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3356
My God, 60mpg? Is that because of the Power Commander? My Stone gets 22mpg in the city and 35mpg if I'm on a trip. I haven't seen 60mpg since my old 250cc...
Steven M Scotten
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Sep 16, 2009
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3357
Well the power commander has certainly helped and obviously the town riding figure is not as good as that but when cruising I try to stick to 120 kph as I find...
Albert Pisani
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Sep 16, 2009
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Hi Glad to see so many people having a good experience with jackal ownership . I have to point out that every coin has 2 sides. I have had a much less fun time...
smartrrrrrs
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Sep 16, 2009
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3359
My experience is similar; I did a European tour on a Jackal two years running, one of 2 months and one of 6 weeks. The only problems were injection rubbers...
patrick
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Sep 16, 2009
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Hello Mates,   I just bought a heavily used (60k) Jackal this summer, and shortly after I bought it, the speedometer quit working. I have heard that this is a...
Eric Mach
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Sep 16, 2009
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3361
Excellent my friend! I just got my Jackal back on the road with a new hand-fabbed taillight/turn signal/license tag assembly. Ready to turn over a measley 45k...
motogeezer
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2:48 pm
3362
Must be Imperial gallons. My Jackal routinely gets between 40-45 miles per (US) gallon. I've never heard of one getting better than 50 even under ideal...
Jay Williams
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Sep 16, 2009
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sorry that should read 4.54lts per uk gallon. a 2009/9/16 Albert Pisani <albertpisani@...> ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Albert Pisani
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Sep 16, 2009
5:03 pm
3364
yes definately imperial gallons (4.45lts per uk gallon) unleaded fuel. I've rechecked my notes and can confirm the 60mpg figure. a 2009/9/16 Jay Williams...
Albert Pisani
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Sep 16, 2009
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3365
Only have 93000 miles on my 2000 Jackal. I have had a couple of general maintenance issues which I've taken care of myself since I'm 500+ miles from the...
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Sep 16, 2009
5:44 pm
3366
Most of these problems sound like dealer problems to me. Not to knock your local dealer, buy my goodness there just doesn't seem any way all these things...
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Sep 16, 2009
8:47 pm
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In my experience it is probably the cable. The tachs on some of the guzzi's were trouble prone, but all riders I know personally have not had speedo problems...
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Sep 16, 2009
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Motogeezer, could you please post pictures of your taillight and turnsignals? I'm ready for a change! Thanks, Ed ... From: motogeezer...
laura castagnari 1322...
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Sep 16, 2009
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 Yes thats what I thought , thats why I requested another dealer check the bike !!! and then 200 miles later it locked up and spit me off . When I had the...
Marty W
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Sep 16, 2009
9:14 pm
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Marty, it sounds to me, too, as if your Guzzi sat for a long time on a damp dock.  This often is a problem with slow moving bikes, etc.  My 2004 Stone...
Ralph Glorioso
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Sep 16, 2009
9:33 pm
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Yep You got the nail on the head , slow moving bikes, I found out later after buying my bike that after the purchase of motoguzzi by another problem bassed...
Marty W
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Sep 16, 2009
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I have 65,000 on my jackal 2000.very little trouble. ... From: Jay Williams <cj750@...> Subject: RE: [Jackal Owners Club] EFI-equipped Jackal/Stone...
John Boyko
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Sep 17, 2009
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Thanks jburd!  This advice is very helpful.  This weekend, I'm going to give it a try!  ... From: jburd@... <jburd@...> Subject: Re: [Jackal Owners...
Eric Mach
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Sep 17, 2009
3:09 pm
3374
I suppose I should have added, if you find that the cable is good then your two options are to repair or replace. I like things repaired. It makes them better...
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Sep 17, 2009
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3375
Anybody know a good website to order air and fuel filters from? What would be an expected cost of each? 2000 Moto Guzzi Jackal California 1100 ....but in...
Chad
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Sep 27, 2009
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3376
A little while back the speedometer and odometer on my 2004 Stone both stopped working at once. I'd expected to have to replace the whole thing, as that was...
Steven M Scotten
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Sep 27, 2009
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3377
There are less expensive aftermarket filters which undoubtedly are as good as the OE Guzzi filters, but I would order from an old time Guzzi parts provider,...
Ralph Glorioso
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Sep 27, 2009
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3378
I'm with Ralph on this one. Support your dealers as much as possible. A few years ago I bought 10 oil filters from Harper's when they had a sale on them....
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Sep 27, 2009
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Although I've heard of the odo thing, I've never actually witnessed it so can't offer much insight. While both are operated off the same cable, the internal...
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Sep 27, 2009
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I have the same problem with my odometer and speedometer on my 00 jackal. I have not yet figured out if it is the cable or not, but I sure hope so. If palo...
Eric Mach
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Sep 28, 2009
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My Veglia speedo on the Jackal broke at 30k miles and the odo went at 78k. Convinced that their rebuilt was better than new, I told them to fix it if they...
Andrew Culpepper
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Sep 28, 2009
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3382
My odometer went at 19500 miles on my 03 Stone. The speedo works fine. I have never bothered to replace the speedo because I always ride with my Garmin 276C...
bob goggin
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Oct 7, 2009
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3383
I forget which forum had it, but I remember reading of a method to burn two holes (with an electric soldering gun) in the back of the Jackal/Stone speedometer...
Ralph Glorioso
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Oct 8, 2009
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3384
I'm having issues with what looks to be an earth leak or an ECU fault (not sure which) on my 2000 Jackal. We spent a few fruitless hours today in diagnosis, to...
Steve Carr
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Oct 11, 2009
5:01 am
3385
... I also read somewhere of an owner who'd replaced his ITI speedo with one by VDO. Anyone know about this; what model speedo, etc?...
krglorioso
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Oct 11, 2009
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