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Hi, 2002 Scura for sale. Second owner, 8100 miles, very good condition, runs well, recent service. Lower kit for gearshift and rear brake. I have rear seat cover (not pictured). Asking $4500. In northern NJ, please contact me v11@kretz.net if interested.

Matlock again today, here’s my silver V11 Sport next to a Ducati Scrambler

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And a Redditch built Royal Enfield

I simply drilled a bunch of small holes in the stock plastic dipstick, in the range between the marks on the stick. The holes hold oil, making it easier to see the level of the oil on the dip stick.

p6x, check your breather pipe from the top of the block to the frame, this is notorious for degrading and leaking oil. I had to replace mine after 17 years. Rob

I am looking to buy a set of Front Foot Pegs (the folding pegs themselves, as do not need the mount) part numbers GU30440705 Right Hand, and GU30441805 Left Hand. I think all the V11 Sport, Lemans, Ballabio, Scura, etc. used the same footpegs. I am going to modify them by cutting the Peg off, welding on a aluminum piece than extends them down about 25 mm and welding the peg back on to that extension. They will still fold using original method. Want a spare set to modify while I still ride my V11 Ballabio. Appreciate any information where a set maybe available. Thanks

These worm-screw adjustable collars.... Thanks, I have now an idea at what I should be looking for.

Best post I found on the breather hose, with images of both ends, from @Jimmyegypt: Coming from the clutch area behind the motor, looking from the left: Into the bottom of the spine frame at the front:

Here is an image looking from the front, right side back between the cylinders at a place where the breather hose can be abraded by contact with the engine oil feed lines to the top of the head. I have isolated the contact, here, with a plastic "Zip-Tie:

Yeah, stand by for a minute or so. This hose leaks from the top down. if your leak is low on the right, the oil cooler line connections to the sump, or the sump tightness/gaskets are suspect.

I found that hose on MG Cycle, and found another topic in the forum. The oil coat is on the right end side of the engine. Bottom only. I took some pictures let me try to find them.

Hi, FWIW, I installed a "high current" starter relay as described here previously. I got a relay & harness assembly from Greg Bender (This Old Tractor) that was basically "plug and play". His assembly comes with a relay base that piggy backs on to the existing relay bank, a 30/87 harness runs down to the starter solenoid (one lead plugs into starter, the other plugs into existing 87 from OE start relay) and a fused batt Pos lead to HC relay term 30. It works great and mimics what gstallons described earlier. On another note, I checked solenoid draw. With the engine cold, jumping from bat Pos to the solenoid terminal on the starter my intial draw was 7amps and as the starter engaged and began cranking the draw dropped to 4amps. On my 2nd attempt the intial draw was 4amps and remained at 4 amps. I didn't try a 3rd time. Oh...this was on my '03 Lemans. PS - I also posted this at "(solved) Had to get a jump start from roadside assistance...."

I was never much of a fan of Max Biaggi. I respected his talent, but I didn't care for his attitude. But I did enjoy when Biaggi rode for Aprilia in WSBK. Like him or not, he has skills. The Espargaro brothers have a cockyness that seems out of place in a racer who hasn't really won anything. But I respect their heart, they try hard. Especially Aleix. Vinales was always a hot and cold racer, who would often run cold more than he runs hot. If he is able to get his confidence on the Aprilia he may end up winning a race. If that happens, it would not surprise me. But that will never happen on a regular basis. Signing him was a mistake. Aprilia could have used that money to sign a rider who was on their way up, not a guy who is on his way out. I want to see Aprilia do well. But it was a pipe dream to think Vinales was going to come in and run up front on a regular basis. He just isn't that kind of racer. He is way to hit and miss, with the emphasis on miss.

The one on their website does not require a tool to remove. It is the same as the stock one, with an aluminum cap and a black rod to gauge oil level. I was wondering if the oil level is easier to spot.

Did you like Max Biaggi? Confidence for confidence, I am not a big fan of the "Escargots" brothers either.... I am really wondering about Maverick Viñales. I was expecting him to come out now that the Aprilia seems to be going well. He got a brand new crash helmet painted as his Top Gun alter ego, which got him a tweet from Tom Cruise: -From one Maverick to the other.... Nice!

