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That is right up the hipster bobber alley down the street from the Ace Café. My new to me Scura attracts a lot of Millennial attention at ride meet ups.

Rear wheel tracking the front is only ideal if the bike is weight symmetric about the front to back centerline. If it isn't, a little rear wheel offset can correct what would otherwise be a pull to a side. The shafty BMW airheads have a significant weight bias to the right side since not only the shaft, but most of the tranny is over to the right. The Guzzi tranny seems much more centered, but the shaft/diff will have a weight bias.

Hi all, planning to do a bar riser install this weekend. Looks easy peasy except for the clutch line replacement and access to the slave cylinder. Read around the forum some and it seems that the standing recommendation is to get at it from the rear. Got a couple of questions in that regard. Wheel removal seems easy. What about the inner fender, how does that come out? Then it seems that swingarm removal is recommended. Done swingarms like this before. What about the drive shaft? Remove the rear differential 1st? Do I remove the driveshaft from diff spline, the transmission spline or separate the shaft itself at its spline? Or is it possible to only remove the drive shaft and the swingarm pivots, then let everything hang? Thanks for your help !! BTW, came across a discussion about aligning the swingarm with lasers and strings and etc. Did you know that on a BMW airhead, the rear wheel usually tracks about 1/2" off the track for the front wheel? Harleys are similar. In both cases, it's because the engine / tranny are not symmetric weight about the center line of the bike. In BMW airhead land, you basically eyeball the swingarm evenly and call it a day. Same should apply here. BTW2, some of the guys darksiding shaft drive bikes are running their car tires up to 2" off of the front wheel track. Doesn't seem to hurt anything.

Any opinion about Moto Guzzi Classics in Long Beach ?

On the subject of sore bodies and "Happy Scura Pose", I have a slightly different issue. I have a large (65 cm) head and a very short neck. So, when I try to lift my head to look up from the Happy Scura Pose, the back of my Schuberth C3Pro helmet jams up against my back and shoulders and fights back. Anyone know of a helmet that is short or arched in the back like racing helmets used to be? Hate to have to go to a pudding bowl.

Being new to Guzzi land I cannot profess to be an expert. However, my Scura was starting similar to what you describe. I put in a new AGM battery and all is well with the world. I think I read in another thread that the starter uses a 2 step relay and the current draw is very high for a very short period of time. I speculated that the battery wasn't able to provide this high current and the starter never completed the 2 step. I don't think you would see the voltage drop during the high current on a digital multimeter because it happens too fast.

Show Low, otherwise known as the SRC Loop (Salt River Canyon). Been up and down most Zonie roads hundreds of times. But it all seems new with a big V-twin and sport bike chassis doing the moto-vation. Gonna hafta take this pony out to the Devil's Highway once the snow melts !

Pullin for ya !

Saturday did the "Roosevelt Lake Loop" local ride. The V11 sure sounded sweet at full song climbing up Devil's Canyon. Here's a map of the loop. https://goo.gl/maps/a76MQ376pQy And a video (not mine) of Devil's Canyon.

Not so much what I did (commute to work), but what I learned. Don't sit on the bike and leave the bike running and in neutral in the parking space and then go looking for the sidestand with your left foot. No damage other than a heck of a jolt to the drivetrain and

One last Q (maybe). If I wanted to look up part numbers for a bike in the same generation and motor as my '02 Scura, but with a 5 speed transmission, what model should I look for?

That data sheet looks more like it. Basically same specs at the G8HN. I guess Digi-Key has an old or bad datasheet. BTW, the G8HN averages about $15 on ebay, so the G8HE is quite cheaper from Digi-Key.

Operating time / Release time is how long it takes the mechanical arm to switch from one contact to the other. Operating time is switching from NC to NO contact, release time is switching from NO to NC contact. It will connect the NO contact as long as the coil is energized.

Like I said, very poorly written datasheet. Steady state could refer to "continuous", but they don't use that word. Or steady state could refer to the amount of current after the inrush that occurs for an unspecified time. The "Min. Carry / Switching Current" spec at 1A is also wierd, There's no reason to spec a Min current, only a Max current. Which leads me to believe that it should say Max current is 1A and that would be the continuous value. But hard to tell with that crap datasheet.

Hmm. The datasheet is poorly written, but the G8HE relay specs are for a switching, not continuous application. 3 seconds on, 4 seconds off. The G8HN relay is rated 20A and 10A continuous in the standard power version. Digi-Key sorts the G8HE relay into the 2A category, for what that's worth. Unfortunately, 0 units available for G8HN from Digi-Key. Reading the datasheet, it you want the most honkin' relay, the G8HN-1C4T-RH fits the bill. Make sure it's RH and not RJ. Rated continuous carry at 35A and 20A. Easy to find this part number on ebay. It's apparently common on Triumph, Honda and several other makes.

Digi-Key has the Omron relay available. 662 units. Digi-Key #Z5645-ND, $4.37ea 1-9 units. The datasheet is also available on the page as a link. http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/omron-electronics-inc-emc-div/G8HE-1C7T-R-DC12/Z5645-ND/2755412

Dang, I hate more variables in the equation. The 5-sp RAM kit is quite reasonably priced ($558.91 MG Cycle), and it sounds (per Scud) like the RAM works very well. But if the clutch rod and the button become a problem, that would be a deal breaker. On the other hand, I haven't sold a bike since the 1980's (garage gets fuller and fuller), so all of my bikes are "long-term". The maintenance issue is important. I guess I'll keep fishing for a dual plate setup and keep researching the 5-sp kit.

This is the 5-sp clutch gear vs. the 6-sp clutch gear. http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7181&p=87145

But only if one has the RAM clutch kit specifically for the 6-speed transmission, yes? Which is now unobtanium. So, RAM still makes a single plate clutch kit, but it is for 5-speed transmissions. The clutch connects to the tranny through the "Clutch Gear" which for 6-speed trannys + dual plate clutch is GU014211600 and for 6-speed trannys + single plate clutch is GU01211640. Somewhere else on the forum, there's a picture of a 6-speed clutch gear and a 5-speed clutch gear and they don't look compatible, meaning it looks like they are not only different on the clutch side but also different on the spline side where it bolts to the tranny shaft. So, am I correct in thinking that there isn't a way to use the RAM 5-speed clutch kit on my 6-speed Scura. It seems that my only option is to obtain an entire 6-speed dual clutch, including the clutch gear for the dual plate clutch.

Livorno. Ferry to Corsica or Sardinia? Cinque Terra was our 1st Italy stop after Corsica. Talk about awesome motorcycling !

Massive Attack - Unfinished Symphony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmrfgj0MZI OK, how does one embed a video?

ECU software probably computes a "nominal" value for air temp, just to keep the maps in the ballpark if the air temp sensor fails.

Bill, I spent a few days in Cinque Terra last September and totally enjoyed it ! Very scenic, fabulous food. Water sports. And here's what your honey probably doesn't know. There is some amazing mountain riding just east of Cinque Terra going towards Parma (the ham) and Balogna (the lunch meat). Florence (+++) (Firenze) and Pisa are a short hop away also. Personally, I'd recommend renting a super scooter and blending into the Italian scene. We stayed at Hotel Firenze e Continental in La Spezia which is an excellent choice. It's right next door to the train station. Unless you like a LOT of walking, buy the all day train passes to see the Cinque Terra towns.

The answer is obvious, buy both !

Traveled to Italy several times, even got some good riding in and around Firenze and Milan. Always looking for an excuse to return.