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3 x V11 Sports. 2 red frames, one black. All in hibernation in the garage, I hate winter 🥶

Rosso Corsa in Norwegian sunset.

When it comes to shocking pubs, the Dutch are the best!

Hey Scud seeing you have the wave front disk and you need to replace the rear why not use one of these. Galfer P/N DF005W https://www.vividracing.com/galfer-front-brake-disc-honda-silverwing-400-p-152495773.html Ciao

It was the LH boot that burped off. I just found that the LH spark plug was loose (spun out by hand with only the socket) - and the LH exhaust valve was tight. Both intakes were at .005" RH exhaust at .007" and LH exhaust at .004" I just set both exhausts to .007" and we'll see how that does.

I'm not sure when the American V8 started their basic design, but I just watched this video that had been posted over on WG. The basic guzzi engine, drive shaft design has been around a lot longer than I thought. fwiw

94NM of torque from our old school, air cooled, 2V heads V11s 108NM from my old school air cooled, 4v heads Griso 1200 I’m confident that my old school Guzzi’s will have no issue in keeping up with a V100, however as I fast approach my 7th decade I’m not sure I’m up to it and I’m a mere sprog (youngster) compared to most in my Guzzi club. Most of us are north of 60. Heck I was riding a CX500 over 40 years ago and my then girlfriend had a V50 I’m not yet ready to downsize from a V11 to a Honda cub, but the years are passing by too fast

Thanks - So MG Cycle sells kits to rebuild the rear master, but not the clutch or front brake. Although they sell kits for clutch and front brake masters on other models, just not the V11s. I've ordered a rear kit and will leave the clutch and front master alone for now. Even the caliper kits are getting hard to find. I got them from the UK.

Ok. I will buy 100 today. "Nice to have" - to sell to my Guzzi friends when the spring comes. OMRON: I have bought 100 - 5 Pins and 100 4-Pins earlier. All of the 5-pins are sold. The 5-pins are easier to use since they can be used in all positions, so you do not need to think if you need to change a relay "on the road". Just switch with one of the other relays. PS: I have made myself a small print which I keep on board - telling which relay / which function. If I get an electrican problem "on the road" - then I know which relay I can take out. Rolf

When I first visited the USA in 1983, in NY Manhattan, watching TV this was one of the main difference I immediately identified. In Europe, commercials were subtle, full of innuendo, intelligent story telling that would compel you to watch till the end. The US commercials were more or less simply telling you to buy a product. It is a bit like today. Nothing has changed. You look at the YouTube adds, the message is just that. Buy it! I prefer:

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2021/10/how-aviation-pioneer-glenn-curtiss-set-a-136-mph-land-speed-record-with-his-v8-powered-motorcycle/ " All I could see was a streak of beach with wild surf on one side, sand hills on the other and a black spot where the crowd was. The machine set up a terrific and inexplicable vibration; it was so great that it did not create wholly comforting thoughts.” One of my heros.. Really good with engines. If the Wright bros. had let them be their engine guy.. oh, well, doesn't matter.

I'm just a conduit for info docc. The most unfunny person I know. Ciao

Another fabulous red framed black V11. I cannot recall seeing any black V11s here in the UK, ever. Only Greenies & the occasional silver. Don’t understand why, a black V11 has tremendous presence, it’s a great colour for large block sport Guzzi’s. Apologies for a gratuitous pic of my Griso

My apologies if this crosses any boundaries, but @Lighting posted this spectacular V11 image in the "Gallery", yet not everyone sees things there or gets to comment on them. Such a moving and inspirational V11 image. Thanks, @Lighting !

Making some progress: Disassembled and cleaned ignition and starter switches, and various other electrical connections Got a bunch of powercoated parts installed, including the top triple clamp (steering bearing had almost no grease) Noticed rear brake disc is badly worn (thanks to the sintered pads...) Plastic T lamp holder is barely holding itself together (fortunately I had a new one already tucked away) Cleaned injector and throttle bodies (god I hate those tiny screws that hold the injectors in) UFI oil filter characteristically left the O-ring stuck in the engine. There's a Wix in there now. Still waiting on some goodies... but the Speedhut gauges have shipped. Looking forward to getting those in place. Thinking about gloss black powdercoat for the wheels. Building a list of little bits needed from Harpers.

Self Explanatory!

You can still get the OMRON G8HE from the ebay vendor I got mine from. https://www.ebay.com/itm/162517009426 Check my post from back in December. https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?/topic/19755-best-relay/page/14/

I seem to recall Brembo stopped selling rebuild kits for everything some time ago due to litigation issues and not being able to control the competency of the workmanship. I know I couldn't get one for the front master on my 1198 and had to buy a complete new assy. I "think" it affects our bikes also.Somebody had issues getting a rear master kit from memory although the rear is available new and fairly inexpensive. Earlier seals are still around for stuff from the 80's and early 90's I think. Ciao

Adhering to the advice per this thread, I can assume that every rider has an assortment of take-off relays as spares in their tankbags.

