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M9RR’s absolute best tyres I’ve ever experienced on the ScuraR. Pirelli Angel GT’s initially feel great - light & quick on the front - but that at first impressive feeling certainly wears off before long. Couple of thousand kilometres & front just feels average - can’t abide the rear squaring off so rapidly the fall over the squared lip cornering is meh unenjoyable. Never again. On the other hand these M9RR’s lean angle confidence is awesome - they allow my mind total focus modulating in through exiting the corner - without worrying “will my tyres still stick” & that to me is No.1 priceless! The rear shows no sign of squaring off - great even graduated wear. Curiosity is the only reason why I would try some other tyre - but if someone offered me one choice of tyre for free tyres for life - I’d choose & be happy to stick with the M9RR! Final oily comment - I’ve swapped between 180 & 170 sizes - as far as I’m concerned it’s mostly bull - 170 has less to do with it than the actual profile. The rear M9RR @180 feels just as or even more responsive turning than the AngelGT @170. A 5 millimetres difference each side imo is borderline bolderdash - in comparison to the influence of the actual manufactured tyre’s profile. YMMV but in fact checking the 170 assertion - obviously I’m too insensitive to feel 5ml of chicken strip edge difference - but I sure can feel & appreciate a tyres profile off dead centre straight away! +1 on long term… https://bikereview.com.au/tyre-test-metzeler-sportec-m9-rr-long-term-road-track/

And my Daytona has a 17" front and 18" rear wheel. That configuration was fairly common back in the late 80's and early 90's. Yamaha used it on a number of models ranging from the FZR400 to the FZR1000.

Thanks Doc!

Before he passed and all the endless jamming crap started...

Just spoke to a guy in Gettysburg who's been doing fiber and carbon manufacturing for decades (mostly dragster bodies). It happens that his shop is directly on a reasonable route for my upcoming trip, so I'll take an OEM hump, a matte carbon bit off the Tenni, and my current damaged carbon hump. I'll let you know what he quotes and then get a sense of what yinz all would want for options (weave, gloss/matte).

I'm looking for one of those tank bags that mounts to a ring around the gas cap. I can't seem to find an application on the Sw-Motech website. Anyone have any idea which one would fit? Any ring mount options other than Sw-Motech? Thanks in advance.

I've got a colour matched one on my bike. Not a terrible deal for a carbon one with the mounts. Ciao

I don't know if you couldn't go wrong with any of the sport bikes listed above as technology has produced better and more advanced motorcycles. I had a chance to sit on a Triumph Speed Triple 1200RR during Vintage Days at Barber this past fall, it felt amazing, light and drop dead gorgeous. That's beyond the fact that its a screaming triple.

To answer Lucky Phil, includes connections, or hardware for $310 Euro. http://www.ghezzi-brian.com/en/tuning-moto/tuning-moto-guzzi/v11-1100-sport-daytona-centauro/belly-pan/ BELLY PAN It gives the bike a more sporty and slim design. Available in carbon fiber or fiberglass to paint; complete with connections. BELLY PAN It gives the bike a more sporty and slim design. Available in carbon fiber or fiberglass to paint; complete with connections. BELLY PAN It gives the bike a more sporty and slim design. Available in carbon fiber or fiberglass to paint; complete with connections

Yup..I've had the Givi on a couple V-11's..If need be its not hard to shim them if your handy at all...its not like your hauling an automobile battery around in there ( I hope)

I remember the Ippo back in the day. They even had brochures at the dealers..

My favourite Groove Amada song Ciao

Ever bored on a long road trip…? The intrepid Sir Patrick Moore is the quintessential English raconteur. Heard once & you’ll never forget…

I was going to go with M9RR last time on the V11 but couldn’t find the right size and went with Road 5. They are pretty good! I’ll see how long they last. I need a new rear on my Hypermotard as the Pilot Power rear has gone square and worn after about 5k miles. I may replace both front and rear on that bike with a set of M9RR’s to check them out. For Michelin’s, I think I am happier with the Road 5 on the V11 than the Pilot Power on the Duc. The 5’s feel very solid and confident in all riding conditions on the V11.

Historically, it has been common for Moto Guzzi to take three years from "introduction" to "availability." So, 2021 + 3 = 2024. It rather seems there are (maybe only) two very nice pre-production models to use for promotional videos and photo shoots.

I see from the above thread that folks have had trouble mounting the ring lock type bags on tanks with the pad on them. Has anyone found a stock ring lock bag that works?

