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Tuned and Synch'ed
Today I discovered the reason for a problem that has been plaguing my '07 Norge for quite some time. Now that I know what the cause is and what the solution might be, I can rest easy because now I have seen it all.
For years I have suspected that the engineers at Moto Guzzi were one step behind the rest of the technical world. It was however only a suspicion. Now there is proof.
Some time back my Norge developed a tiny leak somewhere in the CARC. Every now and then I found a drop or three of gear oil on the garage floor. On the brake line running under the CARC together with the speed sensor wire was a small amount of gear oil. I could not locate the source of the leak. I just returned from a 1500 mile ride yesterday and my back wheel was covered with gear oil. This was in addition to the small puddle on the garage floor that the bike so graciously deposited last night. Very close inspection indicated that the oil was emanating from the little plastic connector that the brake line snaps into and the speed sensor wire is ty-wrapped to. This would indicate that the little plastic thing is mounted in a hole that penetrates the CARC housing.
The engineers at Moto Guzzi wouldn't do that, would they? Drill a hole clean through the CARC on the bottom that would allow oil to escape if it ever got loose or even came out? Seriously now, nobody would do that, would they?
Sure they would and that's what they did. I pried the little plastic thing out and watched in disbelief as gear oil poured out of the CARC. In fact there are three or four of these cheap little plastic bastards. Apparently, you hammer them in. I am not kidding. I am looking the part numbers up right now so I can get them on order.
BTW: Time is of the essence here to get this thing fixed. My new BMW arrives in July and I got to move something red out of the garage (and my life).
For years I have suspected that the engineers at Moto Guzzi were one step behind the rest of the technical world. It was however only a suspicion. Now there is proof.
Some time back my Norge developed a tiny leak somewhere in the CARC. Every now and then I found a drop or three of gear oil on the garage floor. On the brake line running under the CARC together with the speed sensor wire was a small amount of gear oil. I could not locate the source of the leak. I just returned from a 1500 mile ride yesterday and my back wheel was covered with gear oil. This was in addition to the small puddle on the garage floor that the bike so graciously deposited last night. Very close inspection indicated that the oil was emanating from the little plastic connector that the brake line snaps into and the speed sensor wire is ty-wrapped to. This would indicate that the little plastic thing is mounted in a hole that penetrates the CARC housing.
The engineers at Moto Guzzi wouldn't do that, would they? Drill a hole clean through the CARC on the bottom that would allow oil to escape if it ever got loose or even came out? Seriously now, nobody would do that, would they?
Sure they would and that's what they did. I pried the little plastic thing out and watched in disbelief as gear oil poured out of the CARC. In fact there are three or four of these cheap little plastic bastards. Apparently, you hammer them in. I am not kidding. I am looking the part numbers up right now so I can get them on order.
BTW: Time is of the essence here to get this thing fixed. My new BMW arrives in July and I got to move something red out of the garage (and my life).