Subject: Re: V700 silver paint #
Author: Greg Field
Date: Dec 24, 2002, 4:43 PM
Post ID: 1711624916
Charles:
Can I use this information in my MGNOC Tips column?
Thanks!
Greg Field
On Tuesday, December 24, 2002, at 04:53 AM, Charles Peterson wrote:
| opening my original V700 brochure (!), it says: "Beautifully finished in sparkling, irridescent silver and rich, brilliant red offset with high lustre chromium plated accessories..." among other things. I guess just ask for sparkling irridescent silver?...i have a tailight I suspect is original silver, but I've never seen a picture of a stock bike with a silver tailight...definitely irridescent..quite beautiful.. I love cruising on my V700. I've learned the handling problem from the front end can be tamed right down if you stick with lower tire pressures, but every time I mention this I get flamed about it. I'll try again. I put a new set of tires ME77, front tire reversed, on the V700, and promptly filled them to 34 front, 38 rear, (about what I use on a stripped Convert) and was scared sh#$less floundering left and right all over the road at 55-65 mph... back to the garage, and believing in the old adage if all else fails read the directions, the factory manual says 21 front, 24 rear...okay lets try that...hmmm very interesting... a little adjusting, and more miles and I've settled to 24 front and 28 rear, with no fairings, no rear crashbars, no monster saddlebags. Handles like it should.. drives and handles quite nice thank you. MUCH better than my same year BMW by the way...love the right foot shift...just had to learn that 4th gear is really an overdrive...better to carry 3rd wwaaayyyyy up there to 65 70 mph to keep up the response/acceleration...flip it into 4th if you want to loaf... I understand many of these burned to the ground from the leaky SS1 carbs...I sorted out the breathing with 29 Dellortos and different manifolds...it's important to keep the inlet adapters that fit between the carb gaskets at the head...they increase the speed of the airflow on the intake...supposedly it covers a mistake Guzzi made in casting the heads, later corrected on Ambass/Eldo...I'm surprised the V700 isn't more collectable/ looked for considering they are the first effort at the V twin, and it kicked the BMW's butt with horsepower, handling, and braking...I get to say that cuz I drove an 67 R60/2 for 80,000 miles, give me the Guzzi any day... Happy Holidays everyone! Chuck Peterson 78 V1000 I-Convert, "Connie" 76 V1000 I-Convert, "Bea" ( a Harley...) 68 V700 I-Shift.... --- Arizona Kid <tsh-@devry-phx.edu> wrote:
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