Saparak
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Hi
Although I am aware that this topic has been discussed previously I thought it useful to inform you that the problem has never been solved. Apology for the length but........
My bike was purchased in October 2012 and is written on weekends through Hill was and stretches but with only one extensive along run over eight day period. At 13 months with 40,000 km at the service it was determined that the left side cam followers will significantly worn and required replacement. Without going into the painful details it took six weeks for the repairs to occur. Finally, on the road again I reached the 50,000 service within about three months and I was aware that the cams were excessively noisy. It was determined that the cam followers on the right-hand side that were not initially repaired last time had now worn away. The replacement time on this occasion was three weeks but still in my opinion far too long.
At the same time, I have been having trouble with the start and not engaging from time to time leaving me stranded at various places for up to 2 hours. It had reached the point were I would fill my tank around the corner and go out of the three hour ride and refused to stop and turn off the ignition for fear of being stranded. Although there is significant information to support that the Guzzis' have been having issues in this area the distributor in Australia is refusing to accept that there is a problem as it doesn't happen when I take it to the dealership. It seems to happen mainly well am well into a ride in particular on hot days although I don't know why!
I have written for 40+ years and have had mainly Japanese bikes until recent years when I have a Triumph Thruxton (60,000 km in two years without any issues) and my 1200 Guzzi that in my opinion is the most enjoyable bike of ever written but is the most demoralising with regard to getting any appropriate after sales service.
I am sure that I have encountered these problems because of the the kilometres I do into such a short period and possibly all the warranty issues with the cam followers would not have occurred for most until well after the warranty period was over.
I hope that I'm wrong and that the previous flaws had been corrected but I am an unlucky one who bought a flawed new bike.
What is the consensus out there?
Although I am aware that this topic has been discussed previously I thought it useful to inform you that the problem has never been solved. Apology for the length but........
My bike was purchased in October 2012 and is written on weekends through Hill was and stretches but with only one extensive along run over eight day period. At 13 months with 40,000 km at the service it was determined that the left side cam followers will significantly worn and required replacement. Without going into the painful details it took six weeks for the repairs to occur. Finally, on the road again I reached the 50,000 service within about three months and I was aware that the cams were excessively noisy. It was determined that the cam followers on the right-hand side that were not initially repaired last time had now worn away. The replacement time on this occasion was three weeks but still in my opinion far too long.
At the same time, I have been having trouble with the start and not engaging from time to time leaving me stranded at various places for up to 2 hours. It had reached the point were I would fill my tank around the corner and go out of the three hour ride and refused to stop and turn off the ignition for fear of being stranded. Although there is significant information to support that the Guzzis' have been having issues in this area the distributor in Australia is refusing to accept that there is a problem as it doesn't happen when I take it to the dealership. It seems to happen mainly well am well into a ride in particular on hot days although I don't know why!
I have written for 40+ years and have had mainly Japanese bikes until recent years when I have a Triumph Thruxton (60,000 km in two years without any issues) and my 1200 Guzzi that in my opinion is the most enjoyable bike of ever written but is the most demoralising with regard to getting any appropriate after sales service.
I am sure that I have encountered these problems because of the the kilometres I do into such a short period and possibly all the warranty issues with the cam followers would not have occurred for most until well after the warranty period was over.
I hope that I'm wrong and that the previous flaws had been corrected but I am an unlucky one who bought a flawed new bike.
What is the consensus out there?