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Thanks.. The Magni system has grown on me.. When I looked back on the 17 years documented history of this bike with him as owner I saw that the original owner of this bike spent a great deal of time over the years trying different things ,tuning and tweeking this bike and the intake and exhaust system on a dyno to get it just right..and the thing runs very well ..so I'll not fuss with it..I admit was up in the air about whether they would stay at first, but when I look at them in the context of the Magni styles I do like them now. As far as the black drawing attention to the center of the bike... thats how myself prefer to see these bikes.. I like the rest to kind of disappear in the photo .. for myself the motor and tank is what appeals to me most about a V-11! Cheers!!

Okay, sorry for not getting back to this earlier - but got caught up with the usual stuff. So following the two adaptation rides under 3000rpm - I went on a ride into the city of some 45 minutes with plenty of stoplights, roundabouts etc. the bike was an absolute joy - smooth, stable tempo with every manoeuvre, gear change. Then I took the bike out beyond the suburbs to give it some gas. Perfect. What was most notable, rolling off the throttle the bIke has lost all its pops & burbles emitted from the M4’s. Zero. All revs, all gears, downhill coasting from high to low revs - nothing. Buttery smooth. Even after services from various renowned Guzzi mechanics - the bike has never been better. The new Bosch LSH24 0258003805 sensor cost €41.22 - sent from AutoDoc Germany to my friend in the UK for another €20.64 postage & 20% VAT. Friend posted it to me for around £13 all up. (AutoDoc doesn’t send items outside EU to Australia). Anybody who has an O2 equipped V11 with the 15RC ECU should swap in a quality LSH24 sensor. It is such an inexpensive item, easy to swap over - don’t bother with any ECU modifiers until this is done first. Brilliant upgrade. My bike has literally been reborn. Safer, smooth & vigorous. In my view - there’s nothing wrong with the Magneti Marelli 15RC ECU - any suggestion to disable O2 sensor V11’s has been made redundant. The ECU has simply been limited by GIGO - garbage in garbage out. Get rid of those slow crappy old LSH15 sensors! Finally, I wish to give all credit to the post by MotoUbe on Anima Guzzista forum. Thanks to Ube - my bike is as comparably smooth to any Honda or BMW. Cheers fella’s! 👍😎

The more I study these bikes,the more I like them ,can't say that about a lot of other machines I own ,and there's been a lot! But they are truely addictive ,I'm hooked.

Nice. The red really "pops" in that image and the black parts centralise everything and draw the focus to the centre of the bike and give it a shorter look. I really like the look of the pipes but I still think they are too long and not quite large enough in diameter. I've always had a hankering to make a set of those with my proportions in brushed stainless steel with TIG welds. Ciao

Yes well it was great. One of the wires had been sitting down in the swingarm area naked to the eye. The last thing I did was put the battery frame and battery in so with this wire coming from a different direction..I am sure its the main earth to the gearbox I couldn't. I couldn't see it due to the bodywork and everything else masking my view. Once the battery frame was out I could just make out the wire so pulled at it and sure enough she is all go again. Thanks for all your help.....feeling stupid but I can confirm that there are three positive and three negative leads to the battery on the 03 model.....which I will not forget again!! Ciao Nick

MRA has different models,,, but for something unique, possibly special order, I think Gustaffson might be a better possibility. Good luck Kelly

I have been researching R230's for a few years. Almost had a pristine 10k mile SL55 in my grasp but it had too many issues so I let it go. Ended up with a real nice 09 SL550 instead in retina melting Mars Red :-).

Here it is in Post#2. That will be where the chicken dinner goes!

Stay safe Kin.

G'day mate. I have a set of these Tekno bags that came with my bike. I'm not a fan of them and removed the framework from the bike.Everything was then shoved in the shed. Long story short, I'll never use them and if someone else can get some use out of them then free to a good home! A caveat though. The right side bag was ripped and the previous owner repaired the pannier with cable ties to get him where he needed to be at the time. However it's only the fabric and inside structure is intact as is all the framework.The left bag is all good! I'm not able to post any photos unfortunately ( beyond my expertise ). Jeez I suppose the other caveat would be the tyranny of distance. I'm in Victoria Oz ! Still, don't suppose it'd be that expensive to post eh. Anyways if anyone's interested let me know and after the lockdown I'll see about getting them packed up / posted. Cheers Guzzler

The Scura always looks fabulous, but a bit sinister, too. The dark Scura’s emerging presence upon a peaceful scene, with the juxtaposed balance of it against the white building in the background, and the shaft of light falling betwixt them, adds tension and mystery to the picture. A very nice picture!

