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Lovely bike...a friend had a 1000 Interceptor also back in 1985/86 that he let me ride often enough while I was at the university. I've often thought about finding one again...that bike was intoxicating, smooth and far too fast! Ripping around the streets of La Jolla and surrounding San Diego towns on it was amazing!

Far too much bike for most of us (well me at least) to want to ride on a daily basis, but beautiful to look at. Would certainly make getting around the Grand Tour of Texas almost completely effortless!!

Great pics...interesting color combo on the Norge...never seen that before!

From very recent experience, be careful getting DeOxit on the soft rubber seals (like the one on the TPS) or the ones connecting ECU's on later CARC bikes as the chemicals cause the rubber to swell, which then get pinched when snapping the connector back in place, and then frequently cause a tear or not completely seated seal.

Lesson #1 is? How to set TPS with a Casper cable while simultaneously admiring a fleet of V11’s!!

Good find on the video, that's my friend Ben's new V100 here in Houston out with a couple of other riders in our group on BMW's, anniversary edition R90T and the new GS1250 water cooled. The new V100 is a lovely bike indeed. I'm hoping he'll let me ride it on our next outing! A pic of the old vs. the new!

100%...excellent point to mention Audiomick!

One thing to bear in mind P6X is that the Stelvio, particularly the NTX version which has the larger 8.5 gallon gas tank aside from being heavier, will also be a lot more top heavy. Maneuvering it around will require more strength/caution than the V11. But both the Norge and the Stelvio have great carrying capacity and are fantastic for long distance journeys.

Highly recommend reading the Guzzidiag tutorial to get familiar with the functionality of Guzzidiag. There are 3 programs: Guzzidiag (reads and resets parameters, sets CO trim, reads faults) Reader - reads and saves your map (bin file) currently on the ECU, you should create a directory on your PC where you will save this bin file. Name it Original with a date xxxx.bin, so you will remember what it is later on. Writer - writes a new map (bin file) to your ECU - this is the Meinolf bin file, or if you have another one from another source. You will need to download these 3 .exe files to a folder on your PC. Once you read thru the Guzzidiag tutorial, and assuming all connects, you should make sure you save your existing map (bin file) to your PC. Generally Windows works more reliably than Mac. Once and ONLY once you have successfully saved your existing map to your PC AND verified you see it in the folder you have created on your PC, then you can close the Reader program. Next, open the Writer program, and select the new map you will have either downloaded from Meinolf or other source. Use the Writer program now to WRITE the new map (bin file) to your ECU. The program will tell you if you have been successful writing the program. Follow the rest of the tutorial, do the full tune up, and ride!

...and this is what drove me mad for a while as well, when I fiddled with my TPS for the first time as well a few months ago...hopefully the new one solves the problem. It would be nice if these mechanical devices would have a digital readout on them so one could see it all the time w/o having to connect up the Casper cable all the time to measure it. Of course, an easier way to adjust the right hand side idle screw would also be nice, it's a royal PITA to get to all of the time... All the best on finding the culprit...nothing like an annoying cough, surely there's some Robitussin for these V11's one could apply w/o having to go thru so many gyrations!

I can truly relate to this Docc, it took me several, well many attempts to get the TPS all working…it’s too sensitive a system but so be it…once charmed into position, it is fantastic. I had replaced my TPS as well based on your recommendation so hopefully that solves your issue as well. Worst case scenario the fuel injectors need reconditioning to fine tune it…I wish there was some after market modification to the TPS… Out of curiosity what do you set your valves to? Hopefully all Comes together in time for the Spring raid!

Nothing like a nasty cough to annoy one on these finicky V11’s…have you thought about adding Meinolf’s map to the mix…I am thoroughly happy with having done it.