The other one is... France! Remember le Sieur de la Salle? he had the French flag flying over Texas. Not the actual one, but the one who bore the Fleur de Lys. Once France reclaims the Louisiana Territory, you will be French too...

Stock can sound seems decent - would love to hear it higher revs rising

That would be the USA, Spain, Mexico, The Republic of Texas, The Confederate States of America, and . . . the other one. (No cheating!)

My wife and I rode the Indian down to Tellico Plains TN and rode the Cherohala Skyway last weekend. Out of nowhere the temps rose over 85 degrees, but overall the weather was nice w no rain showers. We stayed at the Farmhouse Inn, can't say enough about Kyle and Laura's hospitality from a motorcycle riders perspective. Kyle is a Adventure rider, MotoGP & Nicky Hayden super fan. He also GPS logs trails around Tellico for adventure riding, with a Youtube Channel Tellico Adventure Trail. He and Laura ride two up all the time on his 950 Ducati Multistrada. Laura made home made breakfast and the whole INN was spotlessly clean, can't say enough, 6 stars out of 5. As for the ride, we rode over to Tapoco Lodge for lunch, where TVA was letting out extra water, so the atmosphere was wonderful watching kayakers hit the currents right in front of our tables, literally. Nicole and I met with Mark/Tina who we haven't seen since before COVID, they rode up from North GA, very nice lunch. We also seemed to leap frog a large group of Porsche's on the skyway who later ate at the Lodge for lunch.

^^^^^^^ BTDT. Ferries are great fun. Bill

MotoGP RIDERS CONSTRUCTORS 2022 Standings Rank Rider Points Wins Podiums 1 F. Quartararo Yamaha 89 1 3 2 A. Espargaró Aprilia 82 1 3 3 E. Bastianini Ducati 69 2 2 4 Á. Rins Suzuki 69 0 2 5 F. Bagnaia Ducati 56 1 1 6 J. Mir Suzuki 56 0 0 7 J. Zarco Ducati 51 0 2 8 B. Binder KTM 48 0 1 9 M. Márquez Honda 44 0 0 10 M. Oliveira KTM 43 1 1 11 J. Miller Ducati 42 0 1 12 P. Espargaró Honda 35 0 1 13 J. Martín Ducati 28 0 1 14 M. Viñales Aprilia 27 0 0 15 T. Nakagami Honda 21 0 0 16 F. Morbidelli Yamaha 18 0 0 17 Á. Márquez Honda 16 0 0 18 M. Bezzecchi Ducati 15 0 0 19 L. Marini Ducati 14 0 0 20 A. Dovizioso Yamaha 8 0 0 21 D. Binder Yamaha 6 0 0 22 R. Gardner KTM 3 0 0 23 R. Fernández KTM 0 0 0 24 F. Di Giannantonio Ducati 0 0 0 25 L. Savadori Aprilia 0 0 0 26 S. Bradl Honda 0 0 0

I know folks that have been involved with that rally over the years. There is some great riding along the Kentucky-Tennessee border. Don't miss the Turkey Neck Bend Ferry over the Cumberland River. I love taking mySport on ferries . . . http://www.monroecountykytourism.com/cumberland-river-ferry.html

Francesco Bagnaia seems to have found his old self again? at least he kept Fabio Quartararo at bay during the length of the GP. This is the first victory of the GP22, so Ducati must have had a sigh of relief. From pole too. I personally think that if Fabio Quartararo had managed to be ahead on the first curve, he may not have gone away. We will never know. It seemed that Marc Marquez did better than expected too. Not yet fighting for first podium, but improved. That elbow save was him, 100%. Personally, seeing Aleix on the podium again was very pleasing.

