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Tech Session!

Oh . . . my! Coming on two weeks out! I need to get my silly$#!t together. "Hand me that spanner !" . . . .

For those of you rolling the north Georgia roads, @buellish1 reminds us about the restaurant at TWOS in Suches on GA HWY 60 . . https://twowheelsofsuches.com/restaurant/ Check out the thread buellish1 just posted about the Georgia Moto Guzzi Campout, Sept. 22-24:

I have to add that I find a certain excitement looking at the instruments of my cockpit, even with the Sport turned off, parked. The modern flatscreen, darkened when off, leaves me, well, flat . That it reminds me sitting at a computer terminal lends no thrill to my experience.

I am just in from a 146 mile ride on the Sport to meet up with Goofman and view the two V100 on the dealer floor, a red one and a Green S. Packed into a crowded showroom, they immediately impressed as being smaller than expected. I was hoping for small-ish, but they were smaller, yet, next to other bikes. (I would still love to see one right next to mySport). They do look very nice, design/fit/finish-wise. There was certainly nothing else there like them there. And this dealer handles Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Suzuki, Aprilia, Triumph, KTM, Indian, and Vespa. I imagine the V100 Mandello would make a fine sport-tourer with some panniers fitted. The front view did rather let me down as I am fond of the cylinders and heads flying in the atmosphere. In this case, it is the radiator doing all of the frontal presentation (where it must be, of course). So, instead of the V-twin being the centralized focus, the V100 is more focused upon its bodywork designs and paint. Very nice, but not my focus preference for a motorcycle. Sitting on the bike, I found the position far more upright than expected. We immediately started trying to figure out how to drop the bars or fit clip-ons . . . Proof positive that they did not make this V100 for me. They know I have my Guzzii already.

Half full of fuel, with my basic pannier load-out, mySport is 550 pounds/250 kg. So, I reckon I qualify. The GT is not available in the 160/60 rear I prefer, so I am only running it on the front. I am only on my second GT front, and before that were T31, so any "longer life" remains to be seen.

The early Sport (1999-2001) were delivered with Pirelli Dragon Corsa. Very soft, sport-oriented tires with a rather triangular profile (especially with the rear 170 pinched onto the 4.5" rim. With the rather soft 2.4/2.6 bar, this made for very short tire life of the original Pirelli ! . . . and squirrely handling at speed with a cross wind, like passing large trucks on the freeway. That squirming weave at ninety miles per hour beside the front bumper of a tractor-trailer rig made for some "pucker-moments!"

I can't imagine accessing a 90º Zerk without cutting a relief in the safety collar . . . .

Looks like that route comes back through Ducktown. Makes me think: Rod's Rockin' Rolls . . . https://rods-rockin-rolls.business.site/

The ebay linked, reduced size, 45º Zerks fit my original Sport U-joints and the referenced Della Concordia replacements . . . The 45º Zerk, provided with the replacement U-joint (shown center) is too large. Thread pitch is the same . . .

From @Pressureangle's post: 45 degree mini-Zerk

Yeah, reinstalling that is a PITA and probably how I damaged my yellow wire connection. Now, I am really careful not to strain the wiring. Starting with the rubber and the slot clean, and the rubber on the wiring, I use P80 rubber assembly lube and position the cover to slide the rubber into the slot with a long screwdriver or such. It is fiddly!

The sqiggley roads of North Georgia are certainly striking distance from Tellico Plains. And no riding into the low sun going and coming like crossing the Cherohala . . .

Yer an animal, @FreyZI . . .

If'n we cain't go the Cherohala for lunch at the Tapoco, may-haps we should relive SSRs of the past, bomb into the Athens Super8, get passed on the right shoulder by a cop-car with full lights&siren, roustabout in the Super8 parking lot until some cowboy chick gets arrested, and escape (relatively) unscathed . . . Of course, I'm just making all this up . . .

yep. Chance of TDOT fixing all that in the next three weeks is slim. Thanks, @Randy, for the heads-up!

I can jump that, np . . .

Be extra careful not to strain the stator wires coming though the alternator cover! Inspect the yellow wire connections at the stator and replace the "strain relief" (thin, white zip-tie) with a black zip-tie (much more heat/strain resistant than the white). Broken "strain relief" seen above the red-circled wire failure:

In all of my white face Veglia speedometer tribulations, I never had a broken cable. Lots of issues with the lower angle drive at the gearbox, though. Kneel down on the right side of the bike and inspect the angle drive, especially for the presence, or absence, of the metal disc that holds the drive gear in place. I can post images of that later if helpful...... [edit: Here is a link to a post:

In my experience, I found those pressures resulted in undesirable wear. I have had best outcomes with 2.4/2.8 bar , front/rear (35/40 psi). Mind you, this is a short frame Sport 120/70 front, 160/60 rear always with the panniers loaded and ridden like a jack rabbit on hot lava. YMMV!

Watch for signs of over fill at that volume. Some amount of any gearoil will not drain from the internals, but clings. Repeated volumetric refills are a formula for overfill and seal stress. just my 0.00005 lire

"We [have now had] a brief intermission of two minutes fifty-six seconds of pre-recorded music ."

Three weeks out and trying to strike a balance between seat time and using up tires . . . I am hoping to solve an irritating Garmin battery aggravation to power my four-year-old irritating aggravation of a Garmin 595LM. Guzzi-centric TechSessions will be drawn to, rigorosamente. Yet, this matter of "navigation", perhaps especially SatNav, continues to challenge. Just a reminder to study the area, learn the roads, plan your routes, and share your methods!

I'll let @Pressureangle, and others, answer that last question . . . From new, I used Moto Guzzi's FinalDrive lubricant (with the specified moly content), until it became NLA. Then I found it as a Motul product, IIRC. After which, I used a moly additive to ordinary gearoil. After fighting rear drive leaks and using various products for another ten years, I settled on RedLine ShockProof Lightweight/blue (reportedly containing a "synthetic moly"). YYMV