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I've posted this before. This guy is worth listening to on the subject of not only cars but WW2 aircraft as well. His stuff is extremely well researched and he runs a side company in tuning cars as well as a writing a few books on turbocharging. His full time Gig is a commercial heavy jet captain. Where does he get the time.

I did; this morning. This is a high quality jacket. The Moto Guzzi logos are directly embroided into the fabric. Not patches sawn in. The leather is full grain, thick and also high quality. The jacket fits me perfectly, and there is very little frays at the neck and sleeve ends proving it was never really worn. The inside is fleeced with well cut pockets. This is really top notch, and I am so happy that I am now wearing it without letting off. The red is really bright, so people will be able to recognize me from miles away. Unfortunatly, it is warm, and this is not going to be something useable much in Texas, outside of February/March. I am probably going to bed with it.

Hearkening back . . .

I note that Hiflofiltro has gotten good reviews from his channel, based on construction and materials, particularly filtering media.

I drilled half of the pucks in my bike back in Mar 2018. Six drilled pucks, with the remaining cavities empty. The difference was barely noticeable, but I liked the idea of lowered shock loads on splines/gears/dogs. I have not felt the need to revert to standard over the last 6 years. https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/topic/30472-rear-wheel-for-tire-change/#findComment-286089

I left out the most important dimension, sorry about that. The conical face at the tip of the plunger is the fuel seal face, so it shouldn't be touched. The slot can be the length 1mm from the edge of the cone to at least 5mm from the o-ring groove. The slot width should be wide enough to allow the anti-rotation screw to slide freely.

Jaguar at their best.....

Guess I'll never really know unless I open it, even then, unless it was glaringly obvious, I'd doubt I'd know the difference, so I'll proabably not bother My own experience is the 2 v/v bikes prime easier than the HiCam. I'll take Phil's and gstallons advice in future. Just primed the HiCam and all was normal there, a few short turns 3-4 seconds each time on the starter and the pressure built up as normal (same filter type and ordered at the same time from the same vendor) Of course it could be coincidence that the system primed on the Sporti after I changed the filter, I'm not wholly convinced. That said it's not the first time I've been wrong and then there is Occam's Razor too. It also may have been that particular filter offered a little too much resistance, a relatively small pressure drop upstream of the pump would probably be enough to stop the system priming Thank you to everybody who responded your thoughts on the topic were much appreciated John

Opening a spin on filter is really easy. Just use an old school, (Only type I possess.) can opener, (As that’s basically what the filter is, a can for the filtering medium.) whizz the flange off, lift off the ‘Dome’ of the container and ‘Voila’! There is the filtering medium. You can also see and work out how the bypass system works which for a lot of people is an eye, rather than can, opener! (F’nar, F’nar! I slay myself sometimes!)

No definitive answer from me John but one thing is I never leave an engine without oil in it mid oil change. Dump the oil change the filter refill and start asap. Even if the filter media was an issue the pressure relief valve in the filter would open and build oil pressure. Your pump just lost prime I suspect and starter cranking wasn't enough rotational speed to re prime it. There is far too much anxiety about engine oil pressure in general and LOP in particular. I've seen race engine data logging where the engine oil pressure goes to zero hard on the brakes into the hairpin at 9000rpm lap after lap and it didn't hurt the bigends. The shallow sump engine issues were always an acceleration over LOP issue. So hard acceleration at maximum engine load without oil pressure, probably repeatedly as the LOP light is hard to notice in daylight when you're gunning it down some suburban street or back road. I'm sure the big block Guzzi can tolerate zero oil pressure for quite a while at idle speeds building oil pressure after an oil change like 99% of engines without any issue. When it comes to pre charging the filter I'm not even sure that with regards to pump priming it's a good thing to be honest with you. If the pump happens to be on the on the edge of losing it's prime for some reason then having the filter full of oil won't help it's cause at all and just make priming the pump harder as it now has a resistance to overcome on the outlet side as well as trying to suck on the inlet side. I still prime filters when I can but then again I don't leave engines without oil during oil changes. Some engines you simply can't prime the filter as we all know due to the instillation and they never have any issues due to it. As for filling the filter observations, well it's amazing the fine details you would otherwise not notice or think about that are pretty normal until you have an issue and then the mind starts asking detailed questions you never even considered before. Mind games John mind games, don't worry. Occams Razor says..... pump lost it's prime. Phil

