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Alright, alright, the "moderator" ( ) contacted me and said this was a thread about pics of V11, "no words" . . . my bad, I'll try to behave . . .

Yer wading into "bland and pasty" talk, there buddy . . . Let me try and pull this out before my flywheel cracks . . . The Sport's shadow, alone, in this image, is worth a toast. Here is to all-y'all!

In that lake shot, I love the way the silver of the water surface dances over the Sport. Somewhere along the line, I learned from pro photographers that silver is often chosen for automotive photo shoots as it throws fabulous contrasts and sets the lines of the design off while being "neutral" to color preference. Also can be considered bland and pasty, but them are fightin' words!

And yet, you gave me no end of grief over my gaudy gaiters. (tm)

Okay, we're still friends . . .

Perish the thought docc. In reality my colour bias has always been to vivid colours and in particular to Blue. I've always known I have a leaning to vivid colours but about year or two ago I became aware of the fact that the last 3 new cars I have owned were almost the exact same coloured blue as my very first car( a 1962 Falcon, USA Sprint) that I spray painted that very colour in 1975. Back then it was a very brave choice. Ciao

^^^^ Ahem. That would be Shirley.

What, you park in front of a V11 bevel box pinion gear docc. Ciao

Sounds like Aussie bush engineering:) Ciao

I have a great deal of respect for what bloor did creating triumph from scratch. A few more like him and less entrepreneurs would make a better economy I think. I suspect you would be right, I hope so anyway. I owned 3 Triumphs in the 90's. The first was the original Speed Tripple which was a heavy thing and fairly basic engineering but decent quality as was required for launching a new company so I was pretty happy with it. The second 2 were the new Daytonas with the alloy frame from a few years later and quite frankly they were horrible. Both mine had to have the frames replaced, not for the well known failure of the clear finish but for other issues. The first one had a big ugly angle grinder scar across the frame in a really visible spot where the guy dressing the welds before the frame was painted slipped and marred it badly. Should never have made it through QC and the second one for a porous casting at the swingarm mounting point. Had to fight them on both counts legally but won. The bodywork on the first one had 2 different paint shades of the same colour, instruments that fogged up all the time( which I fixed successfully) and things like the airbox which looked like it was put together like a Lego kit. I used to call it the Hyundai Excel of motorcycles( which was really a disservice to the Excel) and if you knew nothing about the mechanical stuff you would probably think it was nice. Having said all that I had a great relationship with the deal;er and thought well maybe it was the old first model lemon so a year later I bought another new one. Mistake, it was just as bad with none of the quality issues addressed and had the porous frame casting. At the same time my mate had a customer that was racing one and he was taking care of the mechanicals and converting it to use a Motec ecu. I started finding out the internal mechanical details about the engine and realised that Triumph and I had different ideas about quality. The drive gear on the balance shaft on those second gen engines was a shrink fit on the shaft without a locating key or dowel and they used to move. The weight would then start clipping the rod bolt on #1 cylinder and the engine was scrap within a second. This used to happen with std bikes at track days not just race bikes. My mate used to pin the gear to prevent it on race engines. I mentioned to my dealer friend about this and they had a few customer bikes affected. That's when i gave up on Triumph quality. If you ever get a chance to buy or restore one of these old Daytonas I'd steer clear.Some of the basic stuff they never even supplied as spares parts, like valve guides. Ciao

Hey there! So I am replacing my V11 motor with a replacement soon and will be parting out the stock motor. It had roughly 16k on it when the right connecting rod bearing went out. The motor itself is in fantastic condition still. I could have had this fixed but would rather replace and part out the old one to re-coup some funds...Anyways Below are a few pics. Pretty much the entire motor will be taken apart in the next day and parts sold off individually. I'll get an updated section of pics here soon too but for now what you see is just the right cylinder side. Shoot me an offer on what you're after, I have no use for the old stuff and would rather it not collect too much dust My contact number is available too. I am happy to ship items as well! It's easier for me to email or text pics so just keep me posted. Cheers, Max List: x2 valve covers-$100 Pushrods, hardware, rockers, rocker holders-$100 Right side cylinder: $150 Bad connecting rod and good piston: $60 Right cylinder head assembly in good shape: $150 Oil pan: $100

It is curious how that one-of-a-kind Aero-Lario reminds me of a certain one-of-a-kind V10 RedFrame we know of . . . Can't wait to see more pictures of our V11 out and about . . .

Just relisted this on Ebay UK https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Moto-Guzzi-V11-Sport-Greenie/254563845478?hash=item3b45300566:g:zyYAAOSwa8NeaPYS

Yes docc water reflections can have amazing effect. Interesting details on the silver and its photography effects. I've always been a bit confused as to why I really love the Sport in silver in images but it never seems to translate to the same impression in the flesh. Its been my experience on more than one occasion. Now I know why. Colour is such an interesting subject from the perspective of highlighting or emphasising particular aspects or conversely minimising others but use of colour. I have no real idae about these things other than to know its real and an art practised by designers and artists. On my bike I knew the grey engine looked really good against the red Daytona RS bodywork but wasnt sure it would work with the Green. Ciao

Why do the silver bike photograph so well. Beautiful light you've caught there docc. Ciao

The build quality on the new Triumphs is outstanding. Heck the reliability is also outstanding. You should pop over to a Triumph dealer and take a look.

I had an "essential" reason to leave my home and go to the post office for work today, so I mailed out several springs. If you've sent me money in the last month, during California's Corona-virus Clampdown, your springs are on the way.

I see what you did there.

Apparently, Dali is OK.