My V100S now has 3,500 km on it and has developed a strange gearbox behaviour. When cold it will engage neutral but not the neutral light. As the bike warms up this behaviour recedes to be replaced by the gear indicators becoming confused. I have been told that some gearboxes had been assembled with 'too much loctite'.....does anybody know anything about this?
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V100 gearbox 'Too much loctite'
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Loctite would have nothing to do with this. Your issue should be a warranty claim handled by your dealer. Where are you guys in Europe coming up with this BS?
I could understand blaming « Not enough Locktite » if you had a screw loose 
But too much , so that it overflows the threads and gets into the transmission gumming up the works ????
- o tal vez demasiado vino
But too much , so that it overflows the threads and gets into the transmission gumming up the works ????
- o tal vez demasiado vino
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The Gear gesstimator is based on a calculation of RPM and Speed… discussed somewhere ? on the forum.
Neutral might be based on position @ 0/mph
Thanks for all the replies. This is my third Guzzi so I knew about calculated gear indication but as has been pointed out the V100 has a real switch. My 'Too Much Loctite' comment was because the fault I am experiencing was mentioned in another forum and apparently Piaggio themselves had described the cause of the fault as 'over enthusiastic use of loctite' so this was just my attempt to identify an issue which I am sure is not unique to me....what seems to be different about my case is it only occurs when cold...other than that the gearbox seems to be loosening up very nicely and the quickshifter has improved for all gears now except 1/2
I don't recommend using the quick shift feature. It does cause extra stress on the gearbox. Thanks for letting us know the source of the loctite issue. If it is a switch that indicates gears, that switch may need cleaning. Again, that should be a dealer task under warranty.
I took my shields off, I thought they looked tacky.
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Huh, I didn’t realize it was not a double walled pipe like the V7, but a shield that went from head to below the engine ?
I'd suggest the shields are there for a reason. (i.e to stop scraping the pipes).
No doubt Guzzi designed them to take most of the hit before the exhaust . (i'd prefer that to damaging the exhaust)
sorry about the pic.. includes a bit of timber whilst the bike is jacked up to allow me to
upgrade the shock
No doubt Guzzi designed them to take most of the hit before the exhaust . (i'd prefer that to damaging the exhaust)
sorry about the pic.. includes a bit of timber whilst the bike is jacked up to allow me to
upgrade the shock
Thé heat shields rub/touch before the pegs ?
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yes, hopefully a new spring will fix the problem. I'm not the only one with the issue I recall "florida lime " saying the same thing
I am old, I don't lean over that far. Couple of nasty low sides when I was young due to crappy suspensions and tires. I don't need to ride to that extreme anymore. The only parts I have dragged in modern history were the floorboards on my Harkey Slim and that didn't take much.
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