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You need to be careful about the rear shock length on the v11. If my memory serves you can't go much beyond and extra 10mm in length or you run into clearance issues with the front uni joint and the swingarm hole. If your Hyperpro is already lengthened. I havea Wilbers with a ride height adjuster on the swingarm end. Currently staying in this Tuscan Villa. Looking down into the valley you may just be able to make out the famous Mugello race track. We are less than 2 klms from it. The roads around here are so amazing I wonder why the need a track at all. There's a Porsche club using the track until tonight apparently. You can here them in the distance. Naturally nobody here complains about a bit of engine noise off in the distance, unlike home. Phil

Summer's last Walz

I suspect that the Scura is actually one of the more common V11 variants when you consider all the V11 variants available. The numbering seemed to increase demand. Similar thing happened with the Rosso Mandello. They made 300 numbered units. That was so popular that they made another 300 non-numbered units. But it's all mystery of Italian manufacturing. So welcome to the ongoing speculative inquiry. And enjoy the bike.

My red frame had the lengthened hose and it was an assembled hose with a tee at the front fender. I just went to the radiator shop that makes SS hose assys. and he made me a shortened hose . I went from bars to clip-ons .

Thanks for letting us know. Godspeed, Bill. You are missed.

Yes, finally. My pix of SSR XX. Lots of reasons for my tardiness in gathering, culling, and adding captions, including general sloth and lethargy. These are, if not quite ready for prime time, they are probably "good enough." Even if barely that, consider that I started with 452, and deleted 300+. In other words, could have been worse. As usual with my pix, opens in “collage landscape,” and you can hover your cursor over the individual to see the captions, but those are easier to read in slideshow format. Bill's Pix of SSR XX September 2024 Bill

For me I have had to build tooling as well as the trike itself. I needed a keyway cut in a hardened transmission shaft for part of the drive. This is where I am right now. The front portion uses V11 front half driveshaft parts. The back half of the drive is where I need the first keyway cut. My two local machine shops have both folded so I am trying to go it alone. I am using a cross slide milling fixture I am trying to use on my lathe. I don't have a milling machine. It has worked, sort of, but still has more to go. To that end I made a new attaching point for the lathe's cross slide. The old one allowed too much side to side movement. Still, under certain conditions, it will kick the head out of line. I am now trying to use the tail stock as a stabilizer. It will use a dead center with a crossbar welded to it. The crossbar will have two struts going to the cross slide mount to hold it so it won't "buck". Live and learn I guess. To think this build it thing started over 55 years ago with the build of a Monoque chassis for an endurance racing motorcycle to prove a point about that type of build. Stubborn much?

Footgoose, Condolences on the loss of your mate Bill. Very sad to hear. Guzzler

With rebuilt heads on my1100 Sport, everything was tightened up regarding those oils lines. First testride, 4km, WHAT, left boot covered in oil. Something with the Orings?, no had to loosen up the fitting and retighting. A little conical fitting. What a mess in 4km, nothing wrong with oil pressure. What small things can do to make you happy. Cheers Tom.

Just full of mud, plenty km to go. . Cheers Tom.

You always do a fine job of recording the activities for posterity Bill, Thank you. I'm really not as Grumpy as I look..ha ha. Always good to see Kathy there as well to tone down the testosterone level and add a touch of class!!

I never knew about Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac until about 10 yrs ago. Whew , what they were vs what they became . I will never understand . Homogenized , pasteurized, sanitized and commercialized .

I always like to pick a favorite from Bill's lovely slideshows . . .

Here is @kool keef's trike. He has not visited with us since 2021 . . .

And the snout?

Hi docc, let me talk to the crew at Oberon and see what they can do for us. We sell a ton of cylinders for many brands and we are always talking about the models that would benefit from upgrades.

Finally got around to downloading the GuzziDiag software, and decided to embark upon the standard tune-up as described by @docc on these pages. TPS was reading somewhere close to 300mv so definitely required some adjusting to reach the desired 157mv spec. Discovered a fault present for the air-temp sensor and figured I might as well get one here prior to pulling the tank. In hindsight I should have ordered a fuel filter as well, but pulling the tank really wasn't too bad. Best part of the tune-up was finally getting my idle down around 1-1,000 RPMS and outside of a slight hiccup around 3k r's she's running damn good. Inquired with Beetle on a MAP and hope that will fix the stumbles and improve the rideability even further. Can't say just how much I appreciate all the great information on this thread. It has made my V11 ownership experience that much better! Cheers all.

Luscious beasts! Makes me want to mount up, grab a handful, and experience the intensity . . .

Something about that friggin purple with grey with the V11 that is sexy..

XX plans were scrubbed due to my good friend and riding brother having lost a gallant battle with lymphoma just a few weeks out from the weekend. He loved the time we spent at the spine raids, and thoroughly enjoyed the bourbon and chatter at the evening doings. He was looking forward to bringing his new bike, a KTM 790 Duke. Some of you will know him as the not-a-guzzi-yet guy that brought a different bike every time. Bill Warrick, on the left