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So I weighed the V10 Sport today. The bike has a wheel/tyre/axle combo that's 9KG lighter than stock and a single plate aluminium clutch and flywheel and about 80% Titanium fasteners for reference. It also has the chin spoiler, bikini fairing and a Wilbers full spec shock with remote hydraulic preload adjuster. Total weight......231Kg with all fluids and no fuel. Front 114Kg- Rear 122Kg minus 5KG for fuel. The centre of the wheelbase is in line with the gearbox to engine interface. I've never liked those scales. Phil

Most of the West Coast riders probably already know about this event, but for the rest of us this is a cool custom bike show. THE BIKES! https://www.the1moto.com/

All the specs but the material are in the digital file, and actually hard to make mistakes with. Quality and finish are really the domain of the cutter.

Well, I don’t really need one, I had put my name down back in May mainly to kickstart @Pressureangle campaign for another run and support his efforts to provide this great service for the community. I’ll do it again this time around if that puts the count over 10 and reduces the final cost for everyone, surely a latecomer will chime in after the production run is over, wanting one... If not it’ll make a nice trivet - - - PS: With all due respect, I hope it is not too much of a blind faith to trust DGI, a newcomer to these shores, to produce plates within the original specs that will fit and function as they should - says the worrywort - ...

Around here "sportbikes" are not very popular, but "sporty" bikes are huge. All the Japanese manufacturers have sporty bikes, both naked ones and semi faired ones. A V11 is a naked sporty bike, and a Lemans is a semi faired naked bike. Both would fit in fine with what most of the other manufacturers are doing. Sportbikes still sell, but not as much as they used to. All the manufacturers still sell sportbikes, but fewer options in fewer displacement ranges. Thus, a modern replacement for the MGS-01 seems unlikely. But a modern replacement for the V11 Sport and Lemans seems like an obvious choice. If they only want to sell two wheeled SUVs and retro bikes, they can do that but will never sell enough to grow the company. And they sure won't sell one to me. We will see. My money is on more versions of the new bike.

Amending for the pannier/load out and a half tank of fuel, I get 223 kg. Add back abut 5 kilos for the weight of the stock LaFranconi canisters = 227. US V11 with the evaporative fuel vapor system are going to come in very close to 230 kg/ 506 pounds (if my fast math is right . . .). [edit: revised, below: a factory RedFrame V11 Sport comes in at 530 pounds/ 241 kg. ]

I think your maths is ok docc. Maybe southern hemisphere weight is different to northern. Phil

Swoosh Dave I watch The Mighty Garage often, like yesterday...

I was just putting in a placeholder for a friend. I'll let him reserve for himself. But it's a definite yes.

I hate to say it but I'm a little burned out on the show. But I've also gone to everyone of them (except the first) and even had a bike in the show once. That being said it's definitely worth going to once. Or twice. @Joe I hope you subscribed to that channel. Some awesome content there. Aside from the fact that I'm in several of the videos.

Our man-on-the-scene, @swooshdave, usually gives us some nice perspective on this show . . .

I will take two.

EICMA = Esposizione Internazionale Ciclo, Motociclo e Accessori Only BMW is not at this year's EICMA. KTM has returned. @v11_meticcio you can park your moto undercover and for free at the PM1, West entrance (I suppose you know that already). Giovedì 9 novembre 2023 dalle 9.30 alle 18.30 Venerdì 10 novembre 2023 dalle 9.30 alle 18.30 Sabato 11 novembre 2023 dalle 9.30 alle 18.30 Domenica 12 novembre 2023 dalle 9.30 alle 18.30 I decided against taking a fast train to Milano, because of a landslide in the Maurienne valley; trains take another route that makes the journey considerably longer. I can't make it in a single day back and forth.

No just the tyre and wheel combinations but the tyres were 170 and 180 so not much use there. The rear shock is better but probably heavier although it has an alloy body but preload adjuster assembly will weigh a bit. I'd be interested to know what a std V11 Sport weighs in at. It would be above what Guzzi advertised at the time I'm sure now. It's also got the later 43mm forks and much lighter 25mm hollow front axle. How's it handle? Better than before by a decent margin. Phil

Good job. Better suspension, lower unsprung weight. How does it handle? I've been wondering if there is a tire that has lower weight. A cheap way to reduce unsprung weight? I've not been able to find any info on this. I weighed a new Bridgestone Battlax 120/70ZR17 T32 at 4.39kg, and a worn BT023 at slightly heavier. Have you weighed any tires?

I added the notification format to your post, @DinoMike. @drossell7 hasn't visited since October 22. Did you try sending him a Message by selecting that option when you hover over his username?

Correct. Cheers Tom.

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I have zero interest in the Stelvio, but am glad to see a new Stelvio as it is hopefully a precursor to a proper Guzzi with the new engine. A modern V11 Sport / LeMans using that engine would be wonderful. Or maybe a modern Griso. Heck, I would love an MGS-01 with that engine, but I suspect that is a bridge too far.