I did it on a 2001 RM with (soft) chinpad. I'll upload my pics and learnings tomorrow, now time for a beer first Edit: So yeah, I bought a SW Motech daypack and Aprilia tankring (don't know which one, but it originally fits a 2001 ETV 1000 Caponord). When installed directly, the chinpad prevents the bag from locking into place (as expected). So I made spacers (9mm) to raise the tank ring straight up. The bag fit perfectly! However the fuel filler cap would not open anymore, it hit the tank ring as it was now raised. I removed the rear spacers and cut down the front ones (made from 8x1mm alu tube) to about 5-6mm of raise, essentially putting the ring on a slight angle. I then ground down the plastic on the inside a few mm in order to let the filler cap pass, as well as some of the metal ring underneath. Keep in mind the bolt holes in the filler cap are recessed 6mm, so the actual length of my 8mm OD spacer tubes is 11-12mm on the front. Some pics:

All of these things in combination have stopped me from using one of these deep sumps although I like them very much. The other issue is you lose your oil cooler and can only fit one via a fairly untidy oil filter sandwich plate and AN fitting hoses. The best way around the side stand issue is the weld a machined lug onto the side of the sump for the original style V11 stand bracket which incidentally comes in 2 versions, 1 with a 6mm bolt and the later type with an 8mm bolt. Even in European traffic the engine will get hot with one of these sumps with the extra capacity and paul Daytona has fitted a cooler as well on his Daytona. He has also used the daytona bracket without the additional bolt for years without an issue apparently. In my view the sidestand cutout is a mandatory function, either that or the less appealing self retracting side stand. It only takes one lapse to cause a nasty and very possibly fatal accident. I've witnessed one and heard of others over the years. Ciao

I'd rectify that myself. I've seen a nasty accident from a side stand left down and heard of more than 1 fatality from it over the years. If you dont have the safety switch then it needs to be self retracting for mine. Ciao

Roy is the "go to" man for the electrical stuff. Ciao

Bravo to NicoNZ then. I skim too much these days. Ciao

Did it get this way or has it been modified ? If you want it to work , buy a new switch and install it .

Docc , that is a perfect pic . Perfect .

I haven't personally dealt with either, but these are the links I got: https://bikescreen.com/products/moto-guzzi-magni https://www.airtech-streamlining.com/moto-guzzi-fairings-seats-fenders-parts/motoguzzilemans.htm Otherwise, might want to reach out to Agostini in Italy, or Magni directly. I think I originally got my fairing kit via Agostini, if memory serves. __Jason

If the wires at the Ignition Switch are seen to be all intact at the solder joints, inspect for pinched or damaged wiring (as from a rodent chewing) and be certain the main ground to the gearbox is intact. I will look again for images of the Ignition Switch fault.

Yeah, that's for their progressive (or whatever term they use to describe it). Their linear one is somewhat cheaper. But yeah... spendy. __Jason

The crazy thing with Mav and his crash is the back story. It seems Brembo told all the teams to use a new brake set up due to issues at the first round in Austria. Mav (and one other guy, Rins I believe) and his team decided they would use the old set up. It started failing, and he stayed out. He stayed out on track in a race where he knew his brakes were failing. It is just dumb luck that he or no one else was injured or worse when the eventual crash happened. That was a pretty bad lapse in judgement.

Also, noticed that GTM is offering a steering damper from Matris: https://gtmotocycles.com/collections/suspension/products/matris-steering-damper-kit?variant=14327859380267 __Jason

Aw . . . . seems to be a lot of that going around these days. Lay in a course for next year, the South'n SpineRaid's 7'teenth and Moto Guzzi's Centesimo! We're gonna have a big blow out (not really) and pull out all the stops (not really doing anything differently). Well, okay, maybe we'll bring more tools . . .

Winner,Winner, chicken dinner:) Ciao

Man, I’m really sorry to hear that. I have family on the peninsula and they’re hurting. Stay safe. Nice. For the scores of times that I traveled over the Bay Bridge, I’ve never stopped off on Treasure Island. Next time I’m stopping.

I think all of us here feel the same way!

You outline the issue I had with mapping the Daytona engine from a different ECU but it's not the headache you might think just time consuming and you can use Tunerpro to look at plenty of other peoples .bin files to shorten up the process. So when I needed to use the Daytona/Centauro mapping from a 16M ecu to a 15M ecu ( both use different XDF files to read the .bin files) I was also able through the generosity of others around the world to read a lot of other .bin files for standard and modified maps and use them as a reference. You can read the process in my build thread but essentially I had enough information on maps to look at what had worked for others and mix and match to suit what I thought might be needed on my bike. So for instance you have a problem in one area you can look at 6 other .bin files and say well gee mine is way richer here than all the others so obviously I need to lean it out here, whats the leanest of them all and make a judgement about where you go with the change. So forth and so on. It's not going to be better than a few hours on the dyno but you can get it running very well indeed and at the very least try some basic stuff in areas that you have an issue. You're never going to wreck an engine by taking small steps on the mapping riding it around at road speeds unless you are silly. You will feel or even hear any issue thats a problem but always err on the side of caution. My first 2 maps were much too rich and didn't have the engine running very well, at all but once I managed to get a look at what a standard centi map looked like and then a daytona and 2 modified centi maps that had worked I had a ton of info to look at and make sensible decisions. Ciao

Lucky Phil , if you are correct about the ok, you will hear my scream from your back porch. I actually am not sure at the moment. Also if your correct, after I'm done feeling very, very, stupid I'll be mailing you a beer. Thank you gentlemen.

