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For sure, if your rear tire isn't sexy, chicks won't even give you the time of day......

Here is a pic of the intake air path on a 2003 model.

If I had a set of them I would install them when I had the engine apart for anything. It is a fair amount of work to install them, so taking the engine apart to install them for no other reason might not be the cheapest idea. Still a good idea, but better if the engine is having work done already. As I recall, the Mike Rich pistons improve the shape of the combustion chamber (the space between the cylinder head and the piston), improving the squish area, as well as increasing the compression ratio for faster and more complete combustion. I would not expect a massive difference, but on bikes I have done similar mods to I have experienced better throttle response and a small increase in torque. No earth shaking power, they aren't going to turn your V11 into a top fuel dragster, but an improvement none the less.

I bought these. Metzler Sportec M9 RR 180x55 on the rear and a 120 on the front. I liked the look of them and the tread pattern looks quite sexy and they seemed quite expensive so I figured they must be good. Phil

Oooh. Lookee! https://tlm.nl/moto-guzzi-triumph/us-01114400-a-used-inlaatkelk-v11-1100-sport-a Two in stock. Get 'em while they're hot!

I also have that tyre. On this sexyness it did not deliver. But still 5000 to go ... at least.

In the six years I did 46,000 kms & since the ‘super spring’ I’ve done about 27,000, & still going strong, the bike’s currently got 83,000kms on it.

Because it looks good and I'm a racer 17X5.5 inch rim. Phil

Ah, yeah, rubber preservative/restorative:

Oh, they have a couple of brand new ones too. https://tlm.nl/moto-guzzi-triumph/011144000000-inlaatkelk-v11-uit-produktie

No it's modified. Had the bell cut off it to fit the pod filter at some point. https://www.officine08.com/p69547_intake-joint-moto-guzzi-1100-sport-i-e-air-filter.html Airbox seal https://www.stein-dinse.com/en/moto-guzzi-rubber-air-filter-short-1100-sport-i-e-corsa/item-1-1127372.html Phil

Touché, absolutely. My evil twin, my alter ego. Truth is I unabashedly lobbed that question in as a lazy attempt to divine the answer that I knew had been answered at some point previously, which I noted. I just forgot which thread it was in or the right search terms for that topic. I’ll accept the requisite scolding for my laziness.🤭

My trusty steed is an 04 Cafe Sport, the shift spring originally on the bike is the same offending one that breaks, I went through four of them in about six years before I purchased the upgraded one from Scud some years ago, I purchased two ‘just in case’ but it’s never been an issue since.

Hi gents, I’ve got a couple of pistons made by Mike Rich Motorsports in Newfoundland PA, I’m considering installing them on my 04 Cafe Sport, but just wanted to ask if anyone out there has any experience with said pistons, With regards to how the bike runs, more gee gees etc.? Would it be a recommended mod.?

Having had the privilege of learning more about this "intake air path", I would venture that this piece is a fine looking, yet hidden, "velocity stack" . . . No wonder chicks dig these airboxes. They are always knowing things we don't know . . . . . . reminds me of something . . .

Looks like @Lucky Phil nailed this early on for @mikev's configuration:

No worries, mate. I am the poster child for bashing the per-jeepers out of a V11 Sport . . . I've broken shit that hasn't happened to any other V11. Not proud of it, more just doing my due diligence at the requisite Beta testing . . .

I just think of this stuff docc because I never commute anymore and all the miles I do on cars and bikes are either freeway or country roads pretty much. No point me testing anything in reality. Brakes, tyres, clutches etc last for ever with my vehicles. Maybe wheel bearings I could comment on if you have decades to wait, lol. Phil

Well considered. When my second clutch master cylinder spring fractured into multiple pieces, I tried to conceive how many shift operations it may have sustained. I gave up on the exercise when the beer ran out . . . Perhaps it is valid to think that a particular rider in a given location would have ridden the 4-springs over the 46,000 kays in about the same fashion as the 1-spring lasting 27,000, so far. The report also makes me ponder why some mechanisms are so much harder on this spring (multiple failures). And whether a proper application of the Lucky_Phil Shift Improvement is part of the solution . . .

