Lucky Phil

[emphasis added] Clearly an invalid assumption in re: the Guzzi "racing" flywheel. BTW, you misspelled "aluminum." The irony being that as Pete Roper has pointed out, the heavier flywheels are much more useful to a daily rider and don't put the strain on the rest of the components as the superlight alloy flywheel does... Ride on! I was speaking in generalities,but having said that I dont know that the genuine RAM flywheel has the issues that the std Guzzi one does. Peter is entitled to his opinion on the merits of aluminium flywheels,but after many years of riding Ducati's of all persuasions with much less engine rotating mass I have my own views. When I fit my RAM unit I don't expect to be able to necessarily ride the bike the same way as with the heavy unit and if that means I have to ride it a gear lower and keep the revs higher then thats fine by me.That's how I want it to feel and respond. Dont see clutch or final drive spline wear being an issue if the bike is ridden with some sense of awareness. Dont know where you learned to spell but where I come from its ALUMINIUM as I originally posted,but feel free to check the spelling/grammar and correct if required if it makes you feel better. Ciao

Cant agree with this,there are literally thousands of engineering examples of alloy components under stress held together with bolted joints that last many many years.The concept that a well engineered aluminium alloy component will undoubtedly deform over time and lead to the fastener losing tension and then failure is just wrong. The aviation industry would be in serious trouble if this was the case. Ciao

Hey John! Somehow missed your post above - Great to see you around again Been wondering what had happened to you. Best wishes, hope the house is working out. KB PS: RAM flywheel is indeed aluminium. Received my RAM clutch kit the other week and read with interest the supposed failure of these flywheels.While it appears to have effected the original Guzzi units and not the RAM flywheels its interesting to look at the RAM flywheel. I noticed on the inner face of the flywheel(the gearbox side) where the crank mount bolts are they have machined a mount face for the large steel washer/plate that the mount bolts go through.The outer edge of this machined face in my opinion lacks sufficient radius and this is where the failures that have occured appear to originate in the original post. I'll be disassembling the clutch unit chucking up the RAM flywheel and opening up that radius before fitting. Ciao

Well gentlemen, I'm back, nice to see that flywheels are still flying! I got a RAM replacement from Teo Lamers and it was fitted in Jaca (Northern Spain) but I've done very little with the bike since I've been building a new house which takes a little time. The RAM flywheel is a steel construction to my knowledge and is reliable as Teo Lamers have been using them for years. Best to you all, John No Ram flywheel is Aluminium.Just bought one for the V11.Sitting on my dining table. Ciao

Nice tank Ponti Ciao

V11,Stucchi cross over fitted,5.5" rear rim,chin fairing,valve covers,Rizoma mirrors.Wilbers fully adjustable shock on order.

Sounds good to me.... I think I will scrape off some paint so I don't have to lose weight. Is 246 lb. Heavy????? Get a painter to shoot some clear over it with matting agent added.Depending on weather etc the matting agent will take the gloss off the clear and give the finish you want and also UV protection as well if he uses the right stuff. Ciao

V11,Mistrals,factory fairing.Still to come...5.5"rear rim,Stucchi cross over,Penske shock.

Mistrals,from MG Cycles. Ciao

My first Guzzi.