Need your expertise - clutch/gearbox
Hi guzzista's,
I have had issues with my V100S before and had the clutch replaced a few weeks ago. I will first explain what has been done and which issues I have!
This bike is awesome but damn she is hard to love... I have had so many warranty issues, this bike is bought by me brand new and 18 months and 15000km later I have had these issues:
Inner muffler replaced because it was torn after 1000km
Brake discs replaced because of too much play on the floaters
Had my clutch flushed because i had black floating rubber pieces after a few thousand km's. These were o-rings that did fall apart.
Had my clutch checked several times because it did not disengage properly (had air in the system) and the air came back several times.
Still issues so the clutch pump and master slave cilinder were replaced.
Same issue so new dealer after i had lost trust for a couple of other reasons as well (long story but they destroyed my rim, and had several other issues with bikes of friends (all brand new)).
The new dealer checked the clutch and it was completely busted! He replaced it and made sure there is no air etc. The idea of Piaggio is that the clutch got busted by the QS and or manual shifting because of the air in the system. So far so good...
It drives like a nice bike for 1000km and for sure....
She is acting up again, having issues around second gear, the gear box does not seem to properly disengage and she is grinding gears and sticky/cloinking into the lower gears. So that was an awesome trip into the French Mountains.... Had to cut it short and drive it home on the high way. Had a call with the dealer and I will bring her back in...
But i am worrying it might be a much larger issue, including the gearbox. And yes she also does this with the QS! So it might be something else.... But i also had air AGAIN! There were bubbles coming out of the clutch pump into the reservoir....
Pictures of my clutch as she was deteriorating!
Has anybody had the same issues? Something the dealer and I can try, so that I at least can drive for a few years without issues?
O and a second issues popped up! The heated seat disappears and appears on the screen and heated grips are not really warm or sometimes not working. So he is going to look at that as well (he never touched the electronics, but is going to fix it because of the other dealer).
Might actually consider to appeal for a revoke of the sale and buy another bike if things dont change, she never properly functioned.... And that is sad! She is so gorgeous.
Love to hear from you guys