V7 Classic accessories heads up

[draidt]

The following existing parts will fit a V7 Classic with no modifications, strickly bolt on:

1200 Sport Mirrors from Moto Guzzi
Breva 750 wind screen form Moto Guzzi
Oil sump spacer from GuzziTech
Breva 750 engine (crash) bars from Stucchi Luigi
Breva 750/Nevada straight cross over pipe from Stucchi Luigi


The following requires modification

Breva 750 Center Stand (requires cutting the step up bar to a shorter length no bracket or welding needed)) from Hepco Becker

I have done all except the center stand that is on order.

 

[cvcaelen]

Nice B)

can I add the mod's I've made?

*breva center stand: required some welding for the stand not hitting the exhaust

*breva touring screen: simple bold on

*mutazu panniers: required building my own brackets

*Battery condition tester: apart from drilling 3 holes in that plastic plate around the ignition-key a simple bold on

*moved the horns from the side to the front, under the headlight, dealer was thankful, seems to make the maintenance on the airfilter more easy (and I like the looks more)

*mounted an oil-temp gauge: simple bold on

Christiaan

 

[Holt]

With the exception for better accessibilty to the gear-box drain plug, what's the advantage to the Stucchi cross-over vs the OEM barrel?

 

[draidt]

Holt wrote:

With the exception for better accessibilty to the gear-box drain plug, what's the advantage to the Stucchi cross-over vs the OEM barrel?

Anders;

On my V7C the drain bolt would not come out all the way, I guess I could have put a dent in the expansion chamber if there was no other way and I was afraid that eventually I would bugger up the treads on the transmission drain threads pulling it out on an angle, That alone was worth the price of the crossover. It certainly looks a lot better and is longer then the old can, the Lambada sensor just bolts on in the same position as the old one was so no rerouting of any wiring. Stuchhi claims more HP and torque, I take that with a couple of grains of salt but it did do something to the response and sound that I do like.

 

[Guzzimundi]

Christiann,

What oil temps are you getting?

 

[Holt]

draidt wrote:

Holt wrote:

With the exception for better accessibilty to the gear-box drain plug, what's the advantage to the Stucchi cross-over vs the OEM barrel?

Anders;

On my V7C the drain bolt would not come out all the way, I guess I could have put a dent in the expansion chamber if there was no other way and I was afraid that eventually I would bugger up the treads on the transmission drain threads pulling it out on an angle, That alone was worth the price of the crossover. It certainly looks a lot better and is longer then the old can, the Lambada sensor just bolts on in the same position as the old one was so no rerouting of any wiring. Stuchhi claims more HP and torque, I take that with a couple of grains of salt but it did do something to the response and sound that I do like.

Ooh yes, that's a bugger..... :laugh:

 

[cvcaelen]

Guzzimundi wrote:

Christiann,

What oil temps are you getting?

around 80° centigrade,
it's 5 - 6 centigrade out and after half an hour driving,
an hour driving is the same temp

Christiaan

 

[draidt]

Holt wrote:

draidt wrote:

Holt wrote:

With the exception for better accessibilty to the gear-box drain plug, what's the advantage to the Stucchi cross-over vs the OEM barrel?

Anders;

On my V7C the drain bolt would not come out all the way, I guess I could have put a dent in the expansion chamber if there was no other way and I was afraid that eventually I would bugger up the treads on the transmission drain threads pulling it out on an angle, That alone was worth the price of the crossover. It certainly looks a lot better and is longer then the old can, the Lambada sensor just bolts on in the same position as the old one was so no rerouting of any wiring. Stuchhi claims more HP and torque, I take that with a couple of grains of salt but it did do something to the response and sound that I do like.

Ooh yes, that's a bugger..... :laugh:

I see teflon tape and is that a Helicoil in there ?

Luigi the engineer strikes again.

I started to back out the drain and when it bumped up against the can I stopped and said to myself quit procrastinating (of which I am often guilty of ) and put the crossover on now.

 

[Holt]

draidt wrote:

I see teflon tape and is that a Helicoil in there ?

Luigi the engineer strikes again.

I started to back out the drain and when it bumped up against the can I stopped and said to myself quit procrastinating (of which I am often guilty of ) and put the crossover on now.

Errm; not quite. Teflon tape, yes. Helicoil no. What you see is probably the washer. I might have been at least very near to stripping the thread, so just for safety.
It is a PITA to pull the plug, but I can loosen the last bit just using my fingers, so I don't think it will harm what's left.
As it is, it doesn't leak or come loose, so I'll just let it be untill some major work must be done in a hopefully far future. And teflon tape is inexpensive..
Tightening up is the difficult part of the operation, since you can't use a box spanner and torque-shaft.
The 10 mm plug thread is much too small for the 17 mm head, and as you can barely tighten 15 degrees or so at every turn, overtightening is easily done.
Actually I don't think this plug need much tightening, as the washer has a rubber-insert, acting as gasket. But but but....

 

[Morizzi]

The drain plug on the rear drive of the Monza has a dodgy thread. It was like that when i purchased the bike.

I use gasket goop on the threads. It sets in there and stops the plug from ever working loose. To be on the safe side and to stop any worry I use a marker on the plug and casing so that I can quickly check it hasn't moved. It never has but its just peace of mind.

Cheers B)

 

[Falcone]

To add my two penneth worth - I have fitted the 750 Breva centre stand to my V7 Classic and found I didn't need to do anything other than fit the spare silencer bracket on to the back of the exisitng silencer bracket and it works perfectly. Some might think it maybe looks slightly clumsy BUT I have used it to fit my British tax plate and it is perfect for the job.

 

[bilv7]

Could you please post a picture of the assembled centrestand ?

 

[Falcone]

centre stand stop using silencer bracket in addition to original requiring no modification

 

[Falcone]

And again!!!

 

[Falcone]

 

[Falcone]

Not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere, apologies if has, but Hepco and Becker are now advertising both a rear carrier and pannier rails for the V7 Classic.