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCh1iGmS1-3/ 👆This is very interesting as well as troubling. You’ll hear that the digital aspects of mechanical devices like cars, farm machinery and of course mobiles etc are not owned by you, even when you’ve signed a document entitled “Sales agreement”. Well, the object may well be yours, but the software, without which it won’t operate at all, is only licensed by you. This may not have been a long run conspiracy but a consequence of increasing technological advances that require complex software to diagnose, set up and fix problems. There are a number of problems flowing from this. First, diagnosing and repairing cars and farm machinery, even basic servicing like oil changes, cannot be done without proprietary information & connection to the manufacturers systems. This is anti-competitive because often you can only have certain tasks done by authorised dealerships, who might go out of business and in any case will charge more. Next, theoretically (& surmised practically) the thing you thought you owned can be disabled remotely, or you could be denied it’s used under specified circumstances, like location, time of day, the user and numerous other factors. Also, if you don’t own aspects of the object you thought you’d purchased, it’s speculated that a Great Taking scenario might apply in the event of a large enough default on debt obligations by the licence holder of your equipment. It’s not necessary to seize your property in order to deprive you of it. When we drive or ride modern vehicles, lack of privacy is inherent in the always-online aspects of recent vehicles. If your dashboard continually displays the prevailing speed limit, interpret that as a connected vehicle & potentially subject to remote interference. It’s unclear how far back you need to go in order to be sure your vehicle operates when you alone elect to use it. Meanwhile, if you enjoy privacy, ride your carbureted Guzzi and leave your mobile device behind. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCh1iGmS1-3/

I am going to take some macro photos of it, so you can see the details. That jacket is better suited for Oregon than Texas, climate wise. I don't know who manufactured it, but it is really well made. I am not going to add any patch to it. This would desacrete it. I was impressed! how would such an exclusive quality garment end up in a small town, close to the GOM, in a haberdashery?

I had a thought a few years back, as autonomous vehicles where being talked about quite a lot. I don't like the idea; don't want a car that talks to me or takes decisions on its own, don't want a vehicle that is connected to home office all the time. But then it occurred to me, by the time those things are stable, safe and reliable enough to dominate the roads, I might well be too old to safely drive myself. So who knows, by then I might be glad to have one, assuming I can still afford to run a car of my own.

I remember this from the previous post and thinking what the.... Geez, how long before they also shove a probe up your clacker when you get in the thing and castigate you for what you ate for brekky that morning? We bought our last new car 8 years ago and when that's done will be looking at a good used option with fook all electronic listening devices / controls and hope like hell I'm off the road before this era really becomes the norm! Cheers

I was told a story about a farmer's combine harvester shutting down into limp mode. He could only drive it back to the farmyard, would not engage cutting etc. He then got an email from the manufacturer advising his operator was using the machine wrongly and liable to cause damage. As it was under warranty they shut it down to avoid a claim. I thought it was just a conspiracy thing, maybe it was true and the start of bad things.

This fellow dissects oil filters on a weekly basis. Some filters have stamped louvers in the core and he has opened some new filters in which the louvers were improperly stamped and thus only partially open. This would certainly greatly restrict oil flow.

My, have we digressed. Did you buy the jacket? Don't worry about the lawyers. You're faster than them. Just don't wear it with green plaid pants to a Christmas party. That would get you locked up.

I have no anxiety about any of this. I am just enjoying this new taste journey and learning something new. There are little tweaks I am learning that make small improvements, but none like switching to grinding fresh. My current grinder seems to be just fine for now. I never expected my wife to plunk down $500 for a Gaggia. That's my department.

Good to know! However, there is a reason why all the Ferrari (before) were red. Sadly, science is no longer a criterion for anything you want to support a claim with. If Louis Pasteur is watching us, he must nod his head wondering what is going on...

Faster than what? Yellow? Then probably so. But black is 11.3% faster than red, because of reasons. And that is science. BTW - these days it seems fast and science can both mean anything you want. I just got back from a romp on my Griso. I'm 6 feet tall and find it slightly more comfortable, and slightly less sporty/nimble than the V11.

Pretty bad that your inspection place doesn't know. I tend to assume that if something is needed, like an emissions test, they will let you know. Here in Maryland we have a Historic option to register older vehicles, which does not require an inspection of any sort, and both your motorcycles are old enough to qualify for that. I have no idea if Texas has a similar option.

You know there is a tradition in Italy for the New-Year celebration; men ans women have to wear red underwear! There is another tradition too, but this one I can't report here...

Suspicious, but it could be that your pump simply lost it's prime, and you swapped filters just before it caught on. I'd cut the paper filter open and inspect the guts just to have peace of mind.

