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By the way, if it hasn't already been done, cleaning out the fuel downspout is a necessity, with the bike sitting for 10 years, it's likely to have accumulated a lot of sediment or rust in the fine mesh filter...but again, not sure if you have already done that part already?

Sorry if this was mentioned earlier, but how old is the gas in the tank? Did you try draining it completely, and then put in fresh gas (non ethanol even better if possible). Given that the starter fluid works, but the gas doesn't leads me to believe this gas is not igniting...maybe full of water? Any chance the fuel filter is blocked somehow, the tube is clean and has been inspected?

Aha...that makes it crystal clear then!! Sounds like you have spark...no problem. Just out of curiosity...is the fuel injector model for the V11 the same as it is for your V7 (single TB, not double right??) If so, you could do an easy swap of one, then the other from the V11 into your V7 and see if it runs or both if your V7 has a double TB setup. Considering how reasonable non OEM injectors are on Ebay, and I know others here will not support buying non OEM injectors...but it's worth a shot. For what it's worth, I bought non OEM injectors for my Norge several years ago, and they work perfectly...no issues at all.

That’s going to be a wonderful trip but I think your neck may protest after the first few hours…unless the riding position is more upright? Does the bike have clipons or a more upright setup? if you can swing it, try to get in as much of Colorado as you can off the interstate, the roads are much more fun than I-70 although that is a scenic ride as far as interstates go! Taking any spare valve cover gaskets, tire plug kit or air compressor just in case? Fresh set of plugs installed before leaving?

How long does it run after you spray starter fluid? You can take it for a drive and it will not die? If it will run forever and idle (with a fan blowing on it to not overheat the bike sitting and idling for 10-15 minutes), then you're getting spark, fuel delivered, so you're saying the problem is only in the ignition phase, i.e. getting it started. I assume you haven't hooked up Guzzidiag yet to it to see if there are any other faults being thrown? That has to mean that injectors are working, plugs/wires are working since you're burning off the starter fluid almost instantaneously, if idling decently, TPS is OK enough to let it run etc. The "choke" isn't really a choke per se...but you've figured that out now. Bugger...what else could contribute to the lack of starting? I take it the process for trying to start with starter fluid vs. standard process involves the same parameters, side stand up or down, clutch lever in or out...all the same?

All of this beautification…May have to rename this event the Concours d’Elegance de Tellico! One day hope to get there!!

Wow...that's quite a markup...Moto flipping at its best!

Another plus for these, I've recently also installed them on my V11 Scura...very nice quality. Docc will be pleased too since they are made in Tennessee!

The perfect route for a Guzzi to run...not jealous one bit...nope, not one bit at all! Bellissimo giro!

Is it possible you don't have original injectors and the prior owner had replaced them. New ones are not expensive, and new non OEM after market ones are available on Ebay for very reasonable prices if buying OEM is not desired.

This is cool! There was a wonderful Van Gogh exhibit here in Houston recently...very well put together as well. I recall a wonderful visit to the museum in Amsterdam about 15 years ago...have several of those posters hanging in the house.

Lavender mufflers? That's the first I've heard those exist! 2003 Cabernet/Merlot/Shiraz/Carmenere combo...lovely bike!

I think there was someone looking for a seat like this on Wildguzzi a few weeks ago...

That is very similar…especially on the glasses situation. Off and on constantly…. Once I’m in the heat I just keep going for the duration and keep hydrating until I’m done. It takes a big mental commitment however to want to start to work in 100F+ conditions…perhaps that’s why my summer projects take longer to get done. Funny thing…I bought a vice a few years ago, it’s still sitting in the box new and uninstalled, my work bench is unfortunately not set up to clamp it down on on a permanent basis in a safe manner and I don’t want to drill into the bench just to install the vice, so I live w/o.

Good to hear...I have still this task on my To do list...so far, I haven't been riding at night, so it hasn't been a major concern...but I'd like to get it fixed shortly. Have a few other fun projects also on the other bikes, replacing the handle bars on the Stock Griso to Aprilia Mana bars (less wide, slightly pulled forward) and need to do the TPS adjustment on the Scura now that I know what/how to adjust it physically. Just waiting for the temps to go down to a tolerable level so the garage is not a sauna! In fact, just this weekend I decided to install lightweight insulation panels on the garage door which makes quite a bit of difference I am pleased to note, and today will be replacing the rubber gasket on the bottom of the garage door in the evening. Now I'm seriously considering putting a Daikin Split A/C unit into the garage. Once that's all done, I can work much more comfortable on the bikes even during the summer months.