No worries mate! Now that I have a new Tank bag - yay. The Minister thinks it a good time to clear these from the shed after 10 years of gathering dust ha ha . More than happy for someone to get some use out of them or parts thereof. Cheers Guzzler

No noticeable difference in the way it runs . Just ain't right, and still pops, farts, backfires. Ticks me off ! Takes all the fun out of it. The up side is it blows all the dust out of the air filter every time it backfires !!! That's a mighty clean air filter ya' got there Son ! I've tried loading the reader more than 50, less than a 100 times. AND will continue trying because I'm a glutton for punishment. Probably go through the tune up and air leak routines again. Hoping it is something mechanical (much easier to deal with than the flow of electrons). Guzzler you are correct about the PClll's back in the day and Tomchri I'd like to know what fine tuning you use the 5 lb sledge hammer in the lower left of the first pic for ? Did you threaten your electronics ? Please let me know if it works. I'm starting to get the urge myself.

You can download the map using 'Reader' turn off the lambda input and then change anything you like using Tunerpro and upload the finished result using 'Writer'. Power commanders are so last century Darling!😁

That's a tempting offer! In my case, I already have an aging and somewhat frayed set, that for the time being, is still quite usable. So I'll step back and give others a chance to make a claim. If my experiment in finding a 3rd-party brand of luggage to mount on the OEM frames using the readily available KlickFix mounting hardware pans out, then then those frames may be the most valuable part of the entire kit (personally, I found the Guzzi-supplied OEM frames to be *much* more aesthetically pleasing than any of the aftermarket hardware). Cheers! __Jason

Missed the first picture. Cheers Tom Sent fra min SM-A505FN via Tapatalk

I was sort of telling her a few things today, mumbling about Guzzidiag, and a little treattning . Marius are willing to help. This afternoon, a few big gasp of breath and lap top's on, what the H. Went for a brew, later, later. BUT see picture a few hours later,,, looks I'm on to something. Just saying Cosmo. Cheers Tom Sent fra min SM-A505FN via Tapatalk

Oh, hey, you are in the right pace to be fussing with your V11! These folks rock! The original Bitubo dampers were (are) pretty awful about leaking. I replaced mine years ago with a nicely made Shindy (Japanese) unit. That shop is no longer, but thay can probably be hunted up. I'll look up links and model number later if you like . . .

Thanks! Yeah, I love that photo. Taken under the Ben Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia. __Jason

You know, as much as I like the way the bridge sets off the Sport in that image, this amazing backdrop is awesome:

We'll see about durability. Thanks @KINDOY2 for putting me onto the SEM product! The Krylon just scratched off after a time of use.

Ha ha Not to be confused with the Sea change of course!! Actually we did a Sea to Tree change when we moved from Bayside Melbourne to the Country. That doesn't really count though as it was suburban Melbourne of course! And here ends the Aussie vernacular lesson for today folks. Cheers Guzzler

Being English, I had to Google 'tree change'. Nice phrase.

Here's the same tank ring set KINDAOY2 recommends with the kit diagram/parts list/pics attached. This is installed on my '03 LM with a bigger, farther setback tank bag (15-21 Liter). If you can purchase the kit, then purchase multiple mounting rings (Pc. 2) you can stack 2 or 3 and just adapt longer bolts for it to work out and still clear the chin pad. See pics. https://i.ibb.co/DfFdrvj/0820200948.jpg https://i.ibb.co/fCM1CR0/0820200949-HDR.jpg https://i.ibb.co/5TmVtLr/0820200949a-HDR.jpg https://i.ibb.co/CMf7670/0820200950c-HDR.jpg https://i.ibb.co/drfWN4d/0820200955.jpg https://i.ibb.co/Rvcb9gK/0820200955a.jpg https://i.ibb.co/vXBThPR/0820200955b.jpg

Gear selector side cover remounted. New sealing and the reinforced pawl spring from @Chuck and @Scud is in place. Summer is just around the corner. More from the service is posted in the «Re-engineering the Shift Spring»-thread: https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?/topic/20201-re-engineering-the-shift-spring/&do=findComment&comment=251975

although, on the pipe wrap thang: I had my kwakker headers all wrapped, and was most pleased with the funky look! But later, upon removal, was greeted with an absolutely dreadful cancerous wodge of metal beneath... like i’ve not seen metal in such a poor condition...

Well, circumstances beyond my control have conspired to prevent me from attending. I’m very disappointed....