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Probably a good idea to groom the angle on the cable bracket so the cable has a straight run from the housing to the bell crank, then give the pinch gap a little squeeze. Throttle cables tend to develop broken strands there.

Dude, I'm just looking for answers. Sure man, if it warrants a thread, go for it.

This is an awesome post. We have a "TubeAmps!" thread and this "listen to" thread. I vote we start a dedicated "Hi-Fi" tech equipment thread with this cool post. @LowRyter, are you game for that?

OEM Part Name: Fuel door gasket (outer between ring and tank) Moto Guzzi Part Number: 01101700 Replacement Part Brand or Source: Aprilia Part number or other identifier: AP8120893 Differences from OEM (if any): none - same part

Its probably not the solenoid, the wiring is not delivering enough current. You only hear the relay under the seat because the solenoid is not getting enough current to start it moving. (I should add the solenoid plunger could be stuck if its gummed up with grease, I just use a couple of drops of 3 in 1) Do the simple test of hot wiring the solenoid from the battery, if it's easier take the starter relay out and touch a wire from the 87 contact to the battery Positive. You don't need the key On to try that but do make sure the bike is in neutral. If it cranks with the jumper there is no reason for it not to crank when its wired right. You might find its harder to get started in cold weather, I put it to you that the grease inside the ignition switch is much stiffer holding the contacts apart, try flicking the switch back and forth a few times to see if it improves.. The real fix is to provide the start relay with a direct feed from the battery, not quite as easy on the Spine frame bikes because they use the normally closed start contact to power up the headlight relay, If you power up the 30 terminal the headlight will go when the key is off. There are several ways around this but i'm now in favour of adding another relay beside the solenoid triggered from the original trigger wire. The relay contacts go between the large positive post and the spade connector. A 20 Amp in-line fuse can be added between the positive post and relay terminal 30. p6x, its Startus Interuptus in this case (insufficient solenoid current) but when you clean the battery terminals don't forget the main ground at the gearbox and always use a little Vaseline to keep the contacts clean free from corrosion. Update, p6x, I suspect it's worse when cold because the grease inside the ignition switch is stiffer trending to hold more tension off the contacts, if you take the switch apart you will see this. Fresh Vaseline is much softer so it can flow out of the way, You could remove all the grease and leave it dry but then the contacts would vanish in no time flat. Electricians have been using Petroleum jelly aka Vaseline on sliding contacts for 100 years. Its not just your VII that suffers from this ailment, The Brevas large and small are well known for it, later 8 Valve CARC bikes, the earlier 4 Valve CARC bikes had direct wiring. The modern bikes like V7s don't seem to be suffering yet but I suspect that's just age, they all have a similar 2 coil solenoid wired through the switch. "Moto Guzzi, making Electricians out of riders since 1921."

Motivation gets harder to come by during these bleak winter days,and it usually takes a couple hours to get my garage warm enough to be comfortable. One more excuse I know.

No, its not the solenoid, you are losing Voltage across the ignition switch and wiring, you can see it in the lights, there's not enough current to pull the battery down, its dropping across the resistance. I'm willing to bet if you took a jumper wire from the solenoid spade connector and touched it on battery Positive it would start every time no matter how cold. The starter solenoid is designed to draw 50+ Amps but its hampered by the switch and wiring. It's also possible the ignition switch has a higher resistance because the grease in it is cold, cleaning and replacing the grease with Vaseline would be a temporary fix.

Finally found a guy who would agree to material blast my blistered (clear coat) greenie tank. I then cleaned it up with some careful wet sanding, and it’s my painters shop now, along with the “recipe” from House of Kolor off this forum from years ago, but most likely they’ll just use their star-trek style camera analyzer deal to create some paint match samples. Also got the fly screen from Italy, Stucchi, so it’s slowly coming together. This greenie only has a little over 1000 original miles, but it was a rough 1000 miles, including bad storage. So cosmetic work is the obvious thing that needs attention in this case, then will go through the mechanical stuff, “decent tune up”, though it actually runs pretty well so hopefully there won’t be any “whammies” discovered in that process. Red is up on the stand, awaiting time for me to go through her, for her annual “check up”. Time is always the issue. Every year I figure “I have all winter, easy.” But then late January I haven’t even started the work, which is the needed panic and motivation I need…

More awesome community! Scud just posted a cross reference in his "Encyclopedia of Compatible Parts" for the outer ring gasket on the filler cap ring. Does anyone have a source for the actual cap-to-tank seal for our V11 cap?

That really honors our late member twhitaker, RIP. Thanks for the update, @witttom. Good on you, man. Don't be a stranger, and I hope the new owner knows how welcoming we are.

