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Crankcase pressure is always more than ambient due to piston ring blowby, however slight. This is unavoidable on all piston engines unless you have an unusual feature like a scavenge pump. For this reason, crankcase pressure will slowly build until it finds an escape path. If you block the vent going to the airbox, the pressure will rise until it relieves somewhere else, possibly showing as an oil leak. I don't think you should block that hose.

You can make your own balance tube tool to synchronize the throttle bodies if Scud doesn't have one. It is simple on a V11 because there are only two cylinders and two throttle bodies. I found out about this from an old post from 2003. How to build a water manometer - How to... - Moto Guzzi V11LeMans.com Forum See also :https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/topic/19610-decent-tune-up/?do=findComment&comment=233692

Katarzyna Jaskulska. https://themotolady.com/katarzyna-jaskulska-wheelie/ @dangerous wrote an extensive commentary about her here : https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/topic/19384-gratuitous-pics-of-girls-guzzi/?do=findComment&comment=211626

Are you going to post some pictures of the project bike?

Pete Roper made some comments about gearbox backlash here: https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/topic/25672-light-rattle-in-gearbox-when-pushing-my-bike/?do=findComment&comment=278017

I used anaerobic flange sealer on my bike (LOCKTITE 515) without any problems. No gaskets means no need to slot the hole for the sidestand bolt. I now have 4 gaskets to give away for the cost of shipping.

That's a lot of effort just to make a parallel twin sound like a Guzzi.

Does the engine start easily, run without thudding, & oil press light go out right away? Is the oil on the dipstick clean? Any oil leaks? The hardest to fix is a leak in the bevel box. Oil on the rear wheel rim is a bad sign. Does the bevel box flop around on a collapsed needle roller between the box and axle on the RH side? Gearbox leaks are also tricky to fix. The first sign of a crack on the gearbox casing top mount area can be oil leaking onto the crossover, but then slight overfilling will do that too. Does the charge light go off at idle? Is the green 30 amp fuse melted? Are the tires older than 10 years? Any suspension upgrades since new? Does it have a Roper Plate fitted?

Like Docc said, that clutch sounds like a normal single plate clutch to me, and that engine sounds like it is running really well too. You should contact @cash1000 who has the same model Rosso Mandello. He just had his clutch out, the aluminium flywheel wasn't cracked, so he fitted it back in. Let us know what part of the country you are in.

32°C is about 90°F. Too hot for me to go out

I have to comment on this. Willie Soon takes the fact that some hydrocarbons have a non biological source as evidence that burning it does not cause climate change. He knows he is wrong, but is funded by Exxon Mobil, among others, to tell lies to gullible people. Tucker Carlson is a well-known purveyor of "alternative facts" otherwise known as BS. A better source of information is the NASA website. https://climate.nasa.gov/

Good suggestion, and is easy to check. The bike now has a Le Mans champagne tank on it that I have never used before, so some blockage is possible, although the misfire was only at low rpm. Yes, a smile for the first few minutes. It was running really well at high power, but since I was still inside an urban 80 km/hr speed limit, high power was only for a few seconds. That angry howl above 6000 is balm for the soul. I will look at those components that you suggest this week. The signal lights are "smoke" colour with amber LEDs inside. Lens P/N GU06753700 "Copetta Indic Direz Fume" is standard on a Griso 1200 8V and fits the original V11 lights. I was trying to reduce the number of different colours on the bike.

First ride after new tires, new front disks, new timing gear set, new TPS, new phase sensor, new rear shock. A nice 21°C (70°F) day. It ran really well for the first 4 km, then started misfiring badly below 3000rpm. Back home I changed the ECU BIN and looked for Guzzi Diag faults. It was still almost unrideable in slow traffic when it gets hot. The LH snorkel fell off (see pic) but I don't think this is the problem. Exhaust leak perhaps? Check the TPS again? That's tomorrow's job.

That sounds like me years ago. I started by getting helmet jacket & gloves so I could test ride a few bikes. I have a maintenance background, so a second hand bike in need of TLC was OK. I rode a few bikes that were fine, but none had the appeal of the V11. A Bonneville was good, but not exciting. A Yamaha R6 was exciting, but didn't stir my soul. I think your friend should try lots of bikes.

I fitted a Wilbers 641-519-01 to my 03 long frame bike. It's an easy swap. It is 5mm longer than the original Sachs Boge. Sachs: 280.5mm center to center. Wilbers: 285.4mm. I only realized the extra shock length when the rear tire just touched the ground while on the maintenance stand, after I fitted the new shock and a new tire.

That doesn't seem right! What's your source?

Here is a pic of the intake air path on a 2003 model.

Item 19 is important. The shape improves airflow into the throttle body. It's called "velocity stack", "bellmouth", or "trumpet", and you should try hard to get the right parts. Have you checked to see if they are wedged into whatever gravel strainer pod filters you had before?

Someone with the same name as you asked that question in 2021. https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/topic/23134-v11-breather-tubes/page/2/#elControls_267496_menu

1. Style. Guzzi manages to make good looking bikes. 2. Handling. Up there with the best. 3. Brand allegiance.

I've had a new battery electric car for the last 6 months. It has all the safety features to qualify for ANCAP rating 5, and I don't regret buying it. It should engage auto braking for a bike (if I don't see it) but I'm not going to test it. Some of the critics of my choice say things that have the same tone as comments I've heard through the decades. "Tubeless tires? No thanks". "Multi-grade oil? Not for me". "Don't like auto transmission, I want to be in control". "Don't like seat belts, I want...". So yeah, I like a modern car. Even stranger are the criticisms of an electric car. "They catch fire". -Less often than ICE cars. "We're going to run out of Lithium" -It's 3rd element in the periodic table. There's shit-tons of it around. "It's mined with slave labor". -Australia is currently producing 1/2 of the world's supply, and those miners are extremely well paid. "Lithium batteries can't be recycled ". - obvious nonsense. Yes I have a 20 year old Guzzi, but I like modern stuff.

There's a lot of discussion about cold performance of lithium batteries, but I have never noticed an issue. Push button - engine starts. But then I'm a fine weather rider too.

https://shoraipower.litema.com.au/contact/ SHORAI AUSTRALIA CONTACTS PHONE: 07 5504 5595, MOBILE: 0412 170 020 I fitted a LFX21L6-BS12 way back in 2016, still going strong. You should consider buying the dedicated charger for storage and "balance charging".

I'm happy with mine. See https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/topic/30633-share-your-lithium-battery-experience-cold-environment-durability-else/#comment-289414