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Ah, yes, installing Meinolf's map may end up your best move. I would certainly perform the entire Decent Tune-up first and decide if you find it necessary to change the map. I remain the poster child for the factory map being fine as long as the tuning parameters are seen to on a regular basis and the charging system is in good stead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZouEkDHLJyQ Not sure why I like this.

386 grams (.85 pounds) savings - for a fresh and stronger axle. If you're thinking of making a few more, put me on the "interested" list.

My official Waddington Effect shakedown riding for the XIX/SSR began today after having to re-bleed the rear brake that I didn't get right the first time. Waddington was right, ya know.

That is no doubt a wink in this direction:

6AI-4V Phil

Just a note folks, Scura's came with Ohlins front and rear. Very different construction than the Marz as used on the other models. So setting notes probably won't transfer. But even the OEM set up of the Ohlins was horrible so don't feel like we got anything special.

Someone mentioned using a newer O2 sensor for improver drivability. They said the reaction time was so much quicker then the old model. Not sure if you go with tweaking your map by using trim. The computer might just override it with the O2 sensor. Meinolf's map might be necessary that the computer is going to have a correct base value. My bike doesn't have an O2 so I might not know what I'am talking about.

Afternoon Docc, in your reply dated July the 6th, point 4, you suggest "Meinolf your Map",what does this mean? Since I first wrote about this subject, things have progressed, I have now got my hands on some round section aluminum bodied Mistral Silencers which are now on the bike, they sound nice!!, although I have noticed the bike doesnt feel quite so urgent at low rpm anyway. Since my bike is a late model with a lambder sensor, will the sensor recognise the change in the exhaust system/ oxygen etc and talk to the ecu accordingly?, I am concerned it might lean out the mixture even more and make running worse I have only been for a short run so far as it poured down with rain, but looking forward to a longer run today and will reflect at the end of it. I hope to carry out some basic servicing over the next week, change oils/filters, gap some new plugs and check the valve clearances and then I will get a diagnostic tune up done based on your recommendations, still trying to find someone that lives reasonably near that may have guzzidiag etc, so if anyone is reading this from the uk and can help please let me know. Will post a picture soon. Regards, Formula Alfa.

Me too! We've even got the wee English type lanes round here where it'd be a bloody riot! Brilliant. Cheers

love it Art!

From the reply box > other media > insert image from url > paste your link > click insert into post. Edit: The problem doing it that way is the video is displayed in a continuous loop with no sound and no controls.. I guess Smugmug doesn’t allow videos to be embedded like a dedicated video app would - ie Youtube, etc... It also crashes my old iPad periodically

Very nice Skip. the Superveloce headlight ring does double duty as an homage to early Guzzi LeMans

Well, I've just re-adjusted my forks... Dialed both Comp and Reb all the way back into full closed and counted back... So now Comp is a true + 3 from full open and Reb is a true +9 from full open. All I need now is for Moses to part the sea of responsibilities for a wee bit so I can go play in the hills...... Cheers Ps maybe he could put in a good word to the weather god (s) as well ?

I don't recall that. The synopsis resemble the Vanquish plot? that girl is a retired enforceress, a corrupt ex cop kidnap her daughter to obligate her to work for him. I went to see the latest Mission Impossible yesterday evening. Just to check what stunt Tom Cruise pulled, and I understood how he injured himself while training on a motocross bike. The movie has multiple scenes with him driving motorbikes in pursuit or chases; I spent time in Rome (Italy), and those large paved streets are not easy to ride on at low speed...

Looks like you have a spare 10mm open end wrench. Most people carry them in their tool pouch.

At not 4K miles it is unlikely it will of had chance to shit itself in a major way. It will require the heads to come off though which on a small tank Stelvio is a PITA because most of the front plastics need removing to get the tank off and the tank needs to come off to allow access to the brackets that bolt the heads to the frame. Then there will be the need to grease the swingarm and shock linkage bearings and it is wise to replace the sump spacer gasket between spacer and block. The advantage of acquiring such a low mileage example though can't be overstated. Basically it is unlikely that it has had the opportunity to be monstered by 'Harry Hometune' so as long as the airbox drain hoses are undamaged and have been kept plugged chances are the throttlebodies will still be both undamaged and unmolested. The Small Tank bikes do have the beefier 50mm forks and it is very important to check that the pinch bolts for the front wheel spindle haven't been overtightened as the castings on the bottom of the legs are crack prone if they are torqued too zealously by a shaved ape. I've owned both a 'Big Tank' 2012 model, that's the one I built the big port, single spark 1400 motor for, and I am currently refurbishing a 2009 'Small Tank' model for sale. Both have their good and bad points but both are excellent motorbikes if mapped correctly and have had the 'Remedial' work done. I'm a Griso Guy so I won't be hanging on to the Stelvio, although it's tempting, but put simply you can't really go wrong with any of the 8V CARC bikes as long as the now well known problems are dealt with, first among them being the flat tappet fiasco! I remain puzzled as to why they never sold in much greater numbers? I think the answer lies in the fact that as well as the dealer network being a joke there were, and still are, few mechanics willing to learn and understand how the W5AM controller worked and as a result there were and remain large numbers of examples running around that have either never had a proper tune up or, alternatively, have been 'Tuned' by someone who doesn't know what they're doing and actively damages them by playing with things they don't understand and shouldn't be touching! The tragedy is there has never been a bike easier to tune than a W5AM Guzzi! But what can you do? Even after they've been out of production for seven years we're still getting them into our workshop 'Freshly Buggered' by 'Tuners'. If the 'Tuner' has a Dyno the results are usually much, much worse!