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Yeah: TXRedneck had this blown-up web persona. Yet, David was a genuinely kind and generous person. He just enjoyed winding people up on the web. Frankly, we kinda liked it, too. The entire subforum "Special Place for Banter and Conversation " is our accommodation to his ingenuity and clever provocation. https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/profile/48-tx-redneck-rip/ Even his username was meant to be provocative. Yes, he was from Texas. A "redneck?" Not really. Certainly a hard working and caring man, sensitive to his family and friends. " TX Redneck " was more of a "stage name" . And, yeah, I miss hm. He was a friend to me like many of you have become to me. Our community is uncommon in web-terms. "Be kind to everyone you meet , for everyone is fighting a great battle. "

Wandering the streets of Roma and Milano you rarely see any Guzzis. Considering they build the things only 65klm's from Milano you'd think they would be commonly seen on the streets of Milano but nope. Here's a few I've spotted. The most common non scooter around the cities? The big BMW GS's in all their forms over the last 15 years or so. Hundreds of them. I've even spotted 2 old BMW K100RS's a blue and a red one both in beautiful condition the same as the new ones I toured Europe back in 84 and 86. Blue in 84 and red in 86. Guzzi's though are rare birds. Off to Mandello tomorrow. Sure to see some Guzzis there, maybe.

Every time I log on to this forum I think of Tx Redneck and his exodus.I hope everyone remembers him. I can never figure out what made him check out. IDK if it was medical , emotional , financial or what . A man doesn't know what his breaking point is until he reaches it. I just know everyone has one and every man has his Ktyptonite . I remember this quote from someone ; be kind to everyone you meet , for everyone is fighting a great battle.

While the answer has been given thread gauges are very cheap and easy to acquire and always useful to have in the toolbox. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1311&_nkw=metric+thread+pitch+gauge&_sacat=0

That would be very, very difficult, I'd venture to say quite an impossible task I recon

It is 1.00mm pitch.

True! I should start unloading them, I basically only play one nowadays. But I have missed the opportunity now.

March, 2009

Next year I will bring my now 4wheeled conveyance and Nikon camera and rejoin the ruckus! once again looks like it was a great time had by all!!

This is the second SSR that @Tellico Andrew has offered to share his local knowledge and take us new places, or along new routes. Another cool cat we are lucky to call "SpineRaider " . . .

Looks like the kind of specimen that would fetch top dollar on Bring-a-Trailer . . .

Brand new never titled. 11 miles from factory run in. Dealership MSO and warranty card included. 2 keys still attached together on factory rubber tag. True collectors item Five6seventwofive9seven3twotwo 2024-09-10 11-57.pdf

You know that you can use a ruler to measure the distance between the top of two threads? 1 mm should be quite easy. The screw threads into a softer material, so it makes perfect sense to have a fine pitch.

Uhhhh , what is the reason for replacing the bolt ?

Have fun, Phil. You lucky bastard....

Why not? What about eBay motors? you can set a reserve so you get minimum what your ask price is. Your price is right! I have checked my usual reference: check that link below; https://www.moto.it/moto-usate/ricerca?brand=moto-guzzi&model=moto-guzzi%2Fdaytona-1000&region=&kw= I am glad that I don't have any room for a third motorcycle, let alone two. That saves me from purchasing it! but I am not a collector. I would ride it relentlessly!

The electric guitar is the most powerful weapon EVER invented !

Andy passed away 6 days ago. He's going to be sorely missed. If you've never watched his videos please visit a few of them.

A couple of pictures from my weekend. We got lucky, probably the last cry of summer this year. About 30°C, sunshine, just beautiful. It started raining just now (late in the night after I got home today), and is going to be wet for the next 3 or 4 days. This is the spot. Don't be confused by the exposure, the two pictures were taken from the same spot, one into the sun, one away from it. It is the grounds of a canoe club, mostly slalom kayaks as far as I can tell. The poles are visible in the picture taken towards the river. Lunch time, half-way through the ride on Saturday. I counted 48 bikes. Two of them were side-car outfits (both Guzzis), and only three were not Guzzis. I was pleased to finally see this bike. The owner and builder has been reporting his progress for a while now in the German forum. The frame is a late model Tonti California frame. Motor is V11 (with ground off fins to look like an older round motor), but carbies instead of injectors. The rest of it, I don't really know. Suffice to say that absolutely none of it is "standard", neither for the frame nor in relation to any of the other parts. I don't like the Cali 2 look, actually, and the paint job is a matter of taste, but the thing is a work of art. There were two V11s there. This one, which I didn't like much. It said "Le Mans" on the side covers, and the colour suggests it may have been a Rosso Corsa. So why would one take off the Le Mans fairing and put on that shitty looking fly catcher? The other one was a Greenie. Not pretty, you might say. I liked it. It belongs to Bob. He bought it in 2005. The bike is loved, and lived, and matches the owner perfectly: a bit tousled and slightly eccentric. Here is Bob on his Greenie, loaded up and about to head off home. I had a great weekend. I hope you all at the Twentieth (XX!) South'n Spine Raid 2024 this last weekend did too.

For anyone who might be interested in the bike: as far as the bad running goes, the first thing I would look at is if the valves are sealing properly. Seems like @Kuni0 has looked at all the "Decent Tune up" things, so that would be the next on my list.

There is a lot of technical material on this forum; depending on your level, you may not completely understand it. It requires a minimum understanding of some of the basics of tuning indirect injection systems. It is not overly complicated, but some of us have never really done anything mechanical. It is just how it is today. Similar to handwriting. If you have never done anything like this before, you maybe know someone that did? As @po18guy stated, do you have all the necessary hardware and software to start the task?

Always sad when someone leaves...

Do you have the breakout harness for setting the TPS? That alone makes a huge difference.

Decent tune up.

Thanks. It used to look like this. https://akubra.com.au/products/tablelands-brown-olive

I did offer to practice with applying the insulation tape ….

@Paul J. Russell is this beauty still available?

In the same vein . . . somehow "breeding" could be involved!

It gets harder every time. my closest friend jumped off the Cairo Highway Bridge a week ago Monday and this is the hardest thing to deal with so far. we talked Sundy night and when I hung up the phone I suspected nothing . This one hurts .