Quite the adventure and endurance test P6X! Glad you were able to make it up and back...those are brutal temps to ride in all day long....sounds like the bike is running smoothly and is enjoying these high speed runs!

Thanks all…indeed I do have the Casper’s cable, no way I was going to try and splice in or poke around with pointy inserts to the other cables…and I’ve had the cable sitting on my bench for a while…many thanks for the clarifications…I now understand the physical adjustments needed to tackle this part of the tune up. Thanks again for the collective wisdom here…what I’m now looking forward to is seeing what the reading is at…given the bike runs very well, has no stumbles, gets 40 mpg easily, plugs were nicely colored but also have fresh ones in along with all of the other work done recently…so maybe I’m lucky and the TPS is close to the required 157 mv already….we’ll see!

Thanks Docc! So you’re saying that just by loosening and then tightening those two screws that seat the TPS that is in effect what is used to “adjust” the TPS to 157 mv by “ rotating the black head”? I guess that’s what has been confusing me when reading and subsequently skipping that step #2 always.

I've decided I want to finally include this TPS review as the final step in my tune up/work done these past couple of months and plan to also use the Caspers connector cable that had been recommended here, but I am completely puzzled exactly how do you "adjust" the TPS. I don't see any screw or place to adjust the TPS per se looking at my bike. What screw exactly is it that is used to adjust the TPS (anyone have a photo?), and given how "sensitive" this TPS seems to be, this has to be a micro screw somewhere, not a large one on the throttle bodies I am guessing. Thanks again!

and Taka crashing in practice and during the race... That really is a fun course to watch, lots of ups and downs, seemed to really be a very physically demanding course, plus the heat...well done Fabio/Zarco/Miller!

Wow…811 miles in this blistering heat? That’s going to be brutal…I would spend the night in An AC conditioned room and start up day 2 refreshed… Hats off if you can do it one day!!

Right...but they are apparently only bring 2 of the 3 choices, not all 3 if I understood correctly. So they may bring Soft and Hard or Soft and Medium, but that limits the combinations then the teams can choose from. Unless I"m not understanding this correctly, Michelin is basically limiting the choices any team can have to 2 out of 3, instead of having all 3 available. Why does that make sense? And what about rain tires just in case...that should be an option too, right?

So at the end of the day, it IS Michelin who is deciding which tires a team can use? I simply don't get that. If Michelin decides to bring a Soft and a Hard as the only two options, and a team would rather use a Medium, under these new rules, they can't use a Medium, right? How does that make any sense...why should the tire manufacturer get to dictate what tires a team wants to run?

I think people are hiding behind semantics here...calling it a racing incident rather than a mistake and therefore assigning appropriately fault and responsibility. You can't keep having "racing incidents" and be the common denominator all the time and simultaneously say you are not at fault. That's just fantasy. At the end of the day, a large group of riders are now going to be extremely cautious around Taka and he's under extra scrutiny not to screw up, or he might screw up again because of the extra scrutiny. Either way, he's contributing to or directly responsible for crashes...In the article, Taka even admits it was his fault... Let's see how the next race evolves...does Taka even have a team next year to ride with? I haven't seen a lot of news around other teams dying to have him be there #1 or #2 or #3 rider yet.

Interesting observations from race direction, so if he didn't break too late, then he's just a bad rider and the braking was not a contributing factor...so wouldn't that point to him still being responsible for causing the accident...if not, then what would they consider to be the reason...certainly there was no oil on the track to point to. At this point, I think the other riders are leery of Taka given his track record (no pun intended),...so he'll become somewhat ostracized until his riding improves and he stops causing "racing incidents". Found this after I posted above: https://us.motorsport.com/motogp/news/nakagami-escapes-catalan-gp-turn-1-crash-without-serious-injury/10317625/ Seems to be a universal view that Taka should have been penalized...even he admitted it was his fault.