Problem with that theory is the 99-2000 parts manual shows no clamp and the 02-2007 I have shown has a clamp that's never been fitted to any model as far as I can see. So it's not an outdated carry over from a previous manual. The original image posted may be an even later iteration or amendment to a mistake in the manual. This is why in the aviation world the parts manual was never allowed to be a legal reference for the assembly of aircraft components, it was a part number sourcing reference only. Never to be used to demonstrate assembly order. Phil

Welldone, @Speedfrog! Combining those two diagrams is tricky. On the airbox diagram, it does appear my 2000 Sport has the #19 "trumpet" from the airbox to the back of the throttle body with #4 sealing the trumpet to the airbox. No #21 clamp. Then, on the throttle body diagram, my Sport uses the #16 "collar" and clamp #15 to connect the airbox trumpet to the back of the throttle body. [The #14 rubber intake to the #8 intake manifold in front of the throttle body is another matter, entirely.]

That clamp (#21) shouldn't be there, probably a remnant of earlier models... If you look at the drawing posted earlier, it's not there.

Parts manuals. Here;s another version of the parts manual. Has anyone ever seen item 19 fitted on a Guzzi V11 Sport? It's not the part number for the clamp that connects the trumpet sleeve to the throttle body either. Parts manuals, they can be misleading sometimes.

I guess KLM's covered isn't the best measure docc. What you want it a bike that's used for suburban commuting with lots of shifter action. Phil

@docc & @Lucky Phil are right. @mikev #4 in the diagram you posted is the sleeve/seal connecting the air intake tube to the airbox. The sleeve connecting the air intake to the TB can be found in the TB diagram - #16

Autopilot.... That phrase about giving fools enough rope and they'll hang themselves springs to mind.

Pretty sure #4 is the adapter that connects #19 to the throttle body, not the part that connects it to the airbox.

Here's a tip, anything made of rubber buy as spares when you can and treat them with preservative and a clip lock bag and store them away out of the light. Rubber parts are a PITA to replicate or find an alternative to. I have my stash. Phil

Hhhmmm....very nice indeed! Maybe I'll get mine today at home as well...I can spend an hour sewing it on next to the Guzzisti Nomads and 100th anniversary patch! Next year, will be doing the Tour, but probably a mix of Guzzi/Honda for a bit of variety!

I see two available, used, from TLM/The Netherlands eBay listings: https://www.ebay.com/itm/134663701995

Yea they just have a full circle grommet style seal on the airbox Pete and the trumpet inserts from the airbox and connects to the T/B. The rubber seals are still available I think but the trumpets are hard to find, new anyway. Phil

Does it look like it has been cut/chopped/modified in any way? If not I'd think it's probably the original part. I can't remember exactly how they seal to the box. Usually it's some sort of lipped flange but if push comes to shove you could simply install the box and then seal around them with silastic. Not ideal but a zillion times better than pods.

For what it is worth. I live in rainy town, so I wondered who deals the most with wet roads. The Brits are certainly top 5 if not #1. So, to Avon I have gone. Their bias ply tires served me well on my "collector vehicle" EX500, and so when I picked up a nail in the rear of the V11, I went with the Avon Spirit ST. Dual compound, possibly front and rear - rear for sure. When the front Michi is gone - I suspect its geometry is not ideal for the V11 - I'll mount a Spirit ST on the front as well. The reviews mention that they even work for track days. NOT a concern with me. https://www.avontyres.com/en-us/tyres/spirit-st

2023 50 stops rocker patch arrived to ornate my decades old jacket.... (purchased in 2003). Photo at the top in the reporting thread. Looking forward to 2024!

My point was, that Dunlop has provided racing tires for motorcycles during the past two decades. Manufacturing tires for racing helps to perfect the tires you sell for the general public, as well as general exposure. I am not implying that because Dunlop exits the MotoGP, their tires will automatically be less performing. Pirelli was probably more agressive because they have a lesser known reputation in motorcycling. They are also aiming at replacing Michelin in MotoGP. Similarly, Bridgestone left MotoGP, and their commercial tires are still used by many...