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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176319693117?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Riq-QL5JT-u&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=z2laZvJuS16&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=MORE is it me or is the seat unit and rear subframe just wrong?

I think it has some well done aspects, but like others here I don't like the seat. It looks like it is at an awkward angle, and it seems like you would be sliding into the gas tank. But aside from that, I like it. But in the end, selling a bike you have customized to that extent is a crap shoot. It may be exactly how you want it, but what are the odds you find someone else who sees it the same way as you. And those odds got even smaller when it was a Guzzi you did that to.

Indeed.... one of the most pleasant Texas weather I remember for this time of the year, to be on a motorcycle. Unheard of... last year, in April we were already fighting sun and humidity throughout. Houston is really close from Austin, however I would not go against the flow of Eclipse lookers which are going to fight for space everywhere on the path... Both the 500 H1 and 1000 CBX have already sold!

Yeah... too high and the gap doesnt work. and pipes dont follow the line. But don't ask me

this isn't my bike lads, but i saw it pop up in FB Marketplace and i thought someone here might want it: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1414697602487585

The advantage to the current system thats also been used in the automotive world for many many years in millions of cars is that it has it's own in built hysteresis. A magnetic float switch is subject to the vagaries of fuel sloshing and false indications or flashing warning light unless I guess you include a latching relay of some sort. The thermistor system is also ultra reliable and very compact and simple. The bulb lasts the lifetime of the vehicle essentially but the thermistor itself tends to drift or age to the point of failure after 25 years or so under the influence of fuel. The V11 issue is the instillation style of the thermistor due to the inaccessible fuel tank on the early bikes. It's tricky to design something other than whats original and the thermistor itself is pretty much impossible to replace on it's own. The later in tank bikes are easy and the thermistors are a dime a dozen, easily available and easy to replace. Phil

Maybe took style ques from the Sport Classic?

Under the seat, I reckon. If you look closely at the fourth picture, three-quarter view from the right rear, you can see a plug hanging out from under the seat / tailpiece in front of the rear shock spring. That looks a lot like the plug for a C-Tek battery charger, and the cable comes out of the tail-piece.

I am no electrics guy, so I may not understand, but what I meant is essentially what GuzziMoto wrote: I think that an added resistor (instead of the bulb) will protect the thermistor and therefore safeguard the intrinsically safe system in the tank, but I think even with the high resistance of thermistor & resistor, the current flowing is still enough to light the LED. As the LED lights with the thermistor cold (and ~ 1800ohm - I have not measured yet), it will most likely also light with the 1800+150ohm resistance... However, would switching the LED through a 100mA relay not work? Something like this (https://www.diverseelectronics.com/upload/documents/SARA.pdf), which can only close at ~100mA (which almost lights the incandescent bulb). I would suppose the coil in the relay would still allow some current to flow for the thermistor to heat up & keep it's function. Also, are we confident this fuel gauge works with a thermistor as well? Because it has a small "float" as can be seen on the picture: Keeping the stock bulb is not an option. I have a set of LEDs nicely built into the handlebar clamp, the incandescent bulb simply does not fit there. Making an electronic solution is less work than going back to the original bulb...

Hey @p6x, @PJPR01, looks like you have some place to go this week. https://www.mecum.com/

CWT's an commercial jets are a million miles away from a motorcycle fuel tank with a lot of various electrical components and wiring inside them and due to their vented to atmosphere nature in the past will possibly contain a flammable mixture. Now days CWT's often use purging systems to prevent the build up of flammable fumes during empty ops. I suspect the main reason the Guzzi fuel probe uses a plastic housing is to help mitigate any leak to earth/shorting to earth scenarios. Something I'm bearing in my mind when I make my own replacement. I've never heard of a car or motorcycle fuel tank exploding due to a sensor or in tank pump shorting issue and I've seen images of a few in tank pumps that were totally fried and melted and failed. Phil

The Gullwing Mercedes might just fit the bill! Some lovely specimens there to drool over!

Joe Roberts said that if Trackhouse was in need of someone, he is ready to serve, while admitting that he has not gotten the necessary pedigree to pretend to a place in MotoGP.

Just bought this for the second time, I need treatment, this will be number 15🤷‍♂️

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I took out the Green Goose today! Rode into Amish country, avoiding horse puckey on the road, took a mountain (well, what passes for a mountain in central PA) pass (lots of gravel and salt -- I almost walked around the 10mph hairpin switchbacks), and got back into town following a magnificent sunset. Stupidly, I didn't think to get a pic until too late, but I snapped this image after before it was lost completely: Look at that!!! Where is the "jaw on the floor" emoji? What a beautiful piece of machine art. You can walk around these V11 for hours trying to find the best angle to look at them from. And riding it is just as special. I can't make claim to being a great rider, I don't have any idea how to dial-in suspension settings, and I've haven't ridden scores of bikes for comparison purposes. What I do know is that the grin on the face sets in just after rolling out of the driveway. Literally. One moment it's a hooligan; another (around the ton) it's stirring milk tea. Pretty great combination, that. Cheers, Frey