Even the name sounds wonderful. Bianca Perla.
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I remember when I worked at a shop, we came to be quite reluctant to touch old machines. too many times we would find problems obviously caused by previous mechanics and/or owners butchery, and upon informing the customer, they would blow up at us - 'it's just an old bike! I can't pay that much! that's more than I paid for it!!!'My workshop is filled to the teeth, with motorcycles, scooters, and quads that no other place will look at.
The most ridiculous example of this dealer madness, is this one.
It is a 2009, Yamaha Vino 125 scooter. (Yes, it's older than 10 years so no dealer will even consider looking at it!) Did I mention that it has a massive 765 miles on it? The dealer refuses to provide ROUTINE SERVICE on it, and THEY SOLD IT TO MY CUSTOMER BRAND NEW IN 2009! It's absolutely ridiculous.
I have tons of stuff like this!
In fact, in that same photo, you will notice the pristine very vintage Honda 175. It's MINT. Only I will work on it. Also, the white 1999 Harley Police motorcycle in the background. Same pathetic story. Nobody will touch it because it is "too old".
All of them are mint condition examples that no dealers will even get within arms length of. In truth, the only reason they won't work on something like this, is because the $10/hr morons they have "working" in the shop, don't know a damn thing about motorcycles. Truly.
I'm sorry, but my generation is the last of the real mechanics. We are a dying beed indeed.
OMG!!! You actually let a customer into your workshop.
My daughter owns a 1983 Honda Nighthawk 550 with 14,000 km on it. Mint condition. She knows the owner of the local motorcycle/snowmobile shop. She convinced him to work on her bike even at that age. It needed many hours of carb work etc. from many years of being stored on static display. The resulting bill was more than double what she had paid for the bike (I got a smokin' deal from a friend). With a detailed invoice she more than happily paid. She now has a mint looking bike that runs like new. If she had not known the owner he said there was no way they would touch it.
Thanks for posting on this. We have not yet seen this in my workshop, but always great to see things like this documented here to learn from! The basic catalyst of this website!It is distressing that others, (Raven) experienced the same poor construction of the O2 bung hole. I thought this had to be a 1 time fluke, but guess not. Makes you wonder how many other motorcycles went out with this problem and how many went undiagnosed because there was no fault code that got thrown. The only way to have discovered this issue, was to logically think it through and check out everything based upon my mental diagnosis of the root cause of the problem. Thanks everybody for your input and comments! I really love this famigllia that we have here at GuzziTech. It's something very special indeed and we need to preserve, protect, and care for it. It is irreplaceable.
It is also so very unfortunate, that Sandro at TechnoResearch in Michigan, stopped making tools for our motorcycles...
Todd's Flash Tool is also in this same category. It is an excellent, high-quality, professional tool and worth every penny you pay for it.
I agree with a rare few exceptions... To shed a touch of light Scott, I've had a few Millennials and Gen-Z'ers help me recently, and some of them were impressively sharp and go-getters. My first longer term tech now works at Space-X. So there is HOPE.I'm sorry, but my generation is the last of the real mechanics. We are a dying breed indeed.