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I think a forum is a bit old fashioned. You need old farts to keep one running. In the context of the V7, the old farts that have them are already in established Guzzi forums and just continue there with the V7. The one I'm on in Germany has it's own subsection for the V7 models, and there is regular activity there. The young folk that get a V7 go to facebook and what have you, or just stick with Moto Guzzi's Clan. Forums are too "old school" for hipsters, although they take great pains to affect an old-school style. I think I'm getting nasty and cynical in my old age....

Almost certainly, but there is a V7 thread on ADV that is active and useful. While I'm hoping to be riding my Grisos and Mana for a few more years my body is telling me those days are numbered and for that reason I'm looking at a V7 for down the track. Only a V7-II. Last of the Herron head motors, six speed gearbox and the Stone model has cast wheels. Sure the suspension is crap and the brakes only *Adequate* but by the time I'm riding it that will be all I need. When it gets too much I'll get a Vespa! Love me some Vespa!

Oh, don't get me going about the whole "Porkchops and Stilettos" thing . . .

I had a couple of Roo steaks when we were in the Northern Territory recently. Cooked to perfection and easily best I've ever had....Yum!

Interesting. That has been my method when adding a clock, or any instrument. Along with mounting as a "cluster" rather than a "scatter" or a remote location, especially avoiding further from the line-of-sight to the path-of-travel. I once read (one never knows if these things have any basis in fact) that the trend to convert aircraft cockpits to all digital displays was met with dismay from the pilots claiming the vast array of digital displays were much harder to interpret than "dials." The method of mounting each analog instrument in an array such that "normal" points all of the needles at (or about) 12:00 has long been used in race cars and hot rods (perhaps aircraft, as well?). Something I incorporated into my face and range design of the Speedhut on mySport. The goal being fast reading-at-a-glance: 5th gear, 4k rpm/ 100 kph/62 mph: both needles at 11:00 . . .

You're not wrong about them bounding outa the bush mate... I have a simple rule of being off the bike or off the road by about 4pm due to the wildlife and one very vivid memory was the cause of it. Back in 1989 I did a bike trip to Darwin and Kakadu Nat Park on a most inappropriate SR500 loaded with gear and girlfriend.The original plan to come back via Qld was abandoned due to the SLOW pace ha ha.Anyways leaving Erldunda for Ayers Rock in the late afternoon meant we'd be riding at night to get there.I was wary but thought bugger it will give it a go. About half way into the 260 k ride it's pitch black and COLD plus the SR's headlight was about as good as holding a lighter out front and I see headlights coming towards us from the direction of the rock.By the time the headlights get close to us ie about 10-15 metres away it's lights illuminate a HUGE roo, it had to be a big red.It bounded outa the bush from my left never having touched the lane we were in and landed on the road right in front of the 4WD and it's headlights and bounced off into the bush on the other side! We wouldn't have had a chance had it come the other way! Being dark as Hades out there you don't see them coming till it's too late and to say it scared the CRAP outa me is the understatement of the year.The remaining 130 odd kays were spent jumping at even the bugs hitting the helmet.... Then when we were almost there the road turned into a swarming see of MICE just to freak us out even more (didn't think it possible)! Turns out there was a mouse plague out there but anyways we made it! I've just driven this road a couple of weeks ago with my wife this time and it brought the memory (s) back so apologies for the rambling....! But yeah, a Roo is definitely better viewed from your plate than the road in the dark of night!!! Cheers

I have a V7. I haven't found a specific forum for it. But I've gotten all the information I've needed from both WildGuzzi and GuzziTech forums. Mainly WildGuzzi

Yes, indeed. A mate of mine collected one (or it might have been "only" a wallaby) somewhere out near Kinglake years ago. The thing landed on his front wheel. He was lucky: scratched up the bike and broke his collar-bone. Could have been lots worse. @docc : the comparison with deer is appropriate in another sense as well: deer come bounding out of the bush, the don't just wander on to the road with four feet on the ground (at least the little ones here do...). Kangaroos are even better: they come out of the trees about a meter in the air and hit the ground in the middle of the road. It can be a little difficult to see them coming... But, as Guzzler has already mentioned, they are indeed grill-compatible.

You used to be able to buy it in the supermarket a while back. It's very dark red, dense meet and high in protein and very low in fat. Strongish flavour. Used to shoot Roo's years ago and cut the hind quarters off them for the farm dogs to eat for the week. They had to make it last, lol. Phil

From dial instruments to grilled meat considerations... Great skidding there folks!!

And only cost a few bucks...(Guzzi content)

Yea you are right it's debateable. An analogue is better when it's at or over a certain size but when you are talking about compact clocks such as we fit on bikes I'd rather have a digital clock inside the instruments with numerals 5-6mm high or so which is pretty typical. On our country roads which are pretty patchy these days reading the bouncing small dia analogue seems harder than 4 digital numbers to me. It's about the size of the clock and the conditions. Just about anything's fine to read in a car but on a bike on our roads, not so much. Freeways are probably ok but I just drove from Melbourne to Brisbane last week and the Hume to Sydney was totally strewn with road kill. I've done that trip a lot over the last 20 years and I'd say i came across at least 300 different road kills on the trip. So bad you couldn't afford to take your eyes off the road for a second. I had to avoid at least 25-30 dead roo's and wombats actually in my lane on that leg of the trip! What happens when you stop/reduce culling Roos. Phil

Reminds me how fortunate, indeed, we V11ers are! Thanks to @Admin Jaap !

Is that a Fairbairn Sykes Docc ?

