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<blockquote data-quote="Cyborg" data-source="post: 152026" data-attributes="member: 3426"><p>Shaving weight off the bike isn’t just for racing anymore. Pushing the Moto Guzzi out of the garage is getting harder by the day.</p><p></p><p>Bill…Prior to assembling the forks, I made a plastic bushing for the brake plate so I could centre a fork blade on the plate. I did that before the screw holes for the scoops were drilled. That how I decided where the scoops should be located and I’m glad I did. If I had just installed them where I “thought” they should go, it would have been a royal pain to sort out afterwards. I spent a bunch of time looking at photos of Lightning/Flash brake plates ( thanks to those that helped out) and they are close. I did have to remove some material from one scoop. It would all be a lot easier the next time, but there isn’t going to be a next time.</p><p>The only filing required on the fork was the mounting lug for the spring box. One lug was too wide? The other side fit ok. Plus a few strokes of the file on the backside of that anchor pin slot on one blade.</p><p>There must have been a lot of fettling and select fitting going on at the factory. No wonder profit margins were narrow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cyborg, post: 152026, member: 3426"] Shaving weight off the bike isn’t just for racing anymore. Pushing the Moto Guzzi out of the garage is getting harder by the day. Bill…Prior to assembling the forks, I made a plastic bushing for the brake plate so I could centre a fork blade on the plate. I did that before the screw holes for the scoops were drilled. That how I decided where the scoops should be located and I’m glad I did. If I had just installed them where I “thought” they should go, it would have been a royal pain to sort out afterwards. I spent a bunch of time looking at photos of Lightning/Flash brake plates ( thanks to those that helped out) and they are close. I did have to remove some material from one scoop. It would all be a lot easier the next time, but there isn’t going to be a next time. The only filing required on the fork was the mounting lug for the spring box. One lug was too wide? The other side fit ok. Plus a few strokes of the file on the backside of that anchor pin slot on one blade. There must have been a lot of fettling and select fitting going on at the factory. No wonder profit margins were narrow. [/QUOTE]
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