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OK, I am in VA now, enjoyed the cool Saturday morning to get out ride about 170 miles. But I have another question, anyone have a stock engine map for a 2001 V11 Sport? I have done the tune up, adjusted the CO Trim to negative territory, (-7 if memory serves) and after my 170 mile ride, my brand new plugs were pretty dark, plus I am getting some spark knock at higher 5k+ rpms with heavy throttle, dark plus and spark knock make we want to start with a known map. I have added slip ons, with DB killers installed, I guess that could add to my lean at higher RPMs, but why do I have black plugs? The last 50 miles was at about 60 mph, so not low speed riding.

Bring it on! We have 421 through Shady Valley, Hwy 58 out of Damascus and good roads down to Hot Springs! Heck, maybe a few more Guzzi will pop up on the road side. But I am going to try and make it, I need to block the calendar. I think a complete tear down is in order, so far nothing is frozen on it, and it is complete, that is what I like about it. The exhaust is not original, so in my eyes it can be replaced, one crash bar is bent, I think the rear shocks are toast, I could not get it on the center stand last night. It will be a fun project, a good Blue Ridge Parkway bike, maybe I can get her done by next fall.

And tonight she gets to stay in the all Italian garage...

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And more, it can be saved, but it is going to take some work. I like the idea of spending more than a few months taking it apart and putting it back together. I think $2,500 is on the low side, I bet I will have more than that in it doing the work myself. I will start a thread on WildGuzzi when I get moved and get the bike ready to go.

OK, here are the pics, it is like a Picasso, looks good from a distance, but is a mess up close...

OK, seems to be some opinion to do a "rolling restoration." I can do that, I will snap a few pictures of it this evening and show some of the issues. I guess Nikisil lined cylinders are a good idea, what about head rebuilding? I need to clean the tank, I am hoping I don't find any holes, it does have a few dings. There is some rust on the airbox side covers. I will put the Original airbox back in, new tires, handle bars are very pitted, one mirror lost it reflection, rebuild the folks, maybe new shocks, original style bullet exhaust. Any issues with powder coating the frame? or should I just touch up the rusted areas? Re-seal the dif, engine and transmission. Electrical stuff I can handle, what about an ignition up grade?

I don't have an excuse, so I will be there, or make every effort to get there. 1971 Ambassador 750 (same age as me), very complete, it has been off the road a long time, uni pod filters fell apart when you touched them. He had the stock air box, it needs a full restoration, he said he road it to Stuggis twice, Speedo shows about 26K, but cable was broken, so no telling how many miles. I am getting relocated about 3 hours away for work for the next two years, so I am going to use this to keep myself entertained after work and on weekends. My current dilemma is do I do a 5spd conversion and front disk conversion, or do I just leave it stock? I am leaning towards stock. It will need new bars, exhaust, rubber bits, mirrors, probably and engine rebuild just for fun. I plan on powder coating the frame and rebuilding everything I can.

I got up Sunday morning and de-glazed my rotors on my V11 Sport, greased my pad pins, found my rear pads in need of replacement, ordered new ones, then went out for ride anyway. About 30 miles into it, I see an old metallic red bike in a front yard with a for sale sign, first thought was a Honda Dream, but as I got closer I see it is a Guzzi, spin around, meet the owner, chat awhile. I finish my ride, have lunch, hook up the trailer, and go collect it. I have my next project.

Perfect color Leather jacket. Too small for me, fits like a men's US 38 or 40. $200 OBO

Is the fit of the system good? Are all the mounts where they are supposed to be?

It has only been a few years since I "encouraged" him to ride something bigger than a 400cc (NSR250SP and a CB-1), so that fact he has two VFRs now (750 and 800) makes me happy! No Twingles, but he does work on his own bikes, so I think he will be fine!

I am planning on it, is it OK to invite non-Guzzi riding friends?

I am getting relocated to VA in a few months, so I think I will be in need of some good mountain roads by then, so I will do my best to make it. The upside is I will be doing more riding after I move.

During the off-season I sent off my speedo for a service, and also took the time to put the heavy gearbox oil in. Finally got her out today for a wonderful ride. I surprised me how much difference the heavy oil made for shifting. Speedo still bounces a little, but I can easily tell how fast I am going. I am glad motorcycle season is back!

I am now down to one washer, and I can spin the cable from the bottom of the gear drive. Rain comes today and things get cooler, but hopefully I can get a ride in this weekend and test it out.

OK, mine has 4... Old one has none. I took the gear drive off, it seemed ok, went ahead and cleaned and greased it. Put it back on, went for a ride, speedo went from jumping prior to vibrating to nothing after a couple of miles. Got home took it all apart and this is what I found; With the cable tight to the speedo, I could not turn the cable from the gear end, take the cable lose from speedo and the cable spins easily. Looked at the washers, took two out, now with the cable tight to the speedo I can spin the cable and see the speedo bounce. Put the gear on the end of the cable (not connected to the trans) and I can not spin the cable/gear, but it spins fine and seems tight when not connected to the cable. I guess I need to leave the gear connected to the cable, take loose from the speedo and see if it spins. All I can think is that I did not have the speedo end tight when I put the new cable on, the threads look a little rough, so maybe I get it crossed up and that let it work. I have the fairing off so I can make sure it is threaded correct. I ordered a new gear drive and I will take the other washer out and see what I find when I hook it all back up.

Quick question, how many washers on the Speedo side of the Speedo cable?

Yes, white face Veglia, do I need to pull it off the transmission to test the rotation?

I guess that must be the issue, bad contact with the key first on until it gets started and running, then it was fine until it cooled off again. Strange... Oh well, I will ride it again today, try to start it this morning with no fast idle and see how she does, I used a little yesterday morning, none after work. It could be just perception, but I think she is running a little smother too! This winter I will pull the Speedo out and send it off, it started jumping a few months ago, I put a new cable on it and it jumps less now, but I would like to get that fixed during the off season. Thanks all!!!

Someone is going to have to explain to me how relays can cause hard starting, started good this morning, started great this afternoon. Who knew, besides you all.

OK, key off I have 12.7 volts with charger unplugged for 48 hours. Air and Engine temp the same 21 C. I went ahead and put all new relays in. She fired up much better, still not perfect, but better than it was. With engine warming up, per Guzzidag, I have 13.3-13.5 volts at idle ~1,100 rpms. around 2.5k rpms I max out voltage at 13.94. I think the lower than 14 volts is due to the new style regulator. Max voltage does not bother me, voltage at idle is a nice surprise. I will ride her to work in the morning and see how she does.

OK, let me dig into this again this weekend. I cleaned all the grounds (added one from the front timing cover to the batter connection at the back) when I put in the new regulator. I will measure with Guzzidiag and my volt meter. I bought the good ones, I have them under the seat for spares, but so far no issues other than cold start, so I left it alone. I can pop them in real quick.