The rear shock action just adds to the force of a high side, even with ridged rear suspension a high side would still happen. The only way to control one is to back out of the throttle well before it gets away on you or use the throttle to keep the slide going and either let it lowside OR use power to maintain the slide and ride it out so to speak. Thats a High side ON the gas. MM suffered the more difficult to deal with OFF throttle high side and the only way out of that is to get hard on the gas and ride it out which in the real world would be pretty much impossible. Once it lets go in that scenario you don't have the reaction necessary to get on the throttle and modulate it to ride it out and save it. See how speedway riders ride and what happens the moment they shut the throttle. The bike either straightens up and heads for the fence or high sides them. The process is the same. It's the mental barrier you need to cross to be a speedway rider. The more you're running wide and the fence is coming at you fast the bigger handful of throttle you need to correct the situation. Ciao

You might want to check that post for more info

I believe the '02-'05 Aprilia Tuono has the same gas cap as the V11 Sport. Givi makes an Easy Lock Tank Ring for that model: Givi BF02. The experts here will soon chime in to confirm - or deny... https://giviusa.com/collections/shiver-750-07-10/products/bf02-tanklock-tank-ring https://www.af1racing.com/Givi-Easy-Lock-Gas-Cap-Tank-Ring

A quick update, as I have not had time to feed-back on the details of the modification installed on my Le Mans. The starter motor now cranks immediately upon depressing the start button. Even after long lay away, and cold morning starts like today. The additional relay with direct feed to the solenoid was the correct modification as suggested by the panel. Relegating the key switch to circuit enabler as it should has always been.

I used to watch "Roller Derby" on Sunday mornings, right after the "Gospel Jubilee" and "Laurel & Hardy/Little Rascals". Classic stuff. Sometimes interrupted by having to go to church . Given a choice, I liked the TV. The afternoon was an AFL/NFL game followed by Walter Cronkite news reel "20th Century". Some of the best entertainment followed by first class education after a football game. All of it was grade A vs from what I can get on 300 channels right now.

That's a new one for the "book of excuses" for running out of fuel which I've done twice. "It's not my fault it's the circumference of my tyre" I like it To the question of wheel colour for your yellow bike I would personally go for a "bright silver" or maybe a bronze gold. Black rims are so "yesterdays colour". The correct type of Gold looks good on any bike in my experience. Ciao

I've found that Dunlop has the only U.S. motorcycle tire manufacturing facility, if owned by Sumitomo. So given the state of affairs in the world and my choice between sending cash to Cooper stockholders or Dunlop employees, I'll eat my words and support the workers in Tonawanda. Not, of course, that I'm making any sacrifice with regards to the tires. Except my 30-year-old promise never to own Dunlops. I suppose the people responsible for that promise are long since retired or otherwise uninvolved. I'll chalk this up to growth, and to having read 20 reviews over time and distance and finding zero negative feedback. So, Black and Dunlop it is. Gee this was a short thread, should I go back and add oil to the title?

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Several aspects of the Indonesian round stand out. The biggest one being the rain, which really mixed things up. Rain always mixes things up, but here we had dry running until the race, even the morning warm up was run in the dry. So it was a learning experience for the racers to figure out how fast they could go in the rain. But also, Michelin brought an old tire construction with a stiffer carcass and that really made a difference. It put Fabio back at the front and it put the Honda's (Marc and Pol) at the back. It seems the new Honda did not like that tire at all, after being fast in the test earlier with the current tire. I really think that is messed up. Honda (who I am not really a fan of) put all that effort into building a bike that works with the new tire and they switch to an old design tire for the race, after having them test the new design tire at the track a few weeks ago. It also highlights the flaw with the spec tire. While in theory everyone using the same tire means the tire aspect is equal, but clearly it is not. The Yamaha doesn't work nearly as well on the new tire spec as it does on the old spec tire. The same with the Ducati. While the Honda doesn't work nearly as well on the old spec tire as it does on the new spec tire. But it seems there is nothing in place to prevent Michelin from bringing whatever spec tire they want to a race weekend. And what spec tire they bring plays a huge part in determining who is fast and who is slow. If they are going to make everyone use Michelin tires, the teams should at least get to choose which Michelin tires they want to use and not be at the mercy of Michelin.

Very nice ride video from the Oregon Norton Enthusiasts fall ride, with a little bit of Guzzi content.

And one more for O.P. @sign216 . . .

Quite sure many of the members here say, yes that must be it. I woud take ALL electric connections on the bike apart for tlc, and follow Roys route with an extra relay, sorry to mention it again, but it realy makes sense. Cheers Tom.

My PC545 would do that. Rode one hour/40 miles at up to 120kph and park for 30 minutes - 2 hours. Come back and RRRRRrrrrrr. Would eventually start but... I dumped the ODD odyssey and installed a ghetto Yuasa AGM. Now it's humming along like a rotary (remember those Mazda commercials?).

This very much sounds like too much load through the demanding Ignition Switch circuitry. Or faulty connections from battery to ground or battery to starter. Have you serviced the critical Main Ground from battery to the right-rear of the gear box? As well as those to the starter solenoid and the grounding bolts that hold the starter to place? Not unusual that excessive load is additive through the circuit and not just one primary point of failure. We have pulled the Ignition Switch from a Le Mans "in the field" when the owner had misplaced his key and it was time to go home. It is a fiddly operation beneath the fairing best performed by the hands of a violinist intent on the solution . . . [haha - I got to say "fiddly" and "violinist" in the same sentence! ]

Put some washers or bushes between both rings, longer M6 bolts and you're ready.

Here are some photos of how the tank lock ring fits.

Neither, thank you.