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but looking a bit better with a bit of a clean (still some paint film to go at but my finger nails are literally wearing down (an old credit card proved useless)

the 3+ year search ended today when i picked up this pristine Le Mans near Atlanta. 3,500 miles, same owner for over 12 years, $4,500...

Ok, so as per my recent "introduce yourself" post, I have bought a Coppa Italia imported from Japan by a dealer, described as a "barn find". In this case I actually think it might have been in a barn! The date code on the tyres is 2007 and there's numerous signs around the bike of having been stored either in slightly damp conditions and/or UV damage though fundamentally in good condition? I suspect it might be a deceased estate purchase as there's a few expensive extras that came with it, but also signs of poor storage, we'll never know? I'm no stranger to restorations (which is not how I see this project) having resurrected a T3 Cali, numerous 60s/70s Bonnevilles and Commandos etc, but never really had that much involvement with a spine frame over and above tank-off checklist type stuff. I see this one as requiring a bit more than that somehow! First hurdle was getting the badly uv hardened paint film off without destroying the paint and decals underneath. So far it's working, albeit very slow process (combination of gentle heat gun and specialised solvent) but the tailpiece decals aren't clearcoated so will have to repair small areas or source new ones/get copies made, we'll see. I wanted to clean it up a bit before any stripdown or startup, as much to give me some motivation as anything else. It's really filthy, even under the tank etc. Oddly though oils look clean as does brake fluid, and there's a small amount of what looks like reasonably fresh fuel in the tank, which I'll change out before powering up the pump etc. I've sourced new oil, oil filter, fuel filter and just had 10 Picker relays arrive from Digikey in the states (2 days shipment time!) as it currently has the dreaded Tycos. Will post a few updates as and when, (and steer specific questions into the technical forum) though this project is competing with my brother's BSA 250 charging issue and a few other bits and pieces, plus the demands of a 10 year old daughter, so it's not going to be a 2 weeks and ride off into the sunset thing.

Hi everyone, My name is Dave, 63 years old and I live in beautiful Shropshire, England not far from the border with Wales, fine riding country. When I last counted I had owned 14 Guzzis, I think that's the most of any one make I've owned with Triumph in second place and maybe BMW or Ducati or even Laverda in third? I owned a slightly tatty Greenie back in the early noughties when I lived and worked in London and subsequently sold it to a friend back here in Shropshire, so see that bike fairly often now I've moved back here and occasionally work on it. I've sold my second V85 and had a guzzi sized hole in my collection when I saw a Coppa Italia Japanese import a few weeks back on eBay and took the plunge. Never imported over here but always liked the look of them and wanted something a bit more visceral than the V85s and (ha ha) a bit more usable than the 8v Griso I had before them. The Coppa has been standing a loooong time so I will start a seperate thread on that as I think it will be quite a journey with ups and downs along the way!

Ha ha, same here! Electric, yeah bout as useful as an ash tray on the Greenie..... Cheers

Great chassis balance for a street car. Enjoyed 90km with a good buddys Aston. Ok 1 thing, opening the hood, try finding the lever well hidden on the passenger side? Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

Rosso C and Nero Corsa has both Bitubo. Coppa Italia with Øhlins. Cleaned both Bitubo's, filled with ATF, works fine. Cheers Tom.

Or the other way 'round: he ran out of Bitubos, and swung a deal with Öhlins to chuck a crate of dampers in with the shocks he was ordering for the flash model that year.

Now has full MOT. New fuel pump and filter fitted. Starter relay fitted to avoid 'startus interuptus'. Sent from my SM-S901B using Tapatalk

Hamish is one cool cat. Maybe he could teach Lulu to hunt😂

You do not want to be disconnecting a battery on these computer controlled IC vehicles w/the engine running. Bad things can happen with the engine control systems .

I did 1245 miles 17th and 18th of August 2024; That's about 2004 km. About 18 hours of riding time. I did 1926 miles in August, plus the local errands.

Indeed, can’t blame the cat being pissed off over such a charade. Our Hamish would have your hand shredded if anyone tried to bundle him into such a daft outfit. Here he is doing what cats do, he’s very focused on being a cat

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Got news for you Mick my previous DD the Ford Kuga ( Escape to the US) the hood release was also on the pax side and so was the Focus RS. The Supra has the hood release on the drivers side but with the BMW specific double pull release. So you don't release the hood and then feel under it for the secondary safety latch to operate you pull the hood release and it pops up then you pull it again to release the secondary latch. Quirky. The Supra being a BMW mechanically has the indicator stork on the left side of the column which in an auto is no problem but a bit of a pain in a manual because your left hand is usually busy shifting gears to operate the indicators. So you need to hit the indicators very early. The Astons are a beautiful car and I considered buying a SH one but at the end of the day too much hassle on quite a few levels. An old Guzzi's enough hassle

Aston Martin? It's not only British, it is English! So, quirkiness is not a bug, it is a feature. And the right-hand side is the driver's side in England, as you very well know, so it makes perfect sense to put the bonnet release there.

Sorry , I took for granted .....

My last deal on the subject. Pecco blew by midway down the straight away. That wasn't pulling out of the turn by getting the bike upright or having superior traction control IMO. It was out and out horsepower that kicked on after everyone was "hooked up". Drive by you and gone. Can't draft around him, can't catch him. "See ya later, bye." Martin ain't gonna carry that #1 plate to Aprilia. I'll admit, it's a mystery for sure. I didn't think the gray bearded guy had another 30HP laying around in his back pocket. But I guess he did and does. 10-4 buddy. Over and out.

Hmm, could be presumptuous of me to conclude Öhlins suspension equipped V11 SpineFrames also/all had Öhlins steering dampers - perhaps not the Rosso/Nero Corsa? @Tomchri (and others) could take a look at their V11 Corsa and report back?

Series of voltage readings under various "states" . . . KOEO = Key On/ Engine Off KOER = Key On/ Engine Running (at idle, at 1500 rpm, at 2500 rpm. I would also take one more voltage reading before turning the key on, after the battery has sat quiet for some hours (perhaps six hours or more). . . .

You asked for it!

Closing in on two weeks out and I stopped wiping mySport down. I figure if Randy is bringing his "friends", the innkeeper, Ken, will likely lend us a hose and bucket . . . Looks like a spectator sport!

Having discovered the slider missing would motivate me to inspect, carefully, the mating channel in the caliper carrier and, more especially, the shaft extension of the locator bolt. When that fastener fails/falls out, the caliper/carrier becomes a liability as it circles the wheel on the rotor and tears the brake line loose. Halfway to bad day, that. Perhaps worth replacing that (special) fastener if it shows any signs of damage/fatigue/deformation.

Needs some legnano green on it....ha ha . Cheers Ps it is a good looking car.

Here at last. Three litre inline 6 turbo and six speed manual. Basically a BMW Z4 with Toyota hardtop body. Two seats only and low.