To cap it off we now have the Guzzi lawyers trolling the world threatening Guzzi Forums with legal action for using "their" corporate property. So you pay to advertise their product for free and in return they crap on your good intentions from a great heigh. Not restricted to Guzzi I know. So it's the middle digit to them from me, lol. The irony being that less money spent on lawyers and more on R & D and quality control might mean that there wasn't such a need for forums where fellow enthusiasts make good the gaps and shortcomings of Guzzi's output. Sent from my SM-S901B using Tapatalk

Yes, indeed, the thin washer stays outboard of the right side needle cage that abuts the right side swingarm. Grease that needle assembly and thin washer liberally (with every tire change)! The spacer fits on the axle between the inboard rear drive bearing and the inboard wheel bearing, within the hub drive interface . . .

Thank you Audiomick and Phil! And big thanks for that workshop manual. I only had an owners manual.

True that Shithouse is for the most part derogatory, unless as a bloke you'd like to be built like a brick shithouse.... Sorry but the Centauro was definitely in the shithouse category he says ducking and weaving!

It's funny I suppose, I have this position where I refuse to wear any "branded" clothing unless I get it for free. I'm not paying my hard earner for the privilege of giving free advertising to a corporate entity. I'm not talking about the consequential logos on a polo shirt or the tag on a pair of Levi jeans but the sort of Jacket the OP has shown and similar. Nope, you want me to be a walking Billboard then you foot the bill and I'll wear it, if I like it that is. It kind of started years ago when I was at a bike show and Australian Motorcycle news had a stand and on the stand was a pile of stickers and I thought I'll grab one of those for decorating my toolbox. The Journo at the stand then said that's $2 mate as I walked away. I turned around and put it back then let him know how I felt about me paying my money to advertise his rag at no cost to them. Baseball caps are another surprise these days. Weren't baseball caps giveaways at the start? They were here for sure. Then some corporate advertising clown found out that punters will hand over now, what $50 or more for the privilege of providing free advertising for a multinational or a sporting club owned by a gazillionair! To cap it off we now have the Guzzi lawyers trolling the world threatening Guzzi Forums with legal action for using "their" corporate property. So you pay to advertise their product for free and in return they crap on your good intentions from a great heigh. Not restricted to Guzzi I know. So it's the middle digit to them from me, lol.

Cheers Doc. All done and dusted for another year down here ( Boxing day ) .... You know about 3 years ago when I took the bike to Chrissy at my nieces place, I put young Austin ( about 4 years old ) on the tank and took him for a ride round the block. Sounds dodgy but he was quite safe. When I got there yesterday he was busy setting up his new play station but he made a beeline for me to tell me all about it and says remember when you took me for a ride on your motor bike? Where is it ? I had to tell him it was resting at home for next time! Priceless and still got a wee lump in the throat typing this.... Cheers to each and all.

Just had a weird experience I drained the engine oil a few weeks back and a few days back got around to putting a fresh fill of oil and a new filter into the Sporti a few days back. That's nothing new, I've left the bike without fresh oil in it for longer and never had any problems when refilling with fresh oil. I always prefill the oil filter with fresh oil as well. After a fresh fill I disable the fuel pump remove the plugs (it also gives me a chance to check them) and turn the bike over on the starter until I establish pressure. Maybe a bit OTT but my logic is the bigends will not be loaded as much if not having compression loads on them until I'm sure everything is getting fed with oil. This time I turned the engine over on short cycles and it just wouldn't establish pressure, perhaps 20 short cycles nothing. I knew for sure this was the case as the oil pressure light was coming on immediatley after stopping the turns on the starter and the gauge wasn't reading pressure either (as I recall when turning the engine on the starter the oil pressure light is disabled). Drained the new oil last night, dropped the sump and pulled the filter to check, everything was as it should be, filter O ring was in place, filter tight and everything in the sump was it should be. When I upturned the filter it was extremely slow to empty. I had a gauze rewashable filter to hand I installed that. I know these aren't as good as paper filters, that's why I stopped using it, but as it was the only thing to hand I prefilled and installed it. Just went through another cycle of turning the engine over on the starter and after the 3rd short cycle, up came the pressure, that's normally what I'd expect when doing this. I'll leave the gauze filter in this year and go back to a normal paper filter cartdridge next year. Never came across this behaviour before and wonder was the brand new paper filter blocked? Can't think of anything else as it was the only thing changed. The filter was a Mahle OC1314 I've been using that brand for several years and never had a problem. Be interested if better brains than mine have any ideas or if anybody has heard of anything similar.