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Good morning from the MGGG MMXX battlefield in Cross Junction, Virginia, where the National Park Service is already putting up historical markers. So, a group of Guzzisti friends and I got together for a “Guy-Only Slumber Party, Motorcycle Riding, Eating, Drinking, & Lie-Telling” weekend in the middle of July. It was grand. The CDC would not have approved, but while hardly keeping each other at arms’ length, everyone was mindful and courteous. We’ll know how that part goes within two weeks. Naturally, I took photos. Lots of them. As in nudging 500! But, lucky you, "only" 129 made the final cut. Best, the Smugmug gallery opens in “Landscape Collage” view, meaning you don’t have to look at every pic. You can hover your cursor over pix that interest you — assuming any do, of course! — and the captions should appear. OTOH, if you have the time and inclination to see the whole story, just light up the first photo after the banner pic and run through them in larger sizes. Here they are: MGGG MMXX Pix To those of you seeing this who were part of this, thanks for making my — gasp! — 73d birthday great fun. Bill

Before you put the sealant around the outside of the cover, you want to do a "dummy run" and offer up the selector plate to the gearbox and make sure that it is going to go straight on. Otherwise the sealant will skin over while you muck about with it. The gear selector mechanism must be in the same gear as the gearbox for it to fit. It is easiest to have them both in neutral, unless you know for certain what gear the box was in when it locked and you haven't moved any of the selector forks. You can set the gear selector mechanism in neutral, and put each of the selector forks in the gearbox in the middle of their travel, which corresponds to the box being in neutral. You might still have to slightly adjust selector fork positions by trial and error until they match up exactly. Then clean the mating surfaces of any oil, apply sealant sparingly, and bolt up quickly. Good luck! - Jim.

You must put those FIAMMS horizontal, any sort of an angle and water gets trapped rusting away the diaphragm When wiring them use something like #16 direct from the battery with a relay, horns are like high quality speakers they benefit from robust wiring. And last of all do not mount them to a rigid surface or it damps the noise out, the little metal plate they ship with them has a purpose. They look like they are fixed to the Aluminium plate but if you look closely you will see the thin steel plate below.

I wonder how many Zep songs contain the words 'baby, baby baby'!

^^^ this is a very good sign ^^^

Yes, I was. Did you? As you can read from the description on the Flickr page: «Heating and careful work with a hammer and an old screwdriver made it happen.» Throttle bodies, stabilizer rods, and new hoses are remounted, but Greenie is still in the basement... I'm building a new motorcycle workshop these days. Busy as hell. Rain tomorrow = replace gear change pawl spring.

It's been what... 15-16 years since I broke and replaced mine with a factory replacement (to be replaced with the new one soon) but as I recall you are correct. I don't think it will go back together unless it all lines up, so it kinda is fool proof

Yeah, mine are up in the fairing on either side of the tank, and as I recall are mostly horizontal. They are attached to the rear fairing bolt & bracket, but they pivot and wobble too much for my liking since it is a single bolt. It's on my list one day to find a better way to mount them, but the location seems good. They are generally out of the weather.

Happy Birthday, Bill!

I think Elvin has turned into the Randy Newman of the bluesmen. He's a good ol' Tulsa boy who's always had an Okie sense of humor and blazing geee-tar. He would make it on Prairie Home Companion whenever the show played the Bay Area. Apparently Elvin is an avid gardener.

Your old spring was ready to break from over travel. From memory the gearbox needs to be in neutral for the dogs to line up, so from memory you can't assemble it incorrectly.

The new and reinforced spring from @Chuck and @Scud in place. The old one has another geometry. Must be compressed? A pretty straightforward task, except for the placement of selector gears when re-mounting... I didn't note what gear it was in when tearing down the gear cover. I think it was in 1st, but I moved the gear level pedal when I took it off and accindentally changed gear. Can I see it from this photo?

that looks good, it's been awhile since I did mine. One of those allen head bolts at the bottom (behind the frame rail) is a bit tricky. I sacrificed a wrench (cut it off) and used a small steel tube as a cheater bar for adequate torque. Somewhere on the forum is a Lucky Phil thread on "finessing" some of the other bits... while your in there, very worthy read.. I used three-bond 1194 (grey) to seal her up.

It's gonna be rain tomorrow, so finally time to replace the gear change pawl spring. Not sure if this guide has been posted here, but it looks good to me: https://sites.google.com/site/motoguzziv11rossocorsa/home/gearbox-pre-selector-spring Thanks for the springs, Scudder!

Good . Put on some Steppenwolf and go !

I was hoping someone had the definitive answer for this . . . I've been through a couple pair of FIAMM horns. Nice to sound like a pickup truck when necessary! They are certainly susceptible to gathering moisture and debris. I learned to angle them away from the tire spray: . . . using the FIAMM guards (secured with black RTV silicone). FIAMM once offered to replace my horns when they quit. Worth asking. (They also sent me the guards, pictured, free of charge).

Glad not to be alone . . .

Lockdown is finally easing here. Went a 400 mile run on Monday to the west coast, roads were very quiet, no caravans, Motorhomes etc to impede progress. Loved it, just what I needed. Pubs, hotels, campsites open next week. See what the “new normal” is then.