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Early gift for the Coppa, yes IPA time. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

Hi folks, and thanks for sharing the how-to on this subject. Just sharing that this morning (November 2024) I called the Piaggio USA Customer Service phone number, 212-380-4400, and inquired about my V11 VIN number. The nice guy who answered the phone (the aforementioned Willie) was able to look it up immediately. He then said "Hmmm, what I see here is a Flex Hose recall". To which I was able to say, "That's it, the transmission recall". To which he was able to say, "OK...yea...well that work was completed on 4/11/2004". He had no more information, but really, that's all I needed. The whole call took maybe 2 minutes. I was pleased/impressed that they had the info at their fingertips once given the VIN and an accurate translation of Flexible Hose.

I saw this cartoon with a cat on a "table" of the Earth and the caption stated "if the Earth were flat , cats would have knocked everything off by now"

I dated a single back in college, but once you get started with twins, well . . .

Katarzyna

Lots of good info offered. surely seems like the early input from audiomick on your charging system would be a smoking gun. but exactly what/where in the system you have failure would be the question. assuming you love your V11 and plan to keep it, and/or just want to cover your bases as you tick off possible causes for this current problem, just going through the charging system from end to end isn’t that painful of a process, and I’d say advisable for about any older italian. As stewgnu noted, solder/connections on the front end, the wire and connectors back to the VR, the VR itself, and then the grounding connections, are all things that can cause headaches. I’d say inlikely that the VR itself is failed, but could be, and even if not, on my “keepers” i just replace it anyway with a MOSFET unit, including of course the connectors with upgraded pieces (probably more important), check and/or replace original connectors in that run from the alternator, and really clean up and/or upgrade the main ground to frame. Whack all those moles at once, and just remove all or most the hassles that can come from that bundle of electrics, and probably solve your actual problem as well. As chuck noted, a battery going to zero volts would normally be unlikely to want to come back to life, but hard to imagine that it actually went all the way to zero (though anywhere close to zero is usually pretty lethal to a batt). if you’ve got it back to normal or near-normal voltage, then roll with it, but keep your eyes on it. i’ve had lead-acids come back to life quite nicely, semi surprisingly, but my last Li-Ion to go down to under 2V was “killed deader than hell”. damn shame, as that was a spendy one, on a Duc that had a mis-behaving relay and sat for a few months without “adult supervision” (Duc service bulletin came out for that known issue, but i hadn’t seen that till it was too late… sigh). but you can check that battery health within reason.

Boz Scaggs was my hero back in the 70’s.. saw him every time he came to town. His first three albums are golden in my memory. Here’s another great performance from the closing of Fillmore west.. I couldn’t find any film of it but it’s probably out there.

Oil either passes through or bypasses the oil cooler governed by the thermostatic valve in the oil distribution unit in the sump depending on the oil temperature. Phil

Finally completed the break-in mileage on my '03 Le Mans [emoji16] Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

I don't think so... There is nothing to be gained because they are never going to change their mind anyway. They also easily get agitated if you try to lecture them with factual data. Fortunately, the flat-earthers seem to belong to older generations. Hopefully, from the millenials onward, they will understand that earth is actually square.

Having seen your posts on FB on the same topic, I would say, don't be cheap...fight your natural tendency to "cheapness"...even if at times it's a Guzzi quality characteristic. If you have time to do it wrong and fix it 3 times, do it right once and pay a fair price.

That's difficult. I don't think there is a single "best ever". But they are definitely up there, right up front, in the front runners.

Still holding the all time title imo

Thanks scud docc

MY WIFE AND I WERE AT THIS CONCERT A SEVERAL YEARS AGO..FRONT ROW CENTER..GREAT PERFORMANCE BY BOZ, DREW ZINN ON LEAD GUITAR...( BOZ WAS MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR IN SAN FRANCISCO IN THE Early 70'S) (interesting story, when Boz was recording in 1969 he had finished the Album and the producer said they needed one more. to fill it up., Duane Allman happened to stop by the studio that day and Boz asked him if he wanted to sit in ) Boz said here was a song he had heard Elvin Bishop do a couple times back in San Francisco clubs called , "Loan me a Dime" and would Duane like to try it with him "they cut it in one take..jamming. The rest is history.

Sadly, I came upon the truth that all night trains that used to be running every day between Paris and Milan have never resumed service after they were stopped by the pandemic. Same situation between Paris and Rome. Those trains were cheap, because slow. But it means you would travel on hidden time. Travel during the night, arrive in Milan in the morning, spend the day at EICMA, come back during the night. But it is now impossible. They only have fast trains running throughout the day, but not fast enough to give me enough time in EICMA and come back the same day. So, no... but it is not a big deal, because there are plenty of youtubers who are going to be there, and I am plenty certain Moto Guzzi has no real new model for us this year.

You should have a "conversation" w/those flat-earthers !

Mick.. while I *love* the Guzzi twins, and have kept 17 (!) of them over the years, I have a thing for singles. Always have, since I started riding a Harley eyetalian thumper back in the 60s. I'd be on a modern Falcone like a duck on a June bug, but that will never happen.

We will see what next year brings. Marc Marquez seems to struggle with the Ducati's propensity for loosing the front. That may continue to be an issue for him. If he can't adapt to the Ducati he may not be the factor so many seem to think he will be. He may be a guy who will win races but also a guy who crashes too often to win the title. I suspect others will be more of a title threat. The racing between Pecco Bagnia and Jorge Martin is getting serious. But impressive how hard they are able to race each other while still showing respect. Very refreshing.

Golly. The easy answer is GO-NOGO. Insert the one you want for spec, then try to insert the next size up. If your spec goes and the next doesn't, you're there within a half a thousandth. Besides, there's more difference in 'factory' and 'RaceCo' spec than you can error at any given point. Don't overthink it. My engine is much happier with the hammering elves in the valve covers than the quieter factory spec, too.

I know this thread is old enough to be classed as antique, but I just stumble across it, and I did two lots of valve clearances in the last week or so, and thought about what I was doing. So... What I ended up with, which works for me really well (I am right-handed): A ring spanner on the lock-nut on the adjustment screw. Screwdriver in the left hand on the adjustment screw. Feeler gauge in the right hand. Back off the lock nut until the adjustment screw just turns. Rest the ring-spanner on the knuckles of the right hand. If it locks up, you can easily back it off a bit just by raising the hand a bit. Feeler gauge in the gap, and turn the screw back and forth with the screwdriver to find the gap. When you have it, drop the right hand a bit, and the weight of the ring spanner tightens the lock nut a bit automatically. If the last movement of the screwdriver was in the direction of "looser", it has already taken up the play in the screw head slot, and a steady hand should be able to hold it there whilst tightening the lock nut. Feeler gauge out, letting the ring spanner (carefully) fall in the process, and then nip it up tight. I hope that is not too cryptic. I don't have a film of the process...