Howdy everybody (Shorts)

[Swoop]

Welcome to KB Shorts!

Sounds like you and OAB will make a great pair. (Sorry, extremely bad attempt at humour...).



Edit: OAB, do you still have gloves for sale? There might be a buyer here!

[Dodgyiti]

Hi Shorts

I'll have to wait untill I get to work before I check your web site - came home from holidays to find the kids killed the PC... Drat...

Anyway - some dodgy bugger asked me to express an opinion on Guzzi linked brakes. A bit like the Parsons egg- good in patrs.

I'm working from memory so I HOPE I have this ight. Early Guzzi linked (integrated in their words) brakes just have a simple splitter and the braking effect front / rear was controlled by different spec pads and different sized discs front / rear. Later bikes have a proper proportional splitter and bad news - they are all a bit different (different ratios) AND some still specify different resistence pads (sigh - it's never simple). Later ones are also load compensating. You can't even pin it down to models - some Mk2's had the non proportioning manifold and some had the valve... Typically italian....

From memory there were a lot of changes when asbestos was banned from the pads so some of the old data is probably no longer valid as well....

So - is it possible to fit a 'simple' early Guzzi integrated system to your bike - well - yes BUT it's not an area for the inexperienced. Your bike has different tyre loads, wheel sizes, disc diameters and weight transfer dynamics to an old Moto Guzzi and while it's a pretty simple job to hook it all up, getting it to work properly may require considerable experimentation to avoid some bad experiences.

My advice - seek EXPERT advice. If racers can build thumb operated brakes ANYTHING is possible but you would need to test a system properly before you needed it in an emergency.....

If you do want to push ahead and try - I can look up the part numbers in Guzziology (pretty sure they are there) so you know what the difference is...

Best Regards

Paul N

Thanks Paul,
I know the easy way now- buy a Guzzi. Simple as that.
But we knew that all along.

[Shorts]

Hey Paul, thanks for the thoughts.

while it's a pretty simple job to hook it all up, getting it to work properly may require considerable experimentation to avoid some bad experiences.

This statement so very spot on. Which is why I've been a schosh hesistant to go forward with the mod. (in no intentional order) 1) I would like to spend my time riding rather than wrenching, 2) safety while 'testing', and 3) keeping my husband on the up and up about spending money on projects that may or maynot be "necessary"

Thanks for the welcome Swoop. I hope OAB has girly hands lol