that testing new tires has now become difficult since there are fewer tests in MotoGP. They said that the aerodynamics have considerably changed the parameters. As for Marc's dominance, the two tracks that are coming, Argentina and USA are to Marc's advantage. He will be strong there. Of course, he is not invincible, but by starting very strong like he did, he has already taken the psychological ascendant over Bagnaia. At the moment, Bagnaia has an issue with the smaller tank installed for the sprint races. Ducati is working to solve it. Agreed, Bagnaia arrived third, but he had Alex Marquez before him. By the way, this is the first time ever that two brothers finish 1 and 2 in a race. That being said, it is clear that Marc and Alex are going to be working together to the benefit of Marc. I have no doubt.

A video that seems to be dealing with facts rather than illusions; I have my Ford Transit Connect equipped with all season tires, because in Texas, you need to be prepared for anything nowadays.... This review is excellent, even if missing the autonomy/durability concept. Edit: Found a review that states the wear out distance;

Agreed re "parade". In any case, it all depends on the mood of the officers you are interfacing with. Insofar, I have yet to meet a bully policeman here in Texas. I have been stopped a few times, mainly because going too fast. I never got anything else than discussing the Moto Guzzi motorcycle that I rode. My last stop was coming back from Phoenix on the Quota; I think I was stopped because it was still with the AZ tag. As soon as the officer saw my TX Driver's license, that was the end of it. He stopped me because I did not make a standstill stop at a red traffic light before turning right. I explained the Quota had no idle, so I took the path of lazyness to not stop. But I clearly had enough time to make the turn without interfering with the incoming traffic, but somewhat, he wanted to talk to me.... lol... There is another factor that may help. I am a senior citizen, and I think, I maybe wrong, but I think it gives me some kind of clout or respect, as long as I am respectful of the authority in my interaction. As for the plates, where I live there are a lot of cars which have a mask in front of them, making them unreadable to the human eye unless you are very close. They will not defeat the plate readers, but they may prevent you from making a legitimate claim if one hits you.

They have rules in Texas too. Basically, the only times you are supposed to ride your bike is during parades, or vintage vehicles reunions, or to a garage for maintenance. Now, I doubt very much the Police will pay much attention to a vintage motorcycle with an antique tag. I read a blog from a guy who has a long list of reasons to be proposed to the police in case of a stop while being on the road. Such as going to meet friends that want to see the car and look at it.

So far, the only place where I got a hit is an outfit in UK, but they sell the entire peg Item #35 on the drawing. I suppose but have not verified if its include the rubber insert item #36. I also found some used ones on eBay from vendors which are flagged as unreliable. I have made contact with MPH, which I know have a lot of spares from their old days as a Moto Guzzi dealership. No reply so far. I would have gone for the UK one, however the cost of transport to the US is kind of high. I am going to wait until MPH confirms they don't have one.

I have not spoken to them, but I checked their website for the part. Nogo.

Anyone knows where I could find one of those? There are complete foot rests for sale on eBay for almost 200$. Anyone knows if any other brand can be adapted?

@gstallons My current plan, once I get the o'rings, is to install ring shims to make up for lateral play. 7mm of free play seems to be way too much. I wish I could find a Quota owner to compare. I will shim before the spline, so the wave washer is slightly compressed. This should help. I will also put a shim in front of the wave washer, to keep the o'ring inside.

Sorry for the franglais. I am trying to point at the claw of the gear lever, that you tight up to clamp down on the shift lever spline. In French the two sides of a vice grip are called the morses.... ignore please, I thought I was speaking english.

You are correct. I took the shift lever off the holding sleeve, and by looking into it, I can confirm those o'rings have no other purpose than preventing dirt from entering. The external diameter of the shift lever axe is 16mm exactly. I only found one o'ring, so mangled that I can't get any cross section measurement. So I ordered the ones from AF1racing which I will measure when they get to me. I took some photos just for the record. Both bushing are inserted. As you can see the clamping part of the gear lever does not return to unstressed position. That 7mm play is there to stay.

I found this supplier in Virginia: each o'ring is 0.05$ I still need to ascertain that this is the correct size. They seem to have all the o'ring in metric sizes, so it maybe worth keeping the supplier handy. https://www.oringsandmore.com/metric-buna-o-rings-17-8-x-1-8mm-minimum-20-pcs/

@motortouring I understand... When I was doing the continental circus Grand-Prix in the 70's, we had a guy from the motoclub on an MZ 250 who literally carried every single tools required to take an engine apart on the road. Including bolt and nuts and spare chain links and every bells ans whistles for just above everything contact points and carburators. His only interest was to save broken down bikes on the road. An early version of the road assistance I guess. His nick name was "savior". You could call him any time of day or night, and he would come to the rescue.

The gear lever morse around the spline of the shift lever is clamped using that nylstop nut. But this is to make sure the spline are locked to transmit the rotational movement. Mechanically, this is not a lateral grip. If I had a pedestal drill, I would drill the center of the shif lever on the spline end, thread it, and install a hex head screw with a flat washer larger than the gear lever morse. This would guarantee any futher disconnect. My current understanding, from just looking at the drawing, is that the o'rings are what prevents lateral movements. I believe they are installed in between the two bushings, item #17. If you look at the picture of the selector in my previous post, you can see the surface where the bushings are in between the shift lever and the sleeve that holds it. I need to find out where those o'ings are supposed to go. I do not seen any other reason for having o'rings there, do you? That sleeve's walls don't look thick enough to accomodate a Tecalemit grease nipple, I think.

Affirm. I need to remove the shift lever to see where the second o'ring sits, and if any other bushing is missing.

I found a gear shifter lever for sale on eBay, and it seems to have an identical spring washer as on mine. So perhaps this is what is referenced as item #15. I found both missing items available from AF1racing.com. 1 o'ring for 4.04 USD!!! I am going to check if the Stein Dinse dimension is a match ID=17.8mm and CS=1.8mm, and order a bag from Parker.

The morse is working fine in that it keeps both splines together, so the rotational movement is transmitted. It is not supposed to serve as a lateral stop though. I believe the two o'rings are what limit the lateral movement. The gear shift lever axe has a groove that I could see. There are two bushings indicated in the nomenclature, only one shown on the drawing. I believe both o'rings are separated by a bushing, and the spacer prevents the assembly to move laterally using the o'rings as stops. It seems difficult to understand why the o'rings should be used to limit the lateral movement, since they wear out. There should not be a 7mm play, and the splined end of the gear lever is currently what prevents the shift lever to fall out but it is not designed for that.. Tomorrow I will disasemble it again, and take out the shift lever to check if at least one of the bushing remained inside.

I checked Stein Dinse; item GU90706141, GU28252060 are out of stock, but they list an alternative. I am not sure if the alternatives fits. GU30250730 is out of stock and without any alternative. See below the Stein Dinse search and the Leva commando cambio nomenclature page.