callison

The optimist sees the glass as being half-full. The pessimist sees the glass as being half-empty. The engineer sees the glass as being approximately twice the size it needs to be.

You DO NOT want to deal with the eBay Dnepr's. They're assembled out of various used pieces of bikes and have typically been unreliable (if they've run at all) and nearly impossible to title. If you're really interested in going down that path, check out the Russian Iron forum (currently off-line for an SQL error) or contact someone like Wagners Cycles in Arkansas for more detailed information. Caveat Emptor and all that. You get what you pay for and sometimes even less.

This from the Okieguzzi Yahoo forum: Yesterday I had to replace the Volt Regulator on the 04 Breva. In the past I had to do it on two other bikes . I figured that with the new closed loop system they had up graded the regulator. Instead of going back to the stock or that $140 after market which I had fail on a EV , I chose to use what I ended with on the other bikes. It is a 32 amp rated Rectifier/regulator from Custom Chrome PN 25353. It is for the big Harleys. It has worked great on the 98 EV for over 3 years. Cost was $69.99 + Tax at Freedom Cycles in OKC. Wiring is a snap. Cut their connector off butt splice to the yellow wires coming from the alternator, then run the other wire to the battery. On this bike the output reads 14.3 VDC @ 4000RPM. . Russ

I was going to say it sounds like your regulator was bad but things pretty much kept working on your bike after switching relays around so that isn't as likely. You might want to start looking for loose connections though starting with the battery ground cable. Just a thought... Homing relays. Gotta love Guzzi humor!

Awesome, simply awesome. Thank you!

I'll bet his odometer has the kilometer gears in it and not the miles gears.

Jeez Antonio, Joe just asks questions, buys and sells parts and farts around with his bike like the rest of us. Nothing unique about that.

Remove the tank and check the spine for damage. I didn't get broke motor mounts until after a crash.

Wow! Is that for real? It certainly looks like a complete production-ready bike. Biesel, where did you find this?

I've been fortunate in that I've never stayed hotels as bad as the ones mentioned here but I did find it extremely odd last year when traveling in Ireland and Scotland that beds in the hotels did not have a top sheet. You'd never see that in the USA. Asking for the other sheet really raised eyebrows too.

I saw Joe's bike at lunch today. Verrrrrrryyy nice! Took some pictures too but I won't be able to do anything with them until I get back home from vacation.

The Californias ran a lead off of the starter terminal when the battery post got over-subscribed. I see no reason why that would not also be an opportune location on other models. Easier to access and trouble-shoot too.

While we're on about this, there used to be a German Guzzi site (pinwand - long since gone) and one of the posts there stipulated that Guzzi specs were overfilling the various lubed areas by about 10%. I can't verify that of course, but my experience with the rear box and transmission is that you should fill them to the point where the lube just barely comes up to the bottom of the sight hole. This is with the bike on a paddock type stand (vertical) and the rear wheel at it's maximum extension. For the rear box, this puts the sight hole at its lowest possible position meaning the minimum possible volume of oil that still meets the fill level requirement. I've yet to blow a seal or experience any leakage doing it this way. I have however, lost a drain and a sight plug after changing over to a slippery after-market synthetic lubricant. I now use a tiny bit of teflon tape at the bottom of the the plug threads and safetwire the plugs. YMMV. Actually, everybody's mileage may vary!

I don't think overfilling the sump on the Sport 1100i accomplishes diddley squat, but that's my opinion. I have noticed that the Sporti starts getting better mpg when the oil level is at mid-dipstick which sort of tells me that a full sump is just adding drag to the engine.

How about "BestGuzziYet"?

You want me to break in those chicken strips while I'm in town Joe?

What happened to the cretin in the truck?

Insane, isn't it. I've been in planes that were slower than these bikes.

Cool!

That's too weird. Is it possible that tank suck could get stuff sucked up through the vent tube from under the bike?

My 2001 V11 Sport TT did something very similar. It eventually turned out to be the bullet connectors on the clutch interlock switch. They're under the left side of the fuel tank. Pop the tank off and clean/tighten the two connectors and see if that's the problem. Those two connectors have been known to react to the bike being turned and having the cables pull against them wreaking havoc on the bike owners state of mind.

With the WalMart filter it is ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE THAT YOU REMOVE THE LABEL!!!! The label will come off, even if the filter doesn't loosen. You don't want it floating down into the pickup tube area.

There's just something about owning a Guzzi that resonates with being a Macintosh user.

Seriously? I don't see where the ABS would interact with the engine management. It might, but that seems counter-productive. I actually don't know how to wheelie and at my age I don't heal well enough to comtemplate gaining that particular skill so I guess the button means rather less to me in that regard. BTW, if you decide to rename that button according to observation, wouldn't it be the "Anti-Wheelie" button?

Yep, on gravel at low speed. Very weird sensation. No idea how well it works on pavement nor how that would feel. Optimately, I'll never find out. Pragmatically though, it seems inevitable given the level of driver education necessary to get a license to drive a cage. They're out to kill us you know... It's not the technology, it's the lawyers. If anything at all goes wrong with the ABS "kit", the manufacturer gets their shirts sued off. Especially in the USA. I think a Norge chassis all tarted up with the tank and seat etc of a classic spine frame would be spectacular. Troublesome to adapt I'm sure, but boy, that would be a sweet bike. You'd want to complete it with Ohlins suspension though to completely finish the job.