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You're right on the money there mate.... We've had the fire on every day since early April and reckon like last year it'll be on till Oct/Nov..... Bugger. Bonus though about 9.30 ish this morning it warmed up as the sun came out so after taking the wife shopping I dragged the bike out from under her coat and rode down to Langwarrin to see my Father. It's about a 200k round trip with about 70k of interesting twisties. It was a bright sunny morning of about 8 or 9 degrees when I left with the smell of cut grass plowed fields gum trees and was that a faint hint of spring...? Bonus # 2 was I had the GOOD part of the road to myself both ways and by God did it feel good! Ha ha both the bike and I revelled in it! Bring on Spring!! Cheers

Not leaving the forum. I also have a Scura. I am seeing if anyone has interests in a 2002 LeMans red and grey. Full Mistral exhaust, ECU tuned by Guzzitech. Suspension redone by Racetech set up for a 250lbs suited up rider. Or was it 230?? A full sized dad bod will do just fine on it...... Some rare bits of carbon fiber. Ghezzi-Brian rear fender, Rosso Mandello front fender and alt cover, and a Scura tank pad. Just under 22k miles. Bike needs nothing. Not even fluids. The bike is located in Tucson, AZ. Looking to get around $5000 for it. But if I sell it, I want a Guzzi lover to get it. I'll post pics later, but I need to shrink them a bit since the forum won't permit hi-res. It's pretty friggin sexy to be honest..The only reason I'm wanting to sell is to buy a custom Moto Guzzi GTM.

Managed to make this. Forgot about the seat.. A Tenni seat. Black is available.

Me, unfortunately not on my V11, but my CB300R.

Magic. Here's to more days like that.

I have not done ground up tunning. General house keeping, bar swap, shift spring, Givi Addaption (I gotta do an article...big beautiful Givis on a V 11 !) Flat tire. It's pulling like a big dog, starts at tickover and idles right about 10-11...BUT I'm with you... a perfect / correct tune would / could make it smoother. The swanky billet aluminum grips ain't helping. They ARE pretty tho. 🤣

Again with insightful thoughts... thanks again... I'm leaning towards "something up with motor mounts" Investigations begin in AM. Then off to the ammo store. 🤣

I accept!

Yes, I've been enjoying my '03 Le Mans for over 4 years now. But thanks for reaching out. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Guess whos just discovered he's going to be in Mandello for this without a clue it was actually going to be on. Pleasantly surprised. https://www.motoguzzi.com/en_EN/moto-guzzi-world/events/moto-guzzi-open-house-2024/ Phil

Send plenty of pics !

II usually show up on Saturdays to PDX C&C on one of my bikes. It's under two miles from me, no brainer. Bunch of regulars always there and some interesting bikes. And the cars...so many of everything. You think us Guzzi guys are nuts? It would be great to get a bunch of V11's there on Italian day, Aug 24. Or even a bunch of Guzzis. It would be nice to see the Guzzis outnumber the Ducatis for once. Check out this Brough Superior a guy rode down from Camas. Over an hour away on a 1938 model. He had his Indian at the Vintage MC Show last Sunday. From what I hear he is quite the collector.

Best opening line of a post yet here! Sounds like the beginning of a James Bond movie....

I used to take oil samples for analysis as part of my job on commercial jet engines and send them off to Mobil labs for reports etc. Every engine had it's records kept and reviewed as part of it's history. I also used to do the Mag plug pulls all the time to monitor specific engine areas for problems so I'm fairly well versed in this area. The car forums are full of guys that send their oil out to Blackstones for regular analysis and in my opinion they are basically deluded. Same for the motorcycle world but to a lesser extent. An oil analysis programme is designed for commercial use such as airlines and trucking companies and earth moving equipment etc where you can't afford to have machinery down and or there is a lot of money to be saved in catching internal issues early before a failure or in the case of light aircraft engines an in flight failure where the consequences can be dire. The powerplants are also often working in the upper regions of their design parameters so are being pushed fairly hard. it's not really designed for the average Joe to do on his road vehicles. Why you may ask? Well because you need to ask yourself a simple question. Am I prepared to remove and strip down an engine on the strength of an oil report or a series of oil reports that show a particular trending? If there's any hesitation in the answer "yes I am" then you are wasting your time and just giving yourself something to worry about and keep you up at nights. In large organisations the answer is an unequivocal "yes" and that's what happens. The 10 million dollar engine is pulled and sent to the shop for a strip down or part strip down and component replacement. It's a commercial decision. Private owners, well not so much. Emotion and the hip pocket become seriously involved. Can you imagine having a discussion with a manufacturer about a replacement engine under warranty for your car that is running fine and giving no issues on the strength of an oil analysis that had a question mark in some area/s. I'd love to be at that meeting. I know what the outcome would be. No, a UOA programme is not for the average owner. Having one done to give piece of mind or confirm a suspicion from time to time maybe, but in general it's a complication you don't need. The car guys all proudly present their Blackstone reports on forums that are all fine no issues of course but they still don't have an answer for the "what if it's not perfect" or there are questionable areas. None have an answer for that, so in my view it's just naval gazing for the sake of it. I guess the next must do trend will be regular boroscopes of the cylinders, lol. Of course Labs that do the UOA aren't going to turn business away and happily get on the band wagon of the deluded. Business is business after all. Phil

I can live with the Victorian winters if they are 3 months long but these days, like for years now the heater is running from mid April to into the end of November We now have 2 seasons. An 8 month winter and a 4 month summer. PHil