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Over my time riding, I transitioned "sport-touring" from bolt upright, textbook MSF posture to slide over/ knee out Keith Code style . . . The Corbin Gunfighter I put on my café first year GoldWing just served to reveal how heavy that bike was and how compromised its ground clearance. A circumstance that helped spawn one silver V11 Sport . . . [edit: It occurs to me to add that the Sport's handling let me settle on a suitable compromise of the riding postures keeping the knees in while shifting the upper body toward the corner without sliding over on the seat. The factory V11 seat shape is fine me, although I wish mine were firmer.]

Depends on their riding style

Our TPS connector is this Aptiv (Delphi): https://www.eficonnection.com/home/product/delphi-3-way-gray-metri-pack-150-2-sealed-female-connector

When you say "old duffers"... you mean everyone here, correct?

Most of the motorcops are all taught to ride in the upright style , you dont see them in full gear on a dressed out bike dragging a knee..but they go like hell when they want to, and in my experiance they are VERY good riders..hard to keep up with in heavy traffic and I wish you luck if your on a bike and you try to get away from them in any situation that requires maneuvering. Two of the fastest and smoothest riders I have known in my years riding, rode in the upright style..in the mountains ,its very easy to get sucked in by them if you are following them in an area they know and you don't..when following them they look like they are just having a nice ride..until you realize your doing over a hundred coming into some difficult sweepers keeping up with them and they havnt touched the brakes or changed position in their seat at all .

Oh. Maybe went bungee jumping? There is sound advice to swap the springs from the seat release under the tailpiece with the fast idle spring. The seat release can use more pressure and the fast idle, less.

Clutch bleeder extender: I put the original Guzzi part (from the Griso) in my 2002 Le Mans. That took me about 15 minutes, maybe a half an hour. Doesn't matter, nothing. Now, bleeding the clutch lookes like this: comfortably standing upright, and able to operate the clutch lever and the spanners to open and close the bleed valve at the same time. I don't see any arguments against adding the part. The weight is, for a road bike, in my opinion absolutely insignificant.

Yes, but I know. I also don't really like clothes made out of "plastic". It's all in my head. As far as old duffers go, who sit bolt upright in the saddle: in the last house I lived in in Melbourne ( @Lucky Phil in Dwyer St., Macleod) the neighbour across the road was middle 60's year old. He had a certain amount of track experience behind him, sat bolt upright, and was disturbingly fast. I'm currently practising getting back into the groove of moving around on the seat (lost the knack over the years), but Wally (the neighbour) planted a doubt whether that is really absolutely necessary. I dunno. I'll keep at it, because it's fun.

The connection issue made me wonder if the cheapest fuses use very thin blades to minimize materials and better fuse blades are more robust and, therefor, make better contact. I have also experienced poor connection with females in other aspects, but let's not go there . . .

Personally, I like your custom seat. I have always been impressed with the stock V11 Sport seat, it is surprisingly comfy for a stock seat. That was a selling point over the Triumph Speed Triple it was compared to. But that seat does look like it would be even better. And it does so without looking like a oversized monstrosity. Also, while that seat would not be a great seat for a racebike, or even a sportbike, it looks like a great seat for a sport touring bike in my opinion. Stylish enough but comfy. I think it is nice.

So it appears that the seat style doesn't have a lot to do with how sporty you want to be.

At the main Piaggio Paris dealer, the Moto Guzzi models were relegated to the back of the store, while the window offered a direct view of the Aprilia ones. I don't think it was by chance. It was probably a dead give away. Somehow, Moto Guzzi reminds me of the Maserati sad wanderings. Having been taken over by so many outfits, including Ferrari, which "regulated" what Maserati could propose, to avoid any serious competition with the master. I think the V7 Sport was a real opportunity to make an impact, given the lack of new models. It is a bit like Triumph with the 1200; they have demoted the base model to make the 1200RS more attractive.

Certainly, we know now that the V11 Sport TT and the V11 Sport CF were 2001 models specific to the US distribution. Yet, this V11 Playboy Exclusive Edition remains, well . . .

Thanks Docc, felt great! Yes good advice, I had the bike supported in a front wheel chock, ratchet strap off the rear frame loop to the rafters and a car jack with wood blocks under the sump (not really taking any weight) whilst doing the swing arm etc as the Becker stand obviously had to be removed. I'll do the same with the front wheel out (it's back on the Becker stand now with lower rear subframe back on) and also rig up a second ratchet strap off the bars or similar. Makes sense that the connector isn't AMP I guess but the pins fitted nicely in the OEM connectors so jobs a good un as my dad said.

That seat looks very good and comfortable. The leather looks awesome and while it will require more maintenance, @ChrisPDX is the perfect person to tend to it. Me, on the other hand, would have it rotting in a week. Chris has mentioned to me that he'd like to take the bike touring. As he road races now (and has for a very long time) he doesn't the urge to drag pegs on the street. That's only for posers who don't actually race.

I'm reminded of the riding style of the late great Paul Smart. This is Smart from the 70's knee out trying to get the rangy wheelbases Ducati to turn without riding off the edge of the tyres of the day. Well before Kenny Roberts was getting his knee down Smart was using the same technique albeit less extreme. Ahead of his time style wise paul Smart. Same technique applies today in the twisty stuff on the road but far less extreme. https://www.classicmotorcycle.co.uk/paul-smart-1943-2021-2/

The new fuse is cracked not blown. FWIW you should never use cheap and cheerful ebay or cheap auto parts fuses always go for the best quality and don't penny pinch on fuses.

Between the cable attachment and the adjustable contact cam, the high idle mechanism on the bottom of the right throttle body has a lot of adjustability . . .

Is that leather? and I LOVE that Italian flag No, it's a marine grade not leather of some kind. Rich puts the Italian flag on the left side because Italy is a left leaning country.. He turned my Marquis de Sade designed Jackal seat from a 45 minute special to an all day all night Mary Anne seat, too.