This sounds exactly like the problem here with white tail deer. I keep telling anyone who rides to donate rifle cartridges to their hunting buddies. The deer are "OOC" and the hunting buddies will share steaks and burger venison. Win-win! I have never heard if 'roo meat is worthy of the grill . . .

I hear they aren't culling as many as they used to do as the USA now is banning Kangaroo skins? Might be rubbish but my FIL mentioned it. The numbers are getting OOC. I live near Kangaroo Ground a fringe suburb of Melbourne which is basically Rural. I've hit a Roo on the Wattle Glen to Kangaroo Ground road a few years ago. It's quite sobering to drive that road now and look into the grazing paddocks and observe 35 or more Roos in a mob hanging about 100 meters away . Hitting one in the car is bad. On the bike it's life threatening at worst and hospital and grave injuries at best. Phil

Wow, that's a lot of dead 'roos. I don't reckon I can remeber ever having seen one on the Hume, or maybe one or perhaps two. And wombats too. On the one hand it is good that the native wildlife is apparently flourishing. On the other, it would be better if they didn't flourish on the freeway. Regarding this: indeed it is. My benchmark is being able to read the clocks at about 150 km/h on an Autobahn with a bit of traffic on it. That really does have to be "at a glance", even in a car.

"Alles richtig gemacht" is a saying here. Literally: "Everything right made", and so that it makes sense: "Goodonya, mate, ya done well". PS: I think it must be "Vyrus", without the "e". Brian Snelson from Hockley, Essex, England, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyrus

Yes, just like that.

Almost. I had a Buell X1, one of the best bikes I ever owned when it was running right. That thing was wicked. I loved it.

@Speedfrog Once I discovered this tool over 20 years ago, I use it for everything, clutch, brakes, cars, bikes, etc. It works so great, super easy.

Or this classic

On the way home from the SSR, I had to give up the tunes to Nic; of course everyone likes what they heard when they were a teenager so, here you go; I know every word on the album because I used to travel with the kids a lot...

Yeah, I got that. I'm up for schmalz and fiddling too, and yes, people like Rieu do bring pleasure to millions and perhaps even bring some people to listen so stuff they might otherwise have missed out on. I just prefer to go on and listen to what the originator of the piece actually intended. Mostly, as in the case of Beethoven's 9th., there is a heap of really interesting subtleties that get lost when someone does a "greatest hits" arrangement. Anyway, difficult to hold such a conversation via text alone. It can so quickly sound (look) like something other than what was intended to be said. I'm not a music snob, I'm a sound engineer, I studied music and currently work in an opera house. That doesn't stop me enjoying a bit of kitsch now and then, or distorted guitars.

The factory supplied new mapping for bikes that were rollerised, generally they were crap, in fact I think the map for rollerised Sport 1200's was in fact a repurposed Stelvio map. There are many excellent aftermarket maps available, most notably from John who posts as Xltra I believe on various boards and Mark 'Beetle' Bayley. John's maps are Stelvio specific, Mark's are individually built for different models and different exhausts by a long process of on-road data-logging and testing. I have worked closely with Mark for years, he only lives about 300km from me and he travels to Canberra a lot for work so we catch up frequently. I run his maps in all three of my Grisos and have installed them to almost universal acclaim in dozens, if not hundreds, more bikes. The process is very simple and intuitive using the Guzzidiag suite of tools and despite what those with a vested interest in making people think that map modification and FI tuning are some sort of 'White Man Ju-Ju' beyond the Ken of mere mortals the hardware is cheap, the software is downloadable for free, although decent people will make a donation to the designer, and most importantly it's SAFE! It is impossible to brick your ECU using Guzzidiag! Which is more than can be said for PADS, the factory tool, which if a map upload is interrupted can very easily brick the ECU!

It can't be a 2002 as they weren't built then. All 8V's, (And all Stelvios use the 8V motor despite the early ones being designated '4V'.) manufactured prior to the middle of 2012 used the flat tappet top end and they all fail. There are no exceptions. Some may last longer before they make a noise than others but make no mistake, they ALL fail. The only cure is to convert to the roller top end and there are four different kits to achieve this depending on year and model of machine. If people would like I can post up my 'Definitive guide to rollerisation' here but someone, presumably a mod, will need to insert the pics as I can't seem to work out how to do that here. Other major factors to be aware of are swingarm and shock linkage bearings which if they haven't been greased by a previous owner will require replacement and it is wise to replace the sump spacer gasket between the sump spacer and the block with one of the thicker aftermarket gaskets available as they tend to blow out around the front oil delivery gallery if the shitty original gasket is kept. Finally, make sure that the previous owner has not used a K&N type air filter and that the drain hoses from the airbox are intact, attached and plugged. This is very important as the 50mm TB's are very sensitive to damage. Also check that the yellow paint on the throttle stop screws is intact and they haven't been fiddled with, few workshops seem to know how to tune a W5AM Guzzi and if the throttlebodies are messed about with by someone who doesn't know what they are doing it is possible to turn them into scrap very easily. They are no longer available as a spare part. The stock mapping is pretty pedestrian. The W5AM has been an open book for well over a decade. There is no need to pay preposterous money for 'Reflashes' as you can swap maps easily and safely using Guzzidiag 'Reader' and 'Writer' programs and there are several aftermarket suppliers who can offer you much improved maps in both closed and open loop format for little or no money. You will need a laptop with Guzzidiag downloaded but you should have that already for your V11. You cannot tune a W5AM bike without it. Just saw your last message. 2012 was the changeover year to roller tappets. Only way to be certain is to lift the rocker cover and look. If it is still a flat tappet bike it will require an 'A' kit to rollerise it.