Thanks Phil. Just ordered one of those - better performance, and probably a lot lighter than the stock Brembo. I've also got new brake lines, pads, and caliper rebuild kits on the way. Was thinking it would be a good time to refresh all the seals in the master cylinders too. Does anybody know if there are kits for rebuilding the master cylinders? I rebuilt a set of calipers on my red LeMans and was astonished at the difference in feel. I think the rubber seals harden over time, and these V11s are about 20 years old.

Yes, Rolf, the OMRON G8HE was rated higher, but has become largely No Longer Available. The coil rating on the OMRON was also higher and the resistor mounted in a position to stay cooler, yet these CIT appear to be the best high current micro-ISO relay commonly available at this time.

Any third world country?

What a crying shame that is.............

I've been running 35/36 psi ( cold ) in the front and 37/38 rear in these for a while now and they've been pretty good. I like it and them...GT11 normal This morning I must've been half asleep and put 38 ish ( cold ) in the front... Hmm maybe this works on other bikes but I sure as hell didn't like it on the way home and it was 30+ degrees out and WINDY. When I got home I let out a fair bit of air out of the front then curiosity got the better of me and checked it ...34 psi!! Bloody hell I must've had well over 40 psi in there on the way home! I know this road isn't the greatest and it was very windy but the ole tart with aforementioned 35/36 cold handles it very very well. Seemed like I lost a fair bit of confidence in the front as it slipped off ( ?) the odd irregularity and bounced off bigger bumps and just didn't feel planted... Glad it wasn't wet ha ha. Anyways I'll be a bit more vigilant next time, maybe a bit more coffee first ? Cheers Guzzler Ps Bloody annoying when something you do stuffs up what would normally be a FUN ride especially when you haven't been able to get out on it much of late...bugger

The truth is docc a lot of this political correctness/prudishness we live with these days is an Anglo/Protestant rooted and propagated thing. So a US, Australian and British thing. The Europeans are a little more liberal with this sort of stuff. That wonderful Fiat add would generate public outrage from certain quarters here and not last on air. Ciao

wound up like a top

https://www.onlinecomponents.com/en/cit-relay-and-switch/a11csq12vdc15r-51176058.html# Looks like the more powerful CIT, 1.5 watt coil, relay is available now in the USA. Six bucks each. Where else in the world can you solve so many serious problems for thirty dollars US?

Too cool! Re-posted on this "Origins of the Moto Guzzi V-twin" thread:

Seriously, this V100 concept looks very promising. I am looking forward to trying to keep up with one over the Cherohala Skyway on a South'n SpineRaid. If'n me&myGranpaSpineySport last long enough . . .

Hey, "We're here 'til Thursday. Try your waitress. Tip the veal " . . .

WTH, no punch line?

No 6 axis antilock braking and traction control Ciao

Well, Goober would never mislead us . . . Not too hard to read "6-axis" inertia, but so much more fun when the translations announced the V85TT would have "maniacal valves."

Griso pics are never gratuitous. Sharp machine...

I get it...

Nope. I'm in a monoGuzzimous relationship.

Haven't watched it all but that's an impressive amount of designing and machining. I suppose some would say it's OTT, or what's the point? Not me though I love all these impressive touches just for their own sake, it's an artwork. Pity the video uses computer generated narration, I find it hard to listen to.

Dear me. That Scura/ image/setting is gorgeous. It certainly compares to the very first image posted in this thread by @Orson in 2005 . . . Magnificent V11!!

Final ride of 2021. Tried to take a run up Mount Palomar, but wet roads and low visibility turned me away. Happy New Year everyone.

The Armadillo is one of the Texas official animal;

This M60ATTS battle tank was deployed in Vietnam and participated to the Desert Storm operations; HINT: the M60 has tracks...

I've had my share of problems with the starter motor but I've never had any problems with my micro relays. That's not to say that the starter contactor may not draw a short-term current that could cause problems, it's just not something I've experienced (yet). However, I have experienced exactly the same symptoms; lights dim when starter button pressed and you hear the click of the starter contactor but it doesn't crank, or ties to so weakly that you know it's not going to start. You try again and sometimes it may work, sometimes not. The cause in my case (and this is the reason I thought I'd add to the wisdom already given) was that the crimped (female) blade that pushes onto the starter motor contactor, was not particularly strong/grippy and had a bit of corrosion in it. Sorting this out cured the problem. Effectively insufficient current could be drawn by the contactor coil to pull in the starter contacts strongly enough, these then added extra resistance to the starter motor circuit and the motor cranked weakly or not at all. Perhaps it was this that caused the actual starter motor contacts to arc and pit, because soon after this I had the same thing again, but this time diagnosed that it was these main contacts that take up to 500A peak and typically interrupt the 120- 150A d.c. cranking current in an inductive circuit. This in itself is something that you might expect to cause degradation over time. Anyway, having checked that it wasn't the same thing again and diagnosed that the actual main contacts were adding abnormal contact resistance, I fitted a new starter and this solved the problem. So my contribution in all this talk of getting better relays (and of course the relay could also cause a weak pull-in of the starter motor contactor relay) is to make sure you have checked these other two causes.