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Celebrated twenty years with the Sport today.

Huh. (furiously knocking on wood) I've never had a problem with the Mighty Scura's shifting except for the occasional lever sticking down on a down shift. I don't remember it happening since the LP Extender, tuning up the selector, and imperishable pawl spring mod, though. It's.. dare I say it.. almost Japanese..

You need to pre-load the lever on the Guzzi for up and down shifts to be clean. I dont even use the clutch for up shifts from 2nd upwards. Ciao

I believe that would be @andy york's 2002 LeMans. *Somewhere* beyond 124,000 miles/ 200.000 km . . .

You have to laugh I guess. Look at that frontal area/width. I can tell you from years of Ducati track bikes open belts aren't the best idea in the world and Ducati belts are relatively protected compared to these, however if you made nice carbon covers for them then you you'd protect the belts and lose virtually all your cooling. I'd like it in my lounge room on display though. It's a tool room engine looking for a sensible home. Ciao

How much fuel was in the tank at the time? I've run out of fuel twice in exactly the same location slowing down for a give way sign on a long downhill section( not steep) as soon as I roll through the give way sign and the road goes a little up hill it fires up again. Both times to get me to the servo about 300 metres away. Ciao

As bad a rap as Boeing gets, I cannot trust an aircraft made by historical enemies. Ever see Bill Murray in "Lost in Translation"? Something like that. Oh, and I had a French car. It was frequently grounded - by itself.

Clearly a closed-circuit bike. Whole lotta work, but this thing must be 25-35 years old(?) Heads with intakes on top and 2-1 port on the exhaust side. Out there where it will cool. A round fin 5 speed probably to stay with a 1 liter limit(?). The chain drive, for all of its anachronistic charm, would be far less hassle than the shaft. Consider: you can get gold Stealth alloy/steel sprockets with matching RK chain. And, no grease gun or Italian curses needed to lube it. I wish the guy lived close by and got tired of hassling with it... Actually, I wonder how or why Guzzi did not simply make a 4-valve pushrod engine? The rockers are wide enough to cover two smaller valves on either side. Remember when Krauser made 4-valve units for the Beemer airheads? Something like that.

I hear you. I wouldn't/couldn't build it. Wouldn't/couldn't buy it. Would repaint it, ride it and sell it if someone gave it to me. As far as genius goes, Einstein's early works likely weren't the best of his career. I find it refreshing and encouraging that talented engineering types are even in to motorcycling, instead of coffee bean grinders or hover boards. This is 'hot rodding'.This is art. It doesn't physically fit into my definition of 'cool', but what does fit cool is the bastard used his talent's and vision to create it. That is where I find practical and use. Masturbation is not a good word for this exercise in creativity. Practice is maybe a better one. He want's approval. He has mine, but I'll bet after seeing my credentials, he could care less. So many things come to mind that are useless and marvelous at the same time. This level of devotion is easy to defend.

Or, from our Boeing experience, they exist for people who are constantly forced to correct engineers.

Have 40 Omrons in stock . Cheers tom.

Good idea. I haven’t spoke to Rolf since October, so it’s about time:) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for the link- order is in.

Hi Paul. I thought I had no. 16, but I could be wrong. There isn't a number plate on mine, but it came from Aberdeen in 2014. Congratulations on the new bike. I'm not far away-in Guisborough. Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk

as a total electrical numpty, i forgot that where there’s electrical flow, there’s heat

Hi, I am now the proud owner of T016. Paul, County Durham UK

Relays get hot in use. Especially under-rated relays (common) in a high current position (ignition/fuel like Relay#5 on our V11). We have a thread with some IR temperature testing I can probably find . . . )

Thanks docc!

Thanks. If I were doing it, I'd cut the shifter off square, make the extension to fit that, chamfer both sides 45 degrees, clamp them down and weld a small bead on both sides. Do a good job, and it would be hardly noticeable.

I received my 10 Omrons from Online Components two weeks ago. See attached, they say Made In USA, and work fine. Perhaps they can sell cheaper due to volume (min 10 per order). Anyway, if anyone is interested in the other 5 I now have, will ship to the lower 48 for $20.

onlinecomponenets is a reliable source and, yes, the OMRON High Current relays are not expensive. The description in the ebay ad is mostly good. I question the NO/NC current ratings (not shown) and would rather see a view of the information on the top of the relay. Interesting to see the full size contact blades. The standard G8HE has the smaller blades throughout. Perhaps this is the "1" after the "R" in the model number?

The market *may* be saturated. When I first made them, I thought maybe 10 would want them, but it sort of snowballed. I've made a bunch of them since then. I put a "factory reject" on the Mighty Scura to finish the last order, so I'm tapped out. The easiest thing for you to do is simply weld an extension on your OEM lever. I think that's what Lucky Phil originally did.

