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Those gears are coming from the U.K. Joe Caruso has them made and they are steel. heres the invoice from Joe this morning: CENTAURO LARGE STEEL GEAR 350.00 CENTAURO OIL PUMP STEEL GEAR 235.00 CENTAURO UPGRADE OIL PUMP 375.00 BRONZE THRUST FLANGE 90.00 CAM FOLLOWERS X 4 420.00 SHIPPING TO USA TRACKED GLOBAL PRIORITY 67.00 ___________________________________ TOTAL AMOUNT UK POUNDS £1537.00 I’m wrapping my wallet in asbestos....

make sure you don't use the aluminum gear set-up . That stuff lasts about as long as an ice cream cone in July .

The sensor gap should be between 0.6 and 1.2mm. Its really hard to measure in situ, this is how I do mine. Stick a small blob of JB Kwik on the tip and bolt it in place, don't turn the motor. Allow time for it to set up, pull the sensor out again and measure the thickness of the epoxy. As for making the sensor oil tight, i'm convinced the oil leaks through the sensor not around it. I took to carrying a spare sensor in the Monkey Paw trap there's absolutely nothing you can do on the road if the sensor fails open. I don't have a VII any more but I have a two Valve Griso, it can be just as frustrating. I'm pleased to see some of you are still using the Go Winkie as Docc calls it to instantly troubleshoot a bad contact in the wiring to the ECU relay, I remember finding mine at about half brightness when the stand switch was acting up. Cheers Roy

I am going to start a new build page. I had some issues with rude behavior and in retrospect, it isn't worth not being here. That explains why i dropped off the site for a few months. Anyway i'm back and sorry to anyone that may have been disappointed or let down for my abrupt absence.

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

Here is a nice pic of the shift side of my Motobits controls. I modified then with adjustable and folding toe pegs.

Sounds like a really interesting build, I'm sure we'd all appreciate photo's as the project progress. I am always in amazement of folks that dream and undertake such bold projects. Welcome back!

Same here . #1 these seals are LOW tension seals .Remember that . You need to be absolutely sanitary when you do this . Micro-fiber towels an all . CLEAN the wiper seal too . What ever is between it and the seal will go right back into the seal and you will do it all over again .

People here are generally far nicer than most places on the internet.

I don't see why not. I use it on my heavy equipment. I used to use WD-40 and switched over to using boeshield and it works. When i need to work on it, i spray everything down with it and it seems to do a much better job then anything I've tried in the past 20+ years. i don't want to sound like an infomercial but i'd say grab a can and try it. It's not too expensive.

I meant why don't they use a stainless bush, the bush is an interference fit in the eye so it's hard to see how water gets in and corrodes it anyway

Plenty of shocks use an alloy eye. What you can do is remove the shock and press out the bush and check the alloy bore with a dye check kit and refit the bush if all is well. Apart from that you can apply some basic corrosion preventative measures. I might do this to my low mileage one and then I can sell it with a clear conscious Ciao

I got this baby for my Lemans. It's a nice faux suede. Looks really good. Mind you though made for our bikes it's a tight fit since the faux suede is plush. It'll be a little tight to lock in but it's a nice upgrade.

One more bid at the last instant. Sold at $8,260US.

He hasn't owned it for years and an article I read said he has had so many Moto Guzzi's he can't begin to remember them all..Moto Guzzi gives/or gave (not sure about today) him a new model every time they come out and he is /was their promotional man. Hope it makes someone Happy Though!!!

First failure was incorrect clearence,, no clearance. I'm suprised it lasted that long, po rode may be 2000m, and I about the same before failure. Just had to drop in the next one up in the mountains, to get home. Took it out and made clearance. It lasted another 2000m, before failure. BUT a close look yesterday reviels a tiny touchmark, so probably marked it, on the 60m trip home. 2 destroyed because of wrong clearence. I have a couple on order, for a Fiat I think. Cheers tom.

After a bit of climate change....I went out and tweaked on it some more. Much better fit. I removed the tail and re-installed it and it was a lot easier to get it into place. Once my new seat gets here, i know i can have the guys trim it to fit perfectly

It's only a dollar more!!!!

Today? Well, for the past week: New front tire (#24), flushed front brakes and cleaned all eight pistons (with a new "piston removal tool" to rotate each one ), changed the overdue fork oil (learned some helpful hints from Josh ), replaced a broken fork spring , and refitted the Stucchi flyscreen to protect the Speedhuts on the S'xteenth South'n SpineRaid (seven weeks out). Time for a little shakedown ride . . .

Well, this made me look at the Sachs that came off my Sport after 49,000 miles/ 79.000 km/ 7 years. I believe both the images above are from V11 in the UK. What I realized is there is a substantial, grooved "bush" inside the eye that contacts the actual pivot bolt. So, the thinking that a well greased pivot bolt would be preventive seems rather circumspect. The corrosion shown would be between the alloy eye and the pressed-in steel bush. Not at all sure how to prevent corrosion in that space . . .

Goodness me no wonder the rear eye broke, look at all that corrosion. I have one of these original shocks but have not tried to sell it because i wouldn't feel right knowing they tend to fail like this but these images have got me wondering if corrosion is a major contributor to the failures. Anyone else had failures without corrosion involved? Ciao

In keeping with the rare & exotic theme. I also came across what very well may be one of the last NOS Tenni Suede seats around. And yes, I did get the little passenger hump also.

Found this and just had to post it, I cannot think of a better comment than Peanut's.

I think its well recognised that the standard airbox is by far the best scenario not only for the V11 but for every engine made in the last 25 years. Ask yourself how many modern motorcycles you see around with open bellmouths or pod filters these days. even race bikes havent done open bell mouths for 25 years or more.The airbox is part of the intake tuning methodology. The bikes you see with pod filters here sacrifice performance for a particular style and look not because it actually works better. Its one of the dumbest things you can do to your bike, no doubt. Apart from maybe raking the front end and using fork extenders with ape hanger bars. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Ciao

Can't remember how. I figure if a guy wants to share a link to sell his V11, it shouldn't be shielded by a login.