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Pretty sure Pete said something about some Pommies…

I have an automotive stop and tail light bulb with pigtails soldered to it for testing stuff and removing the flash charge from batteries before testing with a meter etc. If I had this cold weather issue with a Lithium battery I'd just fit my home made tool with either an accessory socket that plugs into the std one on the bike if fitted or onto the remote charging fly leads and let the combined stop and tail light illumination of the bulb warm the battery. My simple tool cois up to the size of the palm of your hand and fits in the front pocket of a pair of jeans. Failing that any simple pair of short leads and a resistor of some kind would work. Plug in a heated vest for a while might do it as well. Phil

From this it looks like about 45° is doable.

@p6xA friend of mine has one here in town. It is his pride and joy.

https://stlouis.craigslist.org/mcy/d/saint-louis-2001-moto-guzzi-v11-sport/7683043687.html

@p6x I'm surprised it's 117" in length,it looks tiny. It sounds like they have a reasonable reputation around the world;here in Canada,they're somewhat rare & a bit of an oddity,so used they tend to sell at lower prices. I'm not surprised that the guzzi engine was considered for the Fiat 500's;it's been used effectively already in a few car/trike kits. If it ever came with a version of a guzzi engine, I don't think I could resist

Got wheel bearings and headset bearings from this seller on Ebay, good vendor. Bearings

AllBalls....https://www.allballsracing.com/wheel.html

Any retail bearing supplier. Just ensure you get either US, German or Japanese made bearings. Any of the major brands. NSK, Timken, Koyo etc. Phil

By the way, did you know that initially, FIAT considered Moto Guzzi to supply the engine for the Cinquecento... however, Moto Guzzi did not have the production capacity to supply the volume FIAT required. So Moto Guzzi missed a chance to really make big bucks....

When I was working in Italy, owning one of those was the ultimate craze for those of us who did not get a company car. The Fiat 500 is slightly longer than a Smart ForTwo at 117" versus 106". The major problem is that it is basically a tinfoil car. If you get hit by anything, that thing will crumble on you like paper.

Auntie!

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