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MPH still sells the riser kits, I bought my 1st set of MPH risers in 2004, the 2nd set in 2022. The only changes according to the kit is an eagle emblem instead of MPH scribed into the aluminum. The kit has always came with new steel braided hydraulic clutch and brake lines. The hydraulic clutch is tight but can be made to work, the fix is to order one for a Centauro, which is longer and makes the kit much easier to install.

It depends a little bit on which ones are running (currently 4 bikes, one car and one bicycle), but... I do think about practical things, what I need to take with me and so on. The bottom line is, I open the drawer that the keys are in, and take the one that is calling the loudest to be ridden. Even if that goes against the "common sense" planning. It's sort of like baby birds in a nest when the parent turns up with food. The loudest one wins.

99, 01, 03, 04 all with female towards tranny. And greasing my zerks I find not to bad, ok involves the misses handling the gun, or a buddy. Cheers Tom.

Anyone going? I am going to be in France during EICMA, I could take a fast train but I am not completely convinced I should. With all the YouTube videos, it is almost not worth the time. We can expect to see the new Moto Guzzi Stelvio and possibly some new variations of the V100?

Thats a statement that can't be uttered until you have put a few thousand miles on the bike in all weather conditions. Out of interest I loaded and compared Meinolfs V11 fuel map to the std v11 Sport map and looked in that low throttle angle V 3000 rpm range and noted it's massively richer in that general area. Although Meinolf has messed about a bit with the throttle and RPM break points in some areas it's around 100% richer than the std v11 map. Interesting. Phil

I do remember the old one, when I was doing land jobs in Nigeria. It had a tractor kind of diesel engine, max speed 70 or 80 km/h, no air conditioning, no power steering... after a day of driving in the bush during the rainy season, you had forearms like Schwarzy, and a back side full of blisters. But they were virtually indestructible and very reliable. Then Toyota came up with the Land Cruiser.

Good afternoon everyone, Well, I am pleased to report that my V11 is now hiccup free at lower rpm, for the benefit of Uk Members, I used "REPS" Motorcycles in Caldicot, Royston, ex TT racer, has a rolling road and has been tuning motorcycle engines for a long time, he has worked on countless Guzzi`s previously and after I described the hesitation/coughing etc he knew exactly what to do and was able to tune the engine richening the mixture with the limited adjustment available as standard. Lovely roll on power and acceleration now, nice and smooth and getting approx extra 5bhp between 2 and 4000 rpm. Since I last posted on here, I have now also with the help of UK member Steve S, had the updated stronger shift return spring fitted, so another box ticked. I have now turned my attention to ergonomics and want to find some suitable risers to come up and back a bit, after reading previous post on here, I like the idea of MPH risers retaining the standard handlbars so if anyone has a pair for sale, I am up for a deal! Regards, Formula Alfa.

Wouldn't expect anything else at that mileage.

Well, not only Moto Guzzi.... We also have the Ducasu KD400 https://www.moto.it/news/ducasu-dk400-dalla-cina-senza-vergogna.html

It varies from one manufacturer to another, but generally a 170 will fit on the same wheel a 180 will fit on. The later V11's have a 5.5" wide rear wheel. Here is a screen shot of a chart on the Dunlop website listing recommended wheel widths. You can see that both the 170 and 180 are listed for a 5.5" wide wheel, and the 160 is listed as fitting a 4.5" or 5" wide wheel. The 170 will also fit a 4.5" wide rear wheel, which was the original tire size for V11's that came with the 4.5" rear wheel. But in both cases, using the narrower tire for that wheel width will result in lighter steering. That is not something everyone wants, but many do.

So, if you put the driveshaft on backwards does the bike run in reverse? I'll let myself out the door...

Planning comes to mind for gas in back roads, everywhere I think. Actually not to bad up here getting gas. The non existing summer this year is over, a few more rides hopefully. Cheers Tom.

Wow... The odo rolled over to 00000 again just before I got into the office yesterday morning! Now have 94 kilometres showing on it and still running like a champ! Cheers

A combination of Defender and Offender...

This week-end was supposed to be the one when I would complete my Texas Tour stops; However, we had heavy thunderstorms predicted to take place over most of Texas, so I decided to delay. Nevertheless, yesterday I opted to have lunch in Brenham: I said bring it down! It did not disappoint. I got there completely drenched! The Le Mans loved it though....

Fitted new rear wheel bearings yesterday. I woke up with a little scream last night as I remembered I didn’t put the spacer in first.

So because of a huge house renovation, I have not had a lot of time to ride my Italian bikes However, the previous car was increasing in maintenance (and a diesel, which was not the right choice anymore), so I wanted something else. And well, the Italian blood was already there, so I bought my 4th Italian vehicle, this time with 4 wheels.

I love this phrase : "collector grade" being applied to V11 !