Happy anniversary and the best wishes for the next 20 years! She looks good, @docc Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Congrats, docc! That’s really awesome, and your bike looks great! Well done!

No, this plate is for the 'Broad sump' engines so the Centauro, Daytona RS, Sport-I and V11's. I'd also add that unless you are really a hard launcher it is unlikely you'd need one on one of the five speed bikes simply because of the way they are geared and their unlikliness to wheelie.

I've had these exact symptoms when hot. It seemed like coming down in rpm, she picks up just too late again and dies. Start again and she fires right up. Does your idle rpm vary a lot from warm to hot? Because mine did. After normal riding for 30min it was 1250rpm, but after a spirited ride through town (lots of stop and go, lots of accelleration) or coming off the highway to a stop, she went down to 1000rpm, which she does not like to idle at. I've solved this by mastering the Decent Tune Up as quoted by docc. Took me 3 attempts to get right, but the problem has been away for 2 years now. On the shifting: indeed, sometimes happens to me as well when I ride too "sloppy" or "lazy". Take some time for just those shifts and it will get better. Mine does it now once every 10 rides or so, which does not bother me anymore.

Ha that's funny. Biggest issue is some tend to suffer from the "wasn't thought of by us so I'm not going to take it seriously" mentality. Airbus wasn't much better but you had the :"French factor" to deal with as well. Ciao

My 87 SE hits like a 50 cal. pistol w/every combustion stroke , twists to the right with a blip of the throttle and the rear rises under acceleration with a powerband above 5k you would feel once in a lifetime and I wouldn't have it any other way !

+1 with Lucky Phil on that. Vapor lock doesn’t typically occur while fuel is flowing. Something looks to have gotten hot and recovered after a cool off, though. Failing relays can do that. Especially the #5 in the V11, and extra-especially if it is not a true High Current relay.

Not Vapour lock. Hot for the bay area doesn't really mean much for troubleshooting purposes. What was the estimated OAT. Sounds like an ignition sensor failing or maybe a blocked fuel filter or fuel tap or bad gas but not vapour lock. Ciao

Not sure, I'm a bit of a computer Luddite I just know it's been faultless with me. I did however spend a LOT of time researching Guzzidiag on the wildguzzi forum and the Guzzi.de forum where the people that invented it live and there are quite a few connection issues resolved there. Mainly in the earlier iterations and for Apple users. Have a look at the guzzi tutorial thread on the Wildguzzi forum and start from page 1. It takes a while to read through but it's an education and will help. The only things I have to add re connections are these, not from personal experience but just what comes to mind from research. The black lead on the interface leads doesn't need to be connected to the battery. The ECU will provide the earth. Dont connect the power and earth leads around the wrong way or you'll destroy the chipset in the leads. Swapping computer ports can be the answer. make sure you have the correct model bike loaded in Guzzidiag Connecting the leads first and then launching the application can work Erasing the guzzidiag programme and re down loading and re launching can work. make sure the battery voltage is ok or connect to battery charger. Kill switch on. I mostly pull the fuel pump fuse not for connection reasons but to stop the injectors sending a shot of fuel down the intakes every time I cycle the ignition. I think thats about the extent of my knowledge on connection issues. Ciao

Best when someone is out of tune in the band, that the whole band tunes together . . .

Awesome I wonder if yours is the highest mileage V11 Sport in the world? I still have about 18 months to go for mine to reach 20 years old with the original owner.

Saw that on FaceBook last night..I appreciate all the hard work that went into this..the paint idea and workmanship looks awesome too....sometimes things dont have to be practical to still be awesome imo.

Hello, my name i Lars Lindqvist from Sweden and I own now the Tenni nr 000.

I am owner of 2002 Lemans tenni #123. On current register you have motorcycle sold for parts. Not true. Have had since 2007 and is in great working order with over 47,000 miles. Currently a resident of New York.

So I just happened to be in Chicago this morning and I was able to stop and see The Guzzi Dr. First time meeting and speaking in person and had a look around the shop. Really nice guy, reminds me of my uncle Agostino who passed away from cancer. (Hardly a day goes by that I don’t think of him) We talked about the project and I feel much better about it. I didn’t know the other guy that works there, Frank is a machinist of 30 years experience and they have a Bridgeport milling machine. So when I started talking to him about my ideas and what I see in my mind he was excited. And can do the work needed to make some pieces fit. Lucky for me I don’t need to source all those parts for the rear wheel. Just the drive flange. lucky and unlucky for me his shop is right across the street from a truck stop and while I was there during my visit, a trucker backed into my truck and did quite a bit of damage. what was a cool stop along the way turned into the cops coming out and reports being filed. First time in 20 years anyone has hit my baby and I’m very disappointed.