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For the bikes I have not installed 90 degree stems I made one of these. Fits in your pocket or anywhere else. Dual foot air chuck end with a Schrader valve installed. Paul B

...and on my 916, it stays amber at idle....until the cooling fans kick in and turns red (at idle). At times, I find it useful to have that confirmation correlated with the coolant temperature gauge. On the V11, I just mounted a cheapo voltmeter to get confirmation of RPM dependent battery charging overvoltage.

I flew in to Denver and a friend and I rented BMW R1200GSs from http://tourbikes.com/ in Aurora (close to the airport and from whom I would definitely rent again). Here's the loop from Saturday, in which we rode three major mountain passes: Guanella Pass (some dirt roads) Berthoud Pass Trail Ridge Road (highlighted on the map and some photos from over 12,000 feet elevation) Then we took the peak-to-peak highway with three minor passes. Although this was not a V11 ride, I thought I'd share it with you all as it was one of the most beautiful rides I've ever done. I saw bighorn sheep in the road, moose (thankfully not in the road), elk, and plenty of deer and smaller critters. Pictures can't do it justice, but here are some from the top of Trail Ridge and one from a dirt road along the Platte River (which is currently running at maximum capacity with some flooding). The GSs were great mounts for this ride, because we did three dirt sections over the weekend. Too bad no Stelvios to rent...

I use Nitrogen in my airplane (Glasair III) as was having problems with tires weeping a small amount of pressure (new tires and tubes). The larger N2 molecules stopped the leaking completely. Fill with Nitrogen once to purge, then second time to pressure. Use it in most of my motorcycles including V11 Ballabio and Stelvio. It cured the 1 psi rear and .25 psi front leak per week on the Stelvio which has the o ring sealed spokes. ( had replaced the spoke nipple o rings and tires with new tubeless, but still slow weeping of pressure). Rather than chasing these very slow weeping cases, now I just use Nitrogen. I used to work for major airlines and we used Nitrogen in all tires and landing gear cylinders.

GMC, just the cost of doing a ride. I will say that I knew my rear tire was due when I took off on the trip. deleted

on the later LM mirrors there is a bolt under the rubber to adjust the forward/backward tension but no way to adjust the ball. If I had a non usable one I'd have a go at popping off the reflective (and breaking it no doubt) to have a look see if it's repairable. I'd call MGCycle and ask since it's new and possibly just a bad part. You're likely not the first one with that question.

It's the best bike I've ever owned or ridden. It's the most comfortable bike I own. Handling, braking, light feel, styling are superb. It has everything except outright speed (with "only" 113 HP) and electric cruise. It even has factory saddlebags. I smoked the rest of the riders through the twisty roads and switchbacks, although I was smoked by the GSXR on very fast Push Mtn. I just didnt want to go that fast and I head already gone 150+ miles on tight twisties whereas the GSXR guy took the interstate and was chomping at the bit. I did 700 miles in two days going to and in the Ark Ozarks, only 20 miles were interstate (which was going out my way to find my way out of the dry county but still failed ). Just completed 18k desmo service. Offending nut is visible here.

The plates are not the same. I can take a picture in a few days if you’d like.

I've installed one in my Sport-i of course, even though it's acknowledged that 5-speeds don't have the low gear acceleration enough to create a problem. I never saw my oil lamp flicker; but hey, it's a known issue with this engine configuration, and they're cheap insurance. What if one lives on a steep grade? Besides, all the cool kids have them.

For whatever reason, a Roper plate doesn't seem to be needed on the Centauro. That said, as far as I know.. they're the same.

https://www.leccotoday.it/notizie/mandello-guzzi-donne-.html

One of the easiest bikes there is to change a tire on… lol

I guess I should've mentioned that I was riding my Ducati 939 SS. It has a single sided swingarm and racecar-like nut on the rear wheel. I brought the dual sided socket but no one would entertain replacing a pretty standard 180/55 rear tire. Anyway, just a note about riding an oddball bike on the road.

Well I have a decent sized metal lathe and various other stuff but I dont have a Mill. My closest friend who passes away recently had a full engineering workshop and more importantly the skills on the machines to go with them so I was spoiled for that really. I've just spent the last little while hand digging and jack hammering 18 tons of dirt and rock from under my house which adjoins my garage so when that's concreted and I can move the bikes in there along with storage stuff that takes up room at present and I'll buy myself a Mill and a workshop press and metal bandsaw. Learning how to properly use the mill will be my next mission after that. I've got crankcases and cylinders to bore out:) Ciao

My bike came with an aftermarket centerstand. Well made but poorly engineered. The pivot point is about 2-3 inches too low and you pull the behemoth up more than you do back for the first several inches. My chiropractor can explain... Anyway, I roll the back tire onto a 2 by 4 laid flat and that allows the stand to swing down enough that a mere mortality can lift it.

I have one of these. Only hassle on the V11 is I need to disconnect the shift lever to use it. Other than that it's perfect. I ordered mine direct from Germany. Make sure you order the sockets with it unless you have a few old ones lying around. Ciao

Nitrogen has only two places in my world; 70% in the air I breathe, and 100% in tires where hot pressure is critical and blowouts contribute to fire safety. Nitrogen was a real fad for a while, but when you realize that if you let all the air out of your tires, and re-inflate with 100% nitrogen (can you verify that it's 100% nitrogen?) you still have all the regular atmospheric air in the tire left over. So you go from 70% nitrogen to 90% nitrogen. Even the guys who use it for tire pressure control use pressure caps when it's legal.

You could get in trouble for owning a scale like that !

That's a good question. The V11 alternator/regulator combo is "set" to 14.2V. An optimally functioning V11 charging system should throw this voltage at least from 2000-2500 rpm, but probably not at idle. Unfortunately, there are far too many V11 being expected to idle too low (IMO), complicated by tachometers that "may" read optimistically. A tach reading 300 rpm off with an owner expecting a 1000 rpm idle (too low!) is actually idling at 700 rpm. Way too low for charging. Probably too low for idle stability and even too low for decent oiling/cooling. I think (just my opinion/observations) that too many V11 owners also let their AGM battery fall below the Odyssey 12.65v charge threshold, then expect our flinky charging system to bring it back up. Probably asking too much. The melty 30 amp "charging"/regulator fuse, regulator diodes, regulator ground path, and stator wires would likely agree . . . If I were to install one of these very clever, well designed LED voltage monitors, I would customize the voltage breaks for the Odyssey PC545 AGM.

Is it any wonder Stelvio are welcomed at the South'n Spine Raid?

A 'whisperer' . . .

I see Paris I see France I see someone's....nope

And that's Precisely how the universe and life operates. Einstein's theory of relativity or as he himself explained it for mere mortals " “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.” OR, at 67, 10 minutes cleaning header pipes seems to take a day but at 37 it's done in the blink of an eye. That my friends is relativity. Ciao