You know I actually went to Vegas to see Van Morrison. I even posted some photos.

Finalized the sale and handed the LeMans over to the new owner this morning. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't reluctant in letting it go. This is one I'll probably regret.

I got that impression too. Then, their are many life styles/choices people make I find between strange and abhorrent, but still cherish the artist.

Exactly! Moto Guzzi presented the Mandello at EICMA 2021; the future is grimy. I am even thinking they may never commercialize it. It arrives too late. There is a large procurement problem across the world. Piaggio is certainly not focused on Moto Guzzi. It is very possible that we never see the V100 in the flesh. I know they are renovating the factory in Mandello; I can't find much information on the progress and the inauguration time. If they get it going by 2025, it will already be too late.

I was going to say #metoo; But listening to a streamcast during EICMA, there were rumors of a possible Le Mans edition following the Mandello. That stopped me in my tracks. I would be willing to wait for a Le Mans. At the same time, I am beginning to doubt Piaggio's engagement to invest more when Europe is pretty much announcing the end of the internal combustion engines for tomorrow. Once the Mandello is out and about, which in all honesty I have no clue when it will be, I will make a decision. Now that the writing is on the wall, I think manufacturers are going to modify the long term objectives. Its happening already with the car makers.

Bat of Hell was break through record for the rock opera genre. That overlay of the baseball announcer and getting laid was brilliant. I read that Todd Rundgren produced it and Little Steven convinced the record execs to promote it. It appears the guy might've been an antivaxer and was suffering from covid.

Thanks for that By the by, he hated Meat Loaf being written as one word.

I had these symptoms on my '03, after the bike sitting unused for too long with the rear drive out. I replaced the 5 pin relay in the forward position, and now all good. This time I binned the relay, instead of putting it in with all the spares of doubtful function in the monkey paw trap.

Winter does provide time to do known maintenance...and sometimes provide answers to minor quirks which are noted during the riding season but insufficient to cause one (well, me) to launch an investigation while the weather is good. I had noticed some variability in my idle RPM's and variable engine braking effects while riding late in the season. Had the bike on the lift for..chores... and noticed this end of the throttle cable wasn't properly seated. The lead-in abutted the bracket, wasn't fitting thru it. (Pic shows it fixed) Ahhh...the little things......

=me X - every year. Next thing you know it's time to ride. Can't wait to see how the paint turns out.

Cher fan too, so "Dead ringer for love". Classic video too.

This is my 2021 new year's eve at the Albert Ice House Texas. I recorded Rio and elected it my favorite song. Rio is a horse's name. It perfectly incarnates my V11 Le Mans. Kyle gave me his pick, and I also learned what a "buckle bunny" meant that night.....

Stelvio Pass is one the best rides I have ever done...awesome...

Sounds like the problem that the older Land Rovers (Defenders, Series vehicles) have with the starters. Frequently solved by hitting it on the casing with a hammer to free it up and then they start right up. Quite a few folks in the HLRC (Houston Land Rover club) have experienced this regularly. Not that I'm recommending the same solution here, but is the starter an original one or does it look it's been replaced at some point? Presumably all of the battery connections have been tightened down sufficiently as well. Just another thought on this...do you by any chance have a Lithium battery on the bike. The symptoms can be exactly the same in cold weather...where the battery has to "wake up" a bit. I've seen this on my Shorai from time to time...

It's quite lonely being only 1 of 2 willing to buy here, at least I have 3 other Guzzis to play with in the meantime! But hey, that means fewer people to wade thru to get one when it finally is released in 2025! No butting in line guys!

Truly, it appears no one has seen anything more than the two exhibition models. The V11 sport (black!) was exhibited at EICMA 1997. It was August 2000 before I could buy mine in the USA (V11 early adopter!). Not quite three years, but also not uncommon for Moto Guzzi lead time from exhibition to production/ availability . . .

If you have any Guzzi that refuses to crank first of all clean and grease the battery terminals and the ground connection. Then test the battery and starter by hot wiring the starter solenoid direct to the battery, use a wire about 3 ft long with a spade connector on one end, touch the other end on battery positive (caution make sure its in neutral). You dont need the key On for this, you are just doing a crank test, if it cranks over you know that the battery and starter are both fine. If the engine cranks over with the hot wire but not via the normal starter circuit chances are you have Startus Interuptus. It's not so straight forward to fix on a VII Sport as the normally closed start relay contact feeds the headlight. An easy way around this is to add a relay fed direct from the battery or hot terminal of the solenoid with the contact feeding the solenoid. The new relay coil can be triggered by the existing solenoid trigger wire with a ground wire on the other coil terminal of course.