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If it hasn't? Just stop bloody worrying and go ride the piss out of it. Why do people always assume something is wrong when they are at fault for doing something silly. If you don't understand how a constant mesh box like the Guzzi five speed works? That's fine, But don't just assume it is broken because you run it in a way that it was never intended to be run! Does the owners manual say in it anywhere "It is a good idea to run the bike on it's centrestand at idle speed with a gear engaged so you can listen to the horrible clanking!"?
No. it doesn't, so stop it and go to the back of the class and sit facing the corner with the dunces cap on :cheer: :laugh:
Perhaps your correct that it is a cultural thing.Look, I'm sorry if offence was given. There was no intention of same. Perhaps its a cultural thing but in Oz that sort of gentle piss-taking is par for the course, Jeez, you wouldn't last long at my pub if you thought that sort of comment was a put down!:laugh:
You HAVE to agree though that even if you don't understand how a gearbox works, using it in a way that it was never designed to be used and then deciding that it is stuffed on the basis of that experiment and beginning to search for a replacement, any replacement, prior to asking the question 'Am I doing something wrong?' is just a little bit paranoid and shows a lack of trust in a machine that if I felt it would cause me to not just sell it but abandon it in the nearest canal, prefferably after having set it alight! It's one of those things that just grates with me. It's like people buy a Guzzi because its "Exotic' or something and then expect, simply because it isn't mainstream, that it will be riven with problems and unreliability and be nothing more than a two-wheeled, ticking, time bomb!
All I try to do, as best I can is make the absurdity apparent and hopefully people will realize that it is simply a machine like any other and actually a very good, strong, robust and simple machine. Unfortunately like most things that fall into that category its a bit primitive and will need a bit of MAINTENANCE, (Especially as it is now 25 yeras old!) and won't respond kindly to being mistreated and sticking it in gear, on the stand, is mistreatment. How often do you jack up the driving wheels of your, (Manual) car and stick it in gear to see if it makes a horrid noise?..........................................................
Pete
I wasn't clear enough. This all happens just being in Neutral with the bike running either on the centerstand or not. I tried to just creep away in and it's pretty bad. I'll drain to see if the plug has collected bits....
Thanks
Charles
As Pete says above, look on Guzziteck.dk for details of how to crab the frame for access to the gearbox.Time to pull it. Any special tricks in pulling it out by leaving the motor in place?
Done.Instructions for same are up on Guzzitech dk but if Todd wants to nick my stuff from there and pt it up here that's fine by me.
Regarding the input spline. Can the deeper one be placed on the older tranny?