Well, unfortunately was unable to pick up some of the planned stops on the way to Cedar Vale this year...I chose not to go based on the terrible weather forecasted up and back and no real desire to camp in the rain either, glad I stayed behind but sorry to miss the rally in Cedar Vale, always one of my favorites. But I did manage to pick up 4 more stops this week...Cuero, Edna, Blessing and Galveston...Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I can get Jefferson, Gladewater and Terrell and complete the 25 stops. I had considered also heading to Big Bend and doing a nice big loop back, but weather forecast (as it is actually now as well) put a damper on those plans...so will do that at a future date...although it's going to get hotter and hotter the longer I wait. Out and about on the Griso for these stops...really enjoying it...next runs hopefully on the Scura.

I'll have to check, I found something very close at ACE HW...at least the OD is identical, and ID is slightly off, but I think it might work. For $1 each, that's a good deal. Now that I think back to my coughing episode with the TPS reset, I recall I had to have the airbleed screws set differently...silly of me not to think of the O-rings as a potential culprit for that slight imbalance between left and right sides. Thanks for the heads up here Docc!

Thanks Docc...I just tried to order from them...$11 for a pack of 25 rings, but $39 for shipping! Wow. I'll have to find a local supplier...thanks for the technical info...might as well replace the ones I have as well as another "fine tuning" in the tuning process.

Hi Sam...actually mine are white faced original Veglia's, not the older black faced ones or the newer (more stylish) black Speedhut style. If you want to shoot me an email I can send you a pic and see if that works for you! Cheers! Paul

Thanks very much Chuck…ok that’s a definite possibility, unfortunately I don’t have those tools in my garage. Looks like I’ll live with another faded orange indicator sweep needle.

I went back to this one and was successful in buying it from TLM, so I have it in my possession now! I took a gamble on Ebay and made them a reasonable offer @ 160 EUR plus 50 Euro for shipping). The only issue I am trying to solve is that the picture of the item on Ebay showed a beautiful orange needle, what arrived is one that is just as faded as the one I currently have, currently in email contact with TLM to see if they sent me the right one or if they have another one. I am hesitant to open this up and paint the needle, I don't recall anyone having success in opening these bevel cases and resealing w/o damage. If for some reason you're still looking, and you don't care if you have a tachometer with a faded orange needle and slightly faded numbers, I could send you the one I have on my Scura for $100 bucks plus shipping after I get this new one installed.

Nicely done P6X! I'll be picking up those same stops next week on my way to a small Guzzi rally in Cedar Vale, Kansas with a few days detouring thru Arkansas as well riding the twisties before ending up in Kansas. Hopefully can pick up some of the ones near Dallas on the way back down, then the 4 near Houston (Submarine, Edna, Blessing and Cuero) in a few more weeks time. Lemans doing well I hope...no more leaks?

That's one of the great songs...a real story. Nice to see them play together. Willie could be Keef's older brother!

Great find…these are rare but really nice to have for a rear bag…Also highly suggest getting longer screws, same style recessed head, it will make it easier to mount and provides more purchase on the frame. I found them at my local ACE hardware…made it much easier to mount. I painted my rack and screws black to keep with the Scura look…it’s very convenient to have a small bag. 3kg limit but With care could be 5-6 kg without any trouble. No sitting on it!!

170 miles…really smooth and cool temp ride today. The Meinolf map is a massive improvement over the stock map I had in the bike. To be fair I don’t know with certainty that it is a stock OEM map since it’s what the bike has had since I bought it almost 7 years ago. However, this Meinolf map is deliciously smooth, can ride at 70-80 mph and no vibrations at all…power seems to come surging on between 4-7k rpm, very different from the rather flat power delivery of the prior map. Really enjoyable ride and results!

All fixed! CO responded right away this morning after a full night charge on the battery. Time for a long run now!

MACS are apparently notoriously much harder to use with Guzzidiag…based on commentary from many folks on various forums. Using an OS laptop for some might be a bit fiddly on getting the right COM port or if you have firewall issues, and sometimes even the Guzzidiag system itself requires going in and out a few times, but I’ve always been able to get it work. It seems that adding a MAC element makes this process another bit harder.

P6X…Yes…and it’s the same laptop I use for the Norge and Griso. No connection issues or driver conflicts…just this particular functionality at the moment seems to be an issue. Merci!