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V7C Wheel alignment

Allen Peat

Allen Peat

Just got it firing!
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Hello all, Just used a fancy lazer to check the factory front/rear wheel alignment - it was spot on, as it should be. My bike was handling just fine and a friend had just made up a fancy lazer device for super accuracy. It worked very well! Another "well done" for Guzzi.
 
Slightly off topic,,, but I'm about to take my wife's v7c in as the front brake disc appears to be warped. Was wondering if anyone one else had this problem.

Only 3,000 ks on the bike - ridden gently - well except for when we lent it to Charley Boorman for a day! Curious - check this link:

http://fukuokanow.wordpress.com/2009/08 ... -kyushu-2/

My wife blames him now for the brake warping
 
Probably not Charlie's fault. The rotors need to be used hard to keep the buttons from locking up. Once they do, it is trouble. Graham had posted a procedure for getting the buttons free on the old board, but I believe it has been synopsized or duplicated to this new one. Also others have gotten the buttons to free up using "break free" which is a dry gun lubricant. I know whenever I feel my rotors start to pulse, I find some good downhill runs and break hard several times to get them to free up.
 
Sorry for taking this thread off the original topic,,, but thanks John for the info. We knew it wasn't Charlie's fault ;)

So, I was talking to my wife and asked her if it didn't bother her and she "no not at all". Weird I thought. Turns out she told me for the first time that she never uses her front brake!!! :huh:

She explained that she is afraid to use it. On her previous bike and while taking her learners course, she only ever fell off a bike when using the front brake. So she's spooked by them it seems.

Hmmmmm - this seems like a bigger problem than the warp!
 
She definately has a problem if not using the front brake. Try working with her in an empty parking lot and have her do braking runs using front brake only. Have her gradually increase front brake pressure until you see good fork compression. Also encourage her not to be "digital" with the front brake. Have her apply front brake with gradually increasing pressure, as we say a firm progressive squeeze.

In the training class she may not have had the bike straight when using the front brake. That is a common beginner error. I've seen it happen in classes many times in the 14 years that I taught the MSF curriculum.
 
I have a 750 Breva NOS 2007 with ~4,200 miles on it after a recent 1,200 mile regional tour. Upon my return I noticed that the front brake had intermittent pad contact with light lever pressure. I was coasting, engine off, downhill, while talking to a friend who was walking beside me. We both heard the intermittent contact of the pads with even lever pressure. Warped rotor? Sticky pads? I have had pads lockup on several bikes when left in storage but this bike just came back from a tour of twisty mountain roads, plenty of throttle, plenty of braking.

I just realized though, that when I came upon my friend walking I grabbed a handful of brake for a rapid stop. (Lucky for me as there was a speed trap on the other side of the rise!) Could this heavy braking have set off this condition?

-Jesse
 
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