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Concerned Prospective Buyer

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AK Mike

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Greetings one and all.

I'm considering joining your ranks and becoming a Guzzi owner. I have admired the bikes for a long time, and I really appreciate the great source of information that all of you have created here... Thank you!

My greatest concern when it comes to making that leap to MG ownership has to do with removal of the rear wheel. I have never owned a shaft drive bike before so there are a few things I need to wrap my head around. But because of where I live and ride (remote Alaska and the Yukon Territory), roadside puncture repairs are a fact of life. I realize that removing exhausts and shocks to get access to the tire are just fine and dandy things to do in the comfort of a home garage, but what about along the roadside in the middle of nowhere, where there is no cell phone reception? I was initially considering the V7 "Special" or "Rough", but maybe having a tubeless model like the "Stone" is wiser? I am also really drawn to the V9 Roamer, even if it's less practical for my location and riding style.

Anyway... what say you good folks when it comes to roadside puncture repairs. Is this a valid worry... especially on a tubed tire?

Many Thanks.
 
Your concerns are valid especially if the bike you choose doesn't have a center stand. I would go with tubeless as breaking a tire down on the side of the road isn't fun. Been there done that. As a note, changing a rear wheel on a shaft drive is easier than a chain drive.
 
It sounds like a V85 TT would be well suited to your location. It would open up the possibility of riding thousands of miles of dirt and gravel roads.
 
The Jackal in my avatar on the left was converted to tubeless a few years ago for the reasons mentioned above.
Changing an innertube on the side of a gravel road is crazy work, and the tools to break the bead and re-seat it (tire levers, small compressor etc)
Over 4 seasons, I had 4 flats. 3 of them fixed easily without wheel removal as they were tubeless (you need 3 cartridges to fill a 180 size rear tire). The 4th flat was on my tubed Jackal (centerstand). Muffler off, rear wheel off. A friendly rider took it all to the nearest cycle shop and had a new tube installed. Took several hours. Where you live it could take a while longer....
Go tubeless.
 
Thank you all for the replies. And thank you NordicNorm for sharing your experiences... that is EXACTLY what I want to avoid! And Raven, I have thought about the V85... she sure is a beauty. But maybe a bit too big and heavy for where I am now at this stage in my riding. I have done ADV riding in the past, (with a KLR), and I'm not really interested in going back there. But a little bit of touring and puttering around with something light, yet still capable of withstanding some gravel roads is more where I'm at.

I also was wondering is fitting the high "scrambler" exhaust would be worthwhile to avoid messing with removing it in the field. But then it would be difficult to hang panniers...

Anyway...Thanks again.
 
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