Louisv97
Cruisin' Guzzisti
Now that looks real purty
- Ciao Guest - You’ve landed at the ultimate Guzzi site. NEW FORUM REGISTRATIONS REQUIRE EMAIL ACTIVATION - CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER - Use the CONTACT above if you need help. New to the forum? For all new members, we require ONE post in the Introductions section at the bottom, in order to post in most of the other sections. ALWAYS TRY A SEARCH BEFORE STARTING A NEW TOPIC - Most questions you may have, have likely been already answered. DON'T BE A DRIVE-BY POSTER: As a common courtesy, check back in and reply within 24 hours, or your post will be deleted. Note there's decades of heavily experienced Guzzi professionals on this site, all whom happily give endless amounts of their VALUABLE time for free; BE COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL!
- Be sure to see the GTM STORE link also above for our 700+ product inventory, including OEM parts and many of our 100% Made-in-SoCal-USA GTM products and engine kits. In SoCal? Click the SERVICE tab above for the best in service, tires, tuning and installation of our products or custom work, and don't miss our GT MotoCycles® (not) art on the BUILDS tab above. WE'RE HERE ONLINE ONLY - NO PHONE CALLS MADE OR RECEIVED - DO NOT EMAIL AND ASK QUESTIONS OR ASK TO CALL YOU.
- There is ZERO tolerance on personal attacks and ANY HYPERLINKS to PRODUCT(S) or other competing website(s), including personal pages, social media or other Forums. This ALSO INCLUDES ECU DIAGnostic software, questions and mapping. We work very hard to offer commercially supported products and to keep info relevant here. First offense is a note, second is a warning, third time will get you banned from the site. We don't have the time to chase repeat (and ignorant) offenders. This is NOT a social media platform; It's an ad-free, privately funded website, in small help with user donations. Be sure to see the GTM STORE link above; ALL product purchases help support the site, or you can upgrade your Forum profile or DONATE via the link above.
2022 V7 LeMans 850i - building it -
- Thread starterlemans850i
- Start date
- Tags
- cafe racer v7 le mans
When it’s done, it should look something like this... Hopefully with a better fitment around the headlight
Louisv97
Cruisin' Guzzisti
I had a similar setup before but I threw my fairing in the bin once I got tired of the look. I got something else in mind
I’m amazed you got it on without building a new headlight mount...
Louisv97
Cruisin' Guzzisti
Thanks but yours looks a lot more well executed. Mine I made do with what I had and well it looked a little janky. I'm surprised it was sturdy and gave me a good amount of wind protection around the chest area
One more test fit... loose no bolts..
With Orange now...
With Orange now...
Last edited:
That looks about right…
kildareman
Cruisin' Guzzisti
Fecking brilliant.
It’s getting there...
Still a good amount of work left..
Seat, exhaust, instruments, steering dampener, upgrade front fork internals ... and the usual little stuff
Last edited:
VS 2022 V7
More pics... clearances all the way around, cafe racer headlight, headlight mount
Louisv97
Cruisin' Guzzisti
Your build looks way better in person
Todd told me I missed you by a few minutes....
I’m glad you checked the bike out..
Louisv97
Cruisin' Guzzisti
That's a shame really
And I was admiring it.
Seems like we both like to give Todd crazy ideas and he has to bring us back to reality
At least he called it the “good crazy”.... 
Louisv97
Cruisin' Guzzisti
That's true. He also mentioned you wanted a metal intake runners which is crazy because i've been wanting to do the same.At least he called it the “good crazy”....
Lucky you, you got the time and money to do so. Right now I can do one thing at a time.
Yeah, I'm still waiting for the pics to show up here so I can check is it worth for me stealing the idea...
Last edited:
Louisv97
Cruisin' Guzzisti
I mean ive carried the oem intake runners and although they're not heavy per se, they do have some heft to them that can certainly be trimmed down with a set of metal runners. hell im surprised you havent tried to make some out of CFYeah, I'm still waiting for the pics to show up here so I can check is it worth for me stealing the idea...
Now that'd be cool, forged carbon fiber Y intake! Thanks man, I'll add that to my to-do list
Personally that rubber Y doesn't bug me, it can stay there as far as I can see. It's them aluminum intake parts at the heads that's triggering me due to injectors coming out at the top. Fuel hose and wire with big connector are sticking out like a sore thumb out of it...
The intake Y it’s quite a complex creature…
What I came up with is that it has to be three parts because I wouldn’t have the flexibility of the rubber to get it in and out!
Left side: intake manifold, straight
Right side: intake manifold, slight turn then straight
Aluminum tubing welded to the intake manifolds
The Y :
Left side: short straight then turn
Right side: straight
Merge both into one..
there will be two rubber couplings connecting the intake tubes to the Y... and one coupling connecting the Y to the Throttlebody.
This way you can slide a rubber coupling left or right forward and take one intake manifold off independent from everything else!
The way it is right now makes it a cluster F#&$ To get this thing out!
That’s the way I want to approach it!
What I came up with is that it has to be three parts because I wouldn’t have the flexibility of the rubber to get it in and out!
Left side: intake manifold, straight
Right side: intake manifold, slight turn then straight
Aluminum tubing welded to the intake manifolds
The Y :
Left side: short straight then turn
Right side: straight
Merge both into one..
there will be two rubber couplings connecting the intake tubes to the Y... and one coupling connecting the Y to the Throttlebody.
This way you can slide a rubber coupling left or right forward and take one intake manifold off independent from everything else!
The way it is right now makes it a cluster F#&$ To get this thing out!
That’s the way I want to approach it!