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Twas a Guzzi Camping Delight

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Tuned and Synch'ed
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Cambridge MA
Feast your eyes on this!

https://imgur.com/a/s6wfo


Thought you all might enjoy the minor aesthetic updates to the Guzzi, and a few pics from a recent camping weekend.

Got to know the bike a lot this weekend, took it on the highway for the first time (yes I changed my engine speeds up to avoid rpm drone during break-in)

Noticed the throttle positions that put me in between map cells. Surging and a little uneven power goes away pretty quickly after adjusting the throttle position up or down.

Could have packed a little better, bike had a little gentle wobble on decel from high speeds and the suspension really rattled my kidneys with the extra weight ... I'll be sure to address everything once I get a rack so I can put load farther over the rear wheel.

Anyone else do complete wheel psi, suspension soften, and load balance on their longer trips? Basic prep maneuvers?

Also,

I got some Agostini crash bars in the mail the other day and they had a LOAD of shit rattling around inside of them ... fuck that! $200 and you can't even blow out the bars before you weld them on? Welds looked like sloppy peanut butter anyway. Blech. Sent them packing this afternoon.

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Mr Pootle said:
Nice post.
How many miles did you put on her, and when did the seat make itself felt?
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I think in total it was about 200 in two days

After about 75 it really rattled me. Kidney killer. I think I ended up sitting on the frame rails themselves. That and the suspension was a little out of wonk because of the extra weight.

I also had to sit way far forward because I don't have a rack yet, so it might have also been that!
 
2016 V7ii - 160 lbs without gear. I had to back off the stock shock preload quite a bit to make it bearable...it also got better after 1000 miles or so, but they are just junk. I just bolted up a set of Hagons, and I can notice a difference even without riding it yet!
 
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