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Thanks docc. Yours is one of the threads that I'd read, & it is certainly comprehensive! I'm just a wee bit nervous about doing stuff that is potentially beyond me, without a watchful eye over to me to stop me from making a terminal error! I'll have another read, go see the Wizard for some courage, & go from there... Wish me luck.

In my experience, most people don’t optimize the suspension on their bikes. Given the fact that these V11’s have a heavy rear drive set up and only controlled by the single shock... getting the spring rate dialed in is important. Being able to utilize the full available travel in conjunction with fine tuning the damping/rebound, you may very well in certain circumstances, compress the spring to the bumper/stop/thingy/dodad If it was me, I’d have the shock removed and rebuilt along with a new bumper...

Hi everybody. Here are a couple if pictures, the first one is the small bench ,what they call a hospital trolly. It lifts a V11 no problem and is very steady. The second one is electrically operated and the picture shows how easy it is to squeeze between bikes. Hope this helps.

...Took the 11 month old Odyssey PC545 back to the store under warranty. This is the first Odyssey I've ever had fail. It simply shorted about 15 minutes from home.

Bring it to us if you can't find anyone in Vic. pete

Easy! Pop by the South'n Spine Raid this September on the US border of Tennessee and North Carolina. We'll take it on! So... not likely. Begin with a "Decent Tune-up" . . . We can go from there... Welcome, @innesa to the best place in the world to sort a Moto Guzzi V11!

That sounds pretty handy. A lift of some type will be a must now that I have real shop space. The hospital bed solution sounds pretty cool.....would you post a pic, please! Thanks!

Hi to all, I run a small restoration company and have 2-3 projects on the go at anytime, say one service (up to 1week),one full veteran restoration (up to one year) and one medium size job (a couple of weeks+). I use 3 narrowed hospital beds on wheels and find them invaliable as they can very easily be pushed out of the way even with a big bike on top. They are cut to 2' wide and a 9x2" board clips in the back to wheel thhe bike on. The front of the bike is secured with a 'bike grab' . One lift is pedal operated and the 2 other electric. They all came free and are more versatile than any other bike lift i have ever seen. Well worth considering in your set up as you dont have that much space and might like to use the center of the floor for another project sometimes.

Unless you are getting air at Cadwell Park or built like Rick Sieman , leave it alone . It will serve no purpose . BTW it is on the shock rod and is a job to get to .

It's a round ring like a donut that fits on the shock shaft so when the shock approaches full travel the eye end doesn't contact the shock body cap. You wont be able to buy one for a Sachs shock so you'll need to go to a suspension specialist and see if an Ohlins or another brand will work that can be purchased as a spare part. Ciao

Seems some garage doors are more "insulated" than others! No one mentioned a sound system, yet. My shop would not be complete without tunes . . .

It could be worse, in order to log into Wild Goose you have to have a steam powered computer, no electricity is allowed.

What?! VIGILI URBANI? Real Guzzisti emulate the Carabinieri. OTOH ... I am willing to entertain other views. Bill That said, there are comely lasses in the Carabinieri, too. I am thus (almost) willing to forgive them for riding beemers now. Sigh. Oh ... welcome, Picasso Bull. Bill

Wait, you didn't have to ride the goat? Man, you got off easy.

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