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Maintainance costs caught up with me
- Thread starter nel
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Nel,
Did the oil contaminate the clutch plates? The time seems a little long. The book time for a tonti for that would be around 6 hours. Is there that much extra stuff to get out of the way?
Did the oil contaminate the clutch plates? The time seems a little long. The book time for a tonti for that would be around 6 hours. Is there that much extra stuff to get out of the way?
I thought it was the crankseal because the oil leaking from the bell housing was black. Turns out it was gearoil gathering in the bell housing picking up clutch dust. Cause breva norge etc. is engine out to do anything it seemed sensible to change the clutch.
Ideally the Breva maintenance manual would be more deatailed then maybe these jobs could go to non-guzzi garages. Trying to get someone to work on a guzzi in August is difficult. I'm definately going to find a non guzzi aka less than
Ideally the Breva maintenance manual would be more deatailed then maybe these jobs could go to non-guzzi garages. Trying to get someone to work on a guzzi in August is difficult. I'm definately going to find a non guzzi aka less than
GrahamNZ
High Miler
zebee
Good advice in most cases I reckon.
There are many competent mechanics about but all tend to be inhibited by the need to be time and therefore cost-conscious. As an amateur home-mechanic that pressure doesn't apply, which is perhaps the greatest incentive to be as self-sufficient as possible. It can take me all afternoon to do the work a mechanic might do in an hour and that allows me to asume nothing and check everything - more than once usually.
A thousand years ago I decided to buy my own "spanner and a book", and learn to do my own maintenance. Never regretted it. The only task I don't tackle now is removing and fitting tubeless tyres, but my 73 year old riding mate even does that himslf! Once I completely dismantled and rebuilt one of the first Honda CB750 power units - what a lot of O-rings!
One of the enjoyable aspects of motorcycling to many like me is bike maintenance. Good for the soul, the bike, self reliance, and the bank balance. Guzzis are one of the few modern bikes that lend themselves to home maintenance, helped by the availability of VDSTS.
If maintenance is really to be avoided the 2010 Buell XB range should be a winner - hydraulic tappets, self-tuning FI, no-maintenance belt final-drive, no chrome to polish. Hmmm.
Good advice in most cases I reckon.
There are many competent mechanics about but all tend to be inhibited by the need to be time and therefore cost-conscious. As an amateur home-mechanic that pressure doesn't apply, which is perhaps the greatest incentive to be as self-sufficient as possible. It can take me all afternoon to do the work a mechanic might do in an hour and that allows me to asume nothing and check everything - more than once usually.
A thousand years ago I decided to buy my own "spanner and a book", and learn to do my own maintenance. Never regretted it. The only task I don't tackle now is removing and fitting tubeless tyres, but my 73 year old riding mate even does that himslf! Once I completely dismantled and rebuilt one of the first Honda CB750 power units - what a lot of O-rings!
One of the enjoyable aspects of motorcycling to many like me is bike maintenance. Good for the soul, the bike, self reliance, and the bank balance. Guzzis are one of the few modern bikes that lend themselves to home maintenance, helped by the availability of VDSTS.
If maintenance is really to be avoided the 2010 Buell XB range should be a winner - hydraulic tappets, self-tuning FI, no-maintenance belt final-drive, no chrome to polish. Hmmm.
GrahamNZ
High Miler
Zapa
The Buell XB heat issue has been addressed too on the new models, but this thread was about maintenance. I'm sure I've read somewhere that the new Guzzis can have heat problems too! :laugh:
For sure though, my Guzzi is cooler in summer and my Buell is warmer in winter, but then they're now both getting to be old bikes. Time for something new.
The Buell XB heat issue has been addressed too on the new models, but this thread was about maintenance. I'm sure I've read somewhere that the new Guzzis can have heat problems too! :laugh:
For sure though, my Guzzi is cooler in summer and my Buell is warmer in winter, but then they're now both getting to be old bikes. Time for something new.