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Not enough fine detail to determine. You need parts in your hand and some background on the bike and maintenance history to really know.

In May there's Queensland's Ruptured Budgie a few hours inland from Brisbane. September is the NSW Ragged Fringe about 4 hours north of Sydney October is Victoria's Spaghetti 3 hours towards Sydney from Melbourne. Budgie is the biggest, about 400 attending, 250 for the ragged, 200 for the spag. About a quarter at each are Guzzis, but a V11 is a rare sight. Tontis, carcs and v7s dominate.

I found this video extremely difficult to watch, for multiple reasons, but I am not going to elaborate. What do you think happened? is the alloy at fault? an issue with the casting process? it could only be a defect, not the result of mechanical fatigue at 500 miles....

Wouldn't an '03 have the 43mm hollow axle forks and better discs? audiomick, Were it mine, it would be worth a couple of letters or some internet sleuthing to contact the owners, for some PEACE of mind.

How many racks do you want ? Cheers Tom.

Kiwi Roy rules. The electrical system is on holiday, never mind the 30amp. And the update is not really visible. Cheers Tom. Cheers Tom.

Nice piece of kit.

Yours, I take it?

I'm fairly sure mine shouldn't be. Others here have said so. Mine had a handlebar instead of the clip-ons in the hands of the owner 2 previous to me. The papers I have confirm the number plate as being the owner from Feb. 2017 till May 2022. The mufflers are also different to the ones on it now. I think the previous owner flogged them off seperately when he sold it to me. The photo was passed on to me by someone I know from the Germann forum. No idea how he got the photo. PS: I'd rather like to know why that luggage rack wasn't on it when I got it.

Well it's working, but maybe only a band-aid, not actually corrected. @Tomchri I ran a direct wire from the RR to the battery, took it for a ride and it now has higher voltage at higher rpm, as it should. Thank you. (The RR I bought came with a long power wire just for this reason, but wanting to keep it OEM, I had originally chose not to use it.) The problem now is this all started when my 30a fuse started to melt at the base (not blowing). I replaced it with a CB, but that hasn't helped other than allowing me to push the button rather than replacing a melted fuse. As it is now I'm concerned that there is still a short in that main harness. A friend tells me the additional wire will help add resistance and may in effect make up for the fault. To truly repair this, I believe I'll need to remove the tank and replace this power line. For now, I'll see how this fares.

Well , it is an official 2003 and it has an internal fuel pump.

The penny just dropped. You're right of course.

Mine both have compression damping adjustment. My gauges are black (ish. more like grey..) No, it doesn't. What's the next digit after that? The 10th digit is the year of manufacture. Look here: https://www.mgcn.nl/database/mg-framenummers

Good luck and welcome mate. Cheers Ps would luv a mini me Green V11 Sport to go with my big un...

10th character is the year. Your "carryover" Sport is a "3", @gstallons?

First things first . after a couple of days edit your post that has the VIN in it and erase the VIN for your safety. The forks should have a compression adjust on one and a rebound on the other. IDK if you can install the same forks on these bikes or the internals have been swapped ? My 03ish sport naked (I think) has white face gauges , the forks are different , the clip-ons are above the triple trees , The pork chops may be painted . IDK . I can't tell if your fuel tank has a chin pad or not. The white face gauges are supposed to be earlier than your bike's . My bike VIN is ZGUKRAKR6******** Also , IDK if my triple trees are drilled for bar mounts or not ?

I have, very recently, performed some very bad math. Yet, consider that if #111111 was the first bike, that there was no production through 111110. 111456 - 111110 = 346

errrmm, #456, I think.

So, the VIN refutes my theory that it was late production 2002 and may have benefited from some 2003 "transition" parts as this is #346 built for the 2002 model year. (First V11 of each model year = 111111 edit: Nothing wrong with the new thread, but good to have them linked for cross refeisdictionsrence. * I share your curiosity. While we will likely never know, it is a fun exercise to ponder. I considered that a PO may have wanted handlebars (many have gone this route over the clip-ons) and, perhaps the fork upgrade. Yet, there are is also the later Long Tank (along with non-2002 color scheme), the grey side plates, and ITI /hUR instruments. All of this, at odds with the VIN, could suggest an extensive rebuild. In many jurisdictions, this would be notated on the title.

I had already started a thread about the originality or not of the bike. It is here, but nothing absolutely conclusive came out of it. As you all can see, the topic is leaving me no peace... @docc it occurs to me now, too late, that I could have hung this on the end of that other thread instead of starting a new one. Feel free to merge them if you wish.

I've got some pictures in the gallery. I'll put them in. The fuel pump is in the (long) tank. Yes, I know the later forks are better, and am happy to have them. The papers I have go back to the original owner, in total 4 owners prior to me. The one before me I know personally, but he only had the bike for a year or so. Contacting any of the others would mean sending them a letter to the listed address "out of the blue", which may or may not achieve anything. The VIN is ZGUKTA0102M111456 Here are some pictures. The third one shows the top triple-clamp and the head of one fork. The head of the other fork is identical to that.

Lacking a crash, the later forks/brakes are actually a decent upgrade. Any way to trace ownership back and speak with the prior owners? That name or names might be in any paperwork which came with the bike.

Yeah , you have something extraordinary . google pics from M/G sales brochures for a lot less $$$ . Can you post the last 8 characters of the VIN ? Can you post pics of the top of the forks , pork chops , clip-ons , etc. I assume yours has a black foam insert in front of the fuel cap to prove it is a external fuel pump .