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Seeking Sport 1100i/Centauro/Daytona RS fork part

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I have been on a nearly year long search for what I thought would be a routine spares order.. I'm looking for the rubber between the dampening rods in the front fork on a '97 Sport 1100i, Centauro or Daytona RS. It's unavailable from Guzzi.

It's Guzzi part number 01530528, part 27 on page D15 of the parts book.

Here's a photo and the page from the parts book: http://morganjones.org/photos/main.php?g2_itemId=13073

I would also be interested in a damaged fork or set of forks from one of these bikes. They are the WP forks that I believe were made specifically for Guzzi.

thanks,

-morgan
 
Funny--you're the second to ask this, my photography must not be clear..

It's not metal, it's rubber.

-morgan
 
Is it a material of critical elasticity for the forks to work or just a bottoming absorber?
Have you tried contacting WP?
 
It sits in between the two parts of the catridge inside the fork. It maintains a seal so the cartridge can suck oil up from the bottom of the fork.

I have called the US importer for WP.

-morgan
 
I cannot say when but I will ask a guy here that has been the official WP service technician since '85 or so if he has seen any such parts.
Don't hold your breath as it will take a while for me, 10 days or so.
 
Today I visited the WP technician.
He does not recall having seen this part in any of the forks he has ever serviced.
He had a good look at the exploded view diagram and he says that it does not look like a WP forks.
He also noted that this part looks like a bottoming absorber not having to do anything with compression-rebound characteristics.
He too thinks it can be made at a machine shop, despite these strange looking "S"cuts.

Do these "S" cuts appear on the other leg of the forks?
They may have developed eventually by many harsh bottomings and not made by the factory.
 
Thanks for asking your technician!

Those S cuts are not supposed to be there--the part should be one piece.

Interesting that they don't look like WP forks: "WP" is printed right on the fork leg. Maybe Guzzi pieced them together. That's a horrifying thought.

More than one person has suggested a machinist. I'm going to work on finding one locally.

Thanks.

-morgan
 
Well, until the last years, WP in Greece was considered to be an off road premium brand so he may have little experience on older street forks as most street WP street forks here were OEM so service would have been asked by the bike's company service.

Also, MG may have asked for a custom made forks, who knows, these guys are not what we can call, eh, "standard" B)
Nevertheless, I trust this technician for not talking rubbish.
 
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