Oops! Coppa Italia Glitch!

[Skeeve]

Apparently it was a faulty oil pump. Here's a snippet from an email to me:

 

"... as far as my distance rides go, I'm very partial to bikes that don't leave me stranded, that have support "near" wherever I may go w/parts not on backorder, and that can roll high miles w/out major maintenance or catastrophes. Such terms tends to narrow down the choices considerably, huh?"

 

to each his own. I do know that she seriously considered a Norge, but opted for the FJR1300 because she's an admitted high miler but poor wrench. Eh...so it goes.

 

That's funny!

 

By her own quoted self-description, she should be on a (stock) Harley, if she's based in the U.S! Out in the wide empty, the only dealer you're likely to find is a H-D shop, w/ dirt-bike only J-brand dealerships a distant second. Parts availability? That only leaves the H-D guys.

 

Say what you will, but H-D shoulda snapped up Guzzi when they had the chance: the only thing the brand has ever lacked in the U.S. is a decent dealer network [no reflection on the great sponsors of this site & others: you guys are wonderful, but too few & far between!] which H-D certainly could have provided. But when you figure they can't even get their own to support Buell adequately, well, maybe it wouldn't have been such an easy solution...

 

Let's just hope that Piaggio gets their collective heads out of their... sand & start hiring/backing people who know & support the brand, or QV engines or not, Guzzi isn't going to last.

 

Ride on!

[pete roper]

Needed a quart of oil? No sloppage sheet? Fried *engine* (I love these specifics ) after a 'Spirited' ride? Who'da thortit!

 

So it was the oil pump? Never seen a Guzzi pump collapse in thirty years. Seen some failures, always due to other causes. Not saying it isn't the pump, but I doubt it!

 

Sounds like poor maintenance, lack of knowledge and skills by the rider and faulty diagnosis to me but what would I know?

 

That or a loose filter, but that never happens, right?

 

Pete