Leaderboard

^^^^^^^ Those enamored with faux bourbon from Lynchburg, Tullahoma, and similar Volunteer State wannabes should reflect that when folks flush their toilets -- or leave their privies! -- in Kentucky, the results flow to Tennessee. Bill

Not sure about their promotions, but their little town has a nice, friendly BBQ spot . . .

and 99% of the last 1% can be isolated by systematic troubleshooting: calmly and logically looking at one thing at time, one step at a time, from one end of the circuit to the other. I fixed an antenna combiner once (used to combine the ouput of multiple in-ear monitor senders, so you can send them all off one antenna...), and several younger colleagues were almost bowing down in awe. I had to explain how I did it: "see that big black charcoal smudge behind the power switch? That's not supposed to be there....

Looking forward to the end of their marketing promotion....

Hi everyone, just wanted to introduce myself as a new member. I have been nosing through this forum since I started looking into getting a V11 and have to say there is a lot of info available. I’m not new to Guzzi’s, had a couple of Tonti’s in the past and had a 8v Griso Tenni for about 10 years. Then bought a V85tt travel, which was a great bike to ride but the allroad theme is not really for me. Then sold that one and got a RnineT last year, after I did a test ride on my dads RnineT. Have to say that I really enjoyed the smoothness of the boxer. But then again, it’s not a Guzzi. while browsing the internet I found a V11 Lemans Rosso Corsa for sale, went to have a look and was impressed with the state of the 19 year old bike. So I bought it. currently in the garage are a 850 Lemans, R nine T and the V11 lemans. I will be looking into getting the shifter upgrade and rusty picket roper plate. mand I will have a look into uploading some pictures of the bikes. greetings E from the Netherlands.

ratchethack's 11-JAN-2009 post worked for me: "1. To get out of your current fix, reach underneath the rear of the right-hand side cover where it meets the muffler/pillion peg hanger, where you will find the cable shroud for the seat release. While turning the seat release key full counter-clockwise as you normally would, pull the cable shroud down about an inch or so. This will give the cable a few mm more travel, and release the seat. Since this takes both hands, you might need someone else to push down and pull up gently on the rear of the seat at the same time for it to work." However, rather than employing his long-term fix, I simply bent the latch arm a bit (+/- 3mm) so the latch completely opens when I turn the key (counterclockwise). My latch arm was bent a bit the wrong way anyway so the cable angle is ever-so-slightly better now too.

That is pretty funny. But you forget that the outhouse is still pretty common in Kentucky. And the result is there is no flush and it stays right there in Kentucky, so they can make Bourbon out of it. To be fair, Jack Daniels doesn't pretend to be "Bourbon". It is Whiskey, and darn fine Whiskey at that. I usually have at least one bottle of Jack in the house. I do prefer better Whiskies, but I rarely drink Bourbon. To many better options out there.

What is a subsidence survey ?

I don’t recall seeing this item for sale last year when we visited the distillery picking up several bottles of heart warming liquid!! That will have to be corrected with a return visit!

You can burn diesel in an oil furnace, and you can burn heating oil for an oil furnace in a diesel engine (although it is illegal to do so as it is tax fraud). For all intent the two are interchangeable. I view the current situation as a reminder that we really need to become less dependent on fossil fuels. For example, even though the US pumps enough oil out of the ground to cover most or all of the oil we consume, we are still subject to the global oil market as oil is a global commodity. If the world price of oil goes up the price of oil in the US goes up regardless of where the oil came from. While there is no easy light switch solution, it so happens that green energy is often also less volatile.

I've fitted one of these cables. I found I needed to put a slight bend in the gearbox end so it clears the rod between the fuel injection units. Otherwise it works fine

To put that into perspective: my de-facto father in law got a letter from his energy provider the other week. In Germany, by the way. He had been paying just over €250,- a month for gas. They informed him that as of Jan. the price "had to" go up to well over €1.000,- a month. Our provider has informed us that the price for electricity is going to double as of January. Don't know what the gas price is going to do, but it wont be pretty. Europe was, before the war in the Ukraine started, getting something over 60% of its gas from Russia. Most of it was going through pipes through the Ukraine. Also, I believe a large percentage of the diesel in Europe was coming from Russian oil. Given that diesel motors are almost the norm here, that is a not insignificant problem So Yes, this is true. One might argue that the european embargo on Russian oil is a foolish gambit in that context. On the other hand, Putin is financing the war to a large extent through fossil energy sales. I don't think anyone wants to keep financing his meglomania. Also, would it be wise to remain largely dependent for energy on a country whose leader has proven himself to be, to put it mildly, somewhat erratic? Much more importantly, to keep the industry running so the economy doesn't collapse. Lights are good too... It is worth noting that at least some of those coal power plants were supposed to be going out of service around now. Also, a couple of nuclear power plants that were scheduled to go off line will be kept going at least until the end of this winter. The bloke who had to decide about that is Robert Habek, vice chancellor and minister for the economy and climate protection. He is a member of the green party. In other words, it's all a bit complicated here right now.

Got it. When I arrived today, he said the turn signal fuse would blow after riding a bit. Hit all the connections involved with DeOxit. Looked at wiring we could see,of course. No Joy. Mark said he was done for the day, but I already was cutting cable ties off. In just a couple of minutes, I said, looky here. Where the wiring went to the flasher, there was one bare strand of copper that was chafed and touching the frame. I've always said that electrical issues are easy to fix..you just need to find out what needs fixing..

Very close, but I think the pork chops are black. And the mufflers are a kind of bronze colour. I'm not prone to go and have a closer look right now. It's about 3.30 a.m. here, and around -5°C outside. The beautiful lady is four floors down in the back yard under a "tarp". I know,that is not the best place, but putting her in my "garage" up the street is not really an option. I share the garage with 3 other blokes, and there are already 5 other bikes in there. But my V11 is not alone. The Imola and the GTR are right beside her keeping her company.

I had to look up @ildar's "auratium green." This makes total sense now!

I didn't say they were unmanageable, my 1198 has TC as well it's just a little pointless 180HP on a road bike. Just simply way more than you can actually use. Doing track days at Phillip Island cured me of these sort of bikes on the public road. Not being an old kill Joy or saying they are stupid or anything else but I'll tell you something I've thought for probably 20 years. You can't realistically use more than 100 rear well horsepower on a road bike and I'd trade every horsepower over 100 for 1kg less in weight. When I think of the risks I used to take on the road in the fast and twisty stuff I shudder now. I go way faster in much more safety at the track. It's a paradox, track riding slows you down on the road. Ciao

I don't know if "belief" is the correct term: when the fast idle lever returns to off on its own, and the seat latch lock is soooo stiff to turn you can feel the key about to twist off in it, well, you decide... Push down on the back of the seat directly above the actual latch mechanism while turning the key; it will take pressure off of the latch so that twisting the key retracts the latch pin instead of just stretching that long cable. I find this is still necessary for ease of use even after making the spring swap. So, "press on back of seat, twist key, pull up on rear seat edge, release key, pull seat back & off" is the sequence that works for me. And thanks to everyone here for telling me where the seat latch release was back when I first came to v11LM.com: I was trying to unlock the helmet latch at first too!