Hi Erling, you mention a meeting in Holland, if it's on can you post details. I see you are in Denmark, well in three weeks time I plan to ferry to Sweden from the UK, ride around Norway and return via Denmark with a pillion and boxes on a Quota 1100....I hope it does the distance.
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> Hi all
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> I am ready for connecting the battery, but too afraid of getting dangerous smoke!
> It is the most beautyfull afternoon here in Denmark, still 22 deg. at 21.35, no wind, and I will wait till tomorrow before testing the hole thing. Sport1100 engine with modifications, haven't run in three years, connected to the old Q1000 wiring and I am not an elecronic engeneer ( wish Jan K. was here)...... Now I turn to the redwine of Asti, and tomorrow I will know if the meeting in Holland is possible. Any adwice?
> Hope Alfred is ok? He's got the Q with the very best suspension, thanks for the rides, Alfred.
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> Regards Erling.
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> To: Guzzi_Quota@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 6:52 PM
> Subject: [Guzzi_Quota] Re: Quota not-so-newbie report and questions....
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> I love my Q on the road it is extremely comfortable. I dont notice any buffeting.
> As for mileage on a trip I see around 40mpg. 30 around town.
> The Q is a lot smoother than my Stone. At least for emgine vibrations.
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> As far as vibrations that come and go check the exhaust for cracks and check all other bolts making sure everything is tight. I had a cheap muffler on the bike years ago and the inside spot welds broke. It transmitted a horrible vibration through the bike at certain rpm's
> One reason I make my own mufflers and exhaust.
> Price
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> --- In Guzzi_Quota@yahoogroups.com, "rjamesohio" <rjamesohio@> wrote:
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> > Had the Q two months now, and find myself gravitating to it for all of my trips now, leaving the SP behind in every long trip since the Q came home.
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> > The riding position is fantastic, and it is one of the reasons I wanted a Q. Controls are equally good, very light, making it an easy bike to ride. Stock seat is not so great, but I just bring along my Airhawk and all is well save that tad bit of extra height and having to 'adjust' it.
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> > I don't see the buffeting issues, so for now am staying with the stock windscreen and no tank deflectors. Could be my torso length is the same as the engineers in Mandello!
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> > Mileage is not great, but it's 'OK'. I get near 40 on the road, running from 70-80 MPH. No PC, just the updated ECU.
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> > Only thing I don't like? The vibration that seems to come and go. Most noticeable under engine load, sometimes when cruising you can barely feel it.
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> > I was lucky enough to ride another Quota at the TN rally - very much the same as mine, maybe a TAD smoother but I felt the same basic vibrations.
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> > So - bringing this topic up again now that I know my bike is very similar to another Q. I'm wondering if this is not a a design issue in that long swingarm/driveshaft? At a steady interstate lope, I feel a bit of a 'throb' or pulse, and wonder if the swing arm length is letting the driveshaft pulse radially a bit.
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> > I don't think it's the engine, it runs well and my friend with the other Quota thought my bike was smoother than his, but I'd like to chip away at this and improve it.
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> > Any thoughts?
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