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Ok docc. I think for steel gears and this is an overkill personally and probably even alloy gears. Daytona alloy gears shit as they are dont exactly wear out at the drop of a hat. The other thing to bear in mind is oil levels that high promote a lot of "churning" of the oil and frothing and heating AND drag. It's one of those things from a backyard mechanics perspective seems a good idea but in engineering terms probably doesn't hold up. The oil pump drive gear will distribute more than enough oil to the other gears for lubrication. You can have too much oil around the gears. Think about your gearbox gears. They dont have the gearbox half full of oil do they because it's counter productive and not needed. Pratt and Whitney experimented with a "geared fan" on their jet engines years ago, so it had a reduction gear assy to drive the fan on the front of the engine. They had big issues with overheating oil and gear failure as the gears were half submerged in oil. All this churning did was overheat the oil. The cure? get ride of the gears swimming in oil and provide a limited amount of oil directed to the gear faces where it's needed. It's a bit like oil pressure requirements. You only need sufficient pressure and any more is not only a waste of power but also has other compromises you don't need. Ciao

Well reading Joes email and what Peter mentioned it seemed to be the other way around. I'm not familiar with the round engines crankcases docc. BTW the "sludge" issue is another overblow thing as well. Just because areas of the engine hide a bit of oil that eventually ends up black is of no immediate concern. If you can wipe away the oil with your finger and see the crankcase metal this isn't sludge. Sludge is stuff you need to scrape off with mechanical means. It may eventually get there one day if you're slack with your oil changes but black stained oil isn't sludge. I've seen a bit of this sludge silliness on youtube lately by supposed experts. Ciao

Here's an image docc of the timing chest. Note the lower drain back hole on the left of the image and the other 2 vent holes. Note in the second image the oil pump gear is below the oil level and picks up oil and distributes the oil to the crankshaft gear and also the cam gear along with "Vent" lubrication.

While I do wish you the best with the sale, @Bbennett, I also want to wish you the very best, personally. Another early Sport original owner and member here since 2004 (18 years !). Best regards, and don't be a stranger!

^^^^^ Those look to be very high-maintenance items. Bill

I have fitted an SW-Motech one to my V11 with chinpad. https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?/topic/22036-anyone-successfully-use-one-of-those-quick-release-tank-bag-adapter-rings/&do=findComment&comment=253658

If I read Joe's concerns correctly, the V11 motor has addressed this while the earlier "round barrel" motors might benefit from a modification?

Any excess will just overflow into the sump docc. Ciao

What were Joes concerns?. I looked at this gave it some serious thought. Remember the Daytona engines use the wide sump with gear drive and the same crankcase drain system as the 2 valve engine. The V11's retain some oil in the bottom of the front timing chest area due to the location of the drain holes some way up the front wall. It's no big issue though as there is a lot of oil flowing into this area from the front camshaft bearing overflow, the front main bearing and the oil from the oil pump bearing. This oil simply raises the level until it overflows into the drain holes and the oil pump gear is low in the timing chest stirring up the oil there. I didn't see any great issues with sludge in my engine after 42,000klms. This is why I recommend after after the gears and front cover are installed that 300ml or so of oil is poured into the front timing chest vial the ignition sensor hole to provide some gear lube until the bearing overflow fills the area. I also give all the gear faces a very light coat of grease on all the teeth with a brush. Ciao

Am really hoping someone who is searching for his/her dream bike will discover this here on the Forum and I don't have to offer it on the open market e.g. C/L. I am a huge Guzzi fan and always will be, this is one of my favorite bikes I've ever owned.

Ok thanks. I'm just updating my forks with later units now and was interested in what other models would fit with minimum modifications. The Guzzi V11 forks are a bit unique in that they are quite long and have different guard mounts and the triple clamps are also around 15mm wider than most bikes which makes substituting different forks while maintaining the V11 style front guard more challenging. A V11 front wheel hub is also around 10-15mm wider than most bikes which makes a front wheel swap using the original forks more difficult as well without spacing the callipers or using different offset disks. Ciao

Ok sure, my issue was mostly resolved by warming up my wrist or tendons I guess. Same as when I visit my dentist I do some jaw exercises so I can more easily spend time with my mouth wide open. Cable or Hydraulic clutches are fine with me but I'm often amused by people going to massive trouble to do hydraulic clutch conversions to make the clutch "lighter" when they could more easily just extend the clutch pushrod arm on the gearbox. Hydraulic leverage ratio is exactly the same as mechanical leverage ratio with only the friction drag of the cable the difference. Modern high quality clutch cables are pretty low friction these days. Maybe even no more than the drag of clutch master and slave cylinder seals and fluid friction through the lines. Ciao

I have arthritis in both thumbs from wrenching 55 years and doing martial arts for 30 of those and I have broken and re broken my left wrist 2-3 times ( cant remember) from back when I used to race scrambles and motocross.. My Scura with the RAM clutch is like a dream to pull..I can pull it with my little finger if I want to, I've tried it My 2022 Ducati is an extremely light pull as well, plus it came from the factory with a up and down Quick shifter, so about the only time I use the clutch it to put it in 1st from a stop, and sometimes from 1st to second, just to be more gentle to the gearbox. My MG California with the Cable clutch..will give you a workout though....1999 5 speed

If you have to ask: Yes, the 1200Sport and Griso are very sexy motorcycles . . .

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.

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

Apparently not a Guzzisti, as claims of scarcity apply across the board.

Neither, thank you.