P6X, That's very thoughtful but I have one question Since none of the Guzzi schematics show that there are two solenoid coils and the factory only provide a 15 Amp fuse to protect a circuit that can pull up to 60 Amps can you really say they were designed? I put it to you that the factory engineers don't know there are two coils and they measured the current at the solenoid spade terminal with a multimeter, 10 Amps so lets put a 15 Amp fuse to protect the circuit. I have measured 60 Amps there but only for a split second. If its not wired right the current is throttled and as a consequence the solenoid only develops a fraction of the pull its capable of and you get the dreaded click. I also see evidence of the factory thrashing around adding extra relays to try and solve the problem as for example in the later model Griso and Norge 1200s, if they would only draw the coils correctly a light bulb might turn on. Cheers Roy

This is good news indeed...the Camp Hearne run is a good one...nice to see history as well. Hearne is the town where we have done the "equidistant" run for Guzzisti from Houston, Austin, Dallas a few years ago... Glad to hear the V11 is running well!

I've owned both the RC30 and the 851 with the reverse cone megaphones. They were way to loud for the road though and I ended up with a full alloy can SP2 system on it. The RC30 sounded nice at WOT mostly due to intake noise. If you've ever heard a WSB RC30 running in the pits without the backlash gears fitted to the cam drive gears which is how they were run back in the late 80's you'd be shocked at the mechanical racket once they got warmed up. Ciao

Oh for f@cks sake!!! Look youse blokes, if a rear main seal goes it's like the bloody Exon Valdez, pints of oil everywhere in minutes!!!! I can't believe that even if your local dealer is a complete cretin that he doesn't know that Guzzi rear main seals very, very rarely blow unless the sump is grossly overfilled. In fact it is one of the few things that the *modern* motors do even less than the old ones!!!!! While it may disapoint some of of our more naieve posters the basic Guzzi donk is exactly the same in all real respects as the venerable V700 of 1967 and oil leaks cone from the same places! 1.) Almost always leaks from the bell housing can be traced back to the breather hose that comes off the pipe from the top of the bell housing. Guzzi, for expediency clamp this with a shitty clamp like the sort of thing that they use for ringing birds! they also use really crap hose that tends to perish quickly and crack. When the clamp loosens or the hose cracks or collapses the hose leaks, it then runs down through the hole the pipe pokes through, through the bell housing and dribbles out of the drain slot and people who should know better say, "Uh! You've got a blown rear mainseal mate! That'll cost you a zillion dollars to fix!". If you're lucky while they are pulling the old tart apart they'll notice the pipe is a bit ordianary and replace it and then the leak will be fixed. If not then the leak will recurr within a few days, you'll get the sh!ts, the dealer will get the sh!ts with you, you'll sell the bike and then spend the rest of your life saying Guzzis are awful sh!theaps. Simply replace the hose first, make sure the ball valve is there and not gummed up and use decent clamps to secure it. 2.) If that doesn't work there are a couple of other areas prone to leakage. a.) The cam end welch plug. Solution? Clean it with carb cleaner and slather it in epoxy. b.) The two bottom bolts of the rear main bearing housing aren't in blind holes. They should be sealed with Loctite and, if you're paranoid, (Who? Me?) PTFE tape. Finally you may be unlucky enough to have a porous rear main bearing flange but this is stupidly rare! 3.) Sniff the oil. If it is gear oil chances are it's creeping up the clutch thrust pushrod because the seals have hardened. Offhand I can't say if the V11's use the same seals (But I'd bet London to a Brick they do!) as the older 5 speeds but these are notoriously leak prone, (Funnily enough mine never leak, I don't know why? I'm not a magician?).Replace them? Problem goes away! Look, obviously I can't say definitively that you haven't got a blown rear main seal but if it were my bike I'd certainl;y replace the breather hose and, if suspected, the clutch pushrod seals, before pulling the motor out. No, I'm not trying to be smart but I've been working on these things for twenty five years and the only blown mainseals I've seen are on bikes that have sat idle for a few years or have been grossly overfilled with oil. Oh and the odd one that had been owned by the sort of moron who's idea of preventative maintenance is to bounce up and down on the seat and as long as the rims don't rub on the road? Well, it's fit to go!!!! Always think *easy*! It's a Moto Guzzi for God's sakes!!!!! Put petrol in it and ride it till it stops!!!!! Pete

@PJPR01 Took out the 911 this afternoon to run an errand and another piece replaced by Einer's fell off. I am going back to Einer's tomorrow to get an explanation. This is rather disappointing, but I will wait to get the rationale before I decide what to feel about it. In any case, my time is precious and that would be my second run for a fix.