keith565

not sure if it is in the right spot so please feel free to move it to a more appropriate section Mods. bought this little 1997 barn find yesterday to do up for my 19 year old who is at uni and as usual has no money. i know it needs a lot of tlc but it did start and we had a run around the lot and it seems to be ok. as far as i can see it needs the following. rear shocks choke cable front brake calliper or perhaps an overhaul. tank painting, front suspension gaiters (stanchions look amazingly good, no visible leaks) a bloody good clean, new decals and of course the usual full service. oh also need a rear top box rack. now I'm no engineer and rarely get my hands dirty but willing to do most of all of the work myself. but a bit of help would be appreciated. need to find an on-line parts list, manual if possible and of course the parts. and of course the cost is all important. however, off to a good start i hope as bike cost a massive £175.

wanted to go but have to work sat/sun night shift. have a good day out guys.

well done, fingers crossed for mod 2. and good luck for your mod 1 Klingelton

well, i thought i would have another check of the bike before riding it again and i found my front tyre pressure was ...........wait for it...............16psi . i know, didn't feel low, i actually thought it might have been to high. anyway, pumped it up to 36 where i normally have it and off i went. well,as you can imagine, there was no shake when i put the ankers on. so problem solved. i now need to keep a close eye on the tyre in case i have a slow puncture. can't see anything and they have only done 4000 and plenty of tread left on them.

thanks for the replies. I'll take it back out tomorrow and see if the problem is still there.to tired today

my ABS only kicks in under hard braking, this judder was very evident when just gently pulling the brake lever.

looking for your thoughts. was riding home yesterday in freezing fog (thought it was going to be mild?), was only a few miles from home after doing all sorts of manoeuvres from straight runs up the A1 to low speed filtering. anyway, i was coming off the A19 onto the A690 slip road at approx 70mph when i gently applied my front brake and got this almighty judder through the handle bars and brake lever. I let go of the brake lever and it went as fast as it came on, pulled brake lever again and it did it again but wasn't as bad and as i slowed right down it became un-noticeable. for the next few miles i tried to bring it back on but couldn't as road speeds were max 30mph. I've got the bike up on the centre stand, can't feel any play on the forks or the front wheel, all feel solid. new pads fitted in jan,brakes been super since. only MOT'd in early feb. any thoughts guys. got to say i got a bit of a shock.

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I'm just up the road.

I guess that Keith is hoping not to have to take the sump off again.... Only ever had to take the sump off a bike once before......after I overdid the sump plug.......hence the reason I use a torque wrench all the time now..... Anyhoo.....most bikes these days will only need the gasket without any sealant.....gone are the bad old days of poorly machined mating surfaces..... indeed, I'm hoping never to have to do this again,lol. thanks for the info, ill pop it on at the weekend and let you know how i get on.

It's a genuine guzzi part.

well, just need to know when changing a sump oil seal gasket do i need to use anything else such as a sealer etc. long story, but i overfilled my sump and blew the gasket, glad it wasn't anything worse.

moto guzzi norge 1200T

any one know what these are like. what size chest they fit (i know xl and xxl etc mean different things to different manufacturers). the hein gericke shop we had is closed.thanks

well, this is the plan if i have no luck with the chap in Wales. he is advertising them for $14 plus p&p, so if i can get one for that then i will be a happy chap once again.

nothing hidden, just the standard tool kit under the tail. i found someone in Wales that makes them from a 5/8 A/F deep socket, so have emailed them. fingers crossed

my plan yesterday was to do a service on the bike (done nearly 7000 miles since i got it in Jan). quietly confident as i have all the diagrams/service disc/etc on my computer and have looked and looked so i don't need to keep going back to the computer every 2 mins, well that's the plan anyway. so, managed to get the fairings off, tank off, air filter box half off to show the internal plugs. then what----the impossible, i know i needed a very thin plug socket, but i didn't know it had to be paper thin. so after many phone calls, i had to leave the inside plugs until another day. so in total i managed to change the air filter and the 2 outside plugs. going for an oil and filter change and gearbox oil change today (weather permitting). don't suppose anyone knows where i can get a 14mm ultra thin deep plug socket?

congrats. lets hope you are back up and running very soon.

way to go mate, well done.

i'd love to have a ride out, but i work night shift and most weekends. hope the weather is good. enjoy and be safe.

wow, well done you. now lets see you pass mod 2 asap.

looks great. glad the rain eventually stopped. some fab costumes too. tfs

congrats.