swooshdave

Do you have the engineering drawing? It would be good to have in the future in case someone needs them and Don is not available.

12k miles? Not sure I'd hone or put new rings in. 120k miles? Sure.

That's a V7 Sport replica seat sitting over the T fender. Not the way it's suppose to be. I have a more suitable fender on the way. I bought this last year and it has 80k miles on it. Still starts every time, but sometimes it takes a couple tries. Probably the solenoid. I want to put the second disk on the front just to balance it out.

Perhaps, but it'll provide forum fodder for the foreseeable future.

I found a 2000 Greenie for $5400. It looks well loved with a few miles on it. I have to assume someone fixed all the bugs, er, features. What is the price range I should be expecting? The lowest I've seen so far is $4500.

I'd love to see a picture of the grips that are the same size. Are you sure they aren't bicycle grips? These were on my Guzzi when I got them. Soft yet durable. They would still be on there if I hadn't replaced them with heated grips. http://www.ourygrips.com/road-street-grips/ Compressed air is the best way to get grips on and off. If they move around too much then break out the hairspray.

I have yet to meet a modern bike that didn't have different size grips, the right side has to be a different internal diameter to accommodate the throttle tube. You would never want different external diameters because your hands could tell and it would drive you crazy.

The LeMans heads should have 6mm studs on the intakes, if I recall correctly. The small valve heads have 8mm.

Well, I only have one so far so I need to catch up with some of you!

I have this book: https://www.amazon.com/Moto-Guzzi-2-valve-big-twins/dp/1845846559/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1490223878&sr=8-7&keywords=moto+guzzi+bookwhich is a little light on details. I'll look into the other ones.

I've got my Triumph posted in a few places. As soon as that goes I'll get more serious about the V11.

Can you bolt the 6-speed on to the pre-V11 sport bikes? That will really tell you how related they are.

So different bodywork, gearbox and CPU. I haven't yet found out why the V11 (any) where called V11. I've also heard that the Aprilia ownership was both good and bad for Guzzi. Prior to Aprilia is seems Guzzi was under some financial distress and that may have manifested itself in to some questionable quality. Not that one doesn't expect a certain level of quirkiness with any Italian brand. I'm mostly wondering if this forum sees the Sports as totally different models or if they have enough commonalities. They are certainly related!

Does anyone have information about what changed between the earlier Sport bikes (for example the 98 and later) and the V11 series? They went from 1100 to 1200, I think. Is the engine completely different? Thanks!

I thought I read that someone said it was easiest to pull the rear wheel off?

I'd take the Ghezzi.... No brainer.. The Coppa Italia is about flash. A Cafe Sport is less flamboyant and practically the same. But the Scura is where it's at. Exclusive , Carbon, Ohlins and the highly passionate explodamatic flywheel and race clutch is where it's at.. ;-) If anyone is seriously interested I could put you in contact with the owner. Or else I'm just going to wait until he kicks the bucket and deal with the widow. That's not cold, is it?

I wouldn't kick either out of bed.

No offense but for a wee bit more I'd spring for the Coppa... I have seen Greenies start at $4500 and go up depending on condition and mileage. Depreciation curves look like a U for interesting things, and look like a L for everything else.

Like I said the most recent public sales were $9-11k so it's in the ballpark. Do you know of any that have been sold recently for less?

Because I like you guys here's what I found out about the bike (plus a bonus!) "02 Ghezzi Brian Furia with about 3500 miles for $15K, and an 04 Copa Italia with c.6ooo(?) miles for $11K"

There is a very healthy population of Vincents in Oregon. The owners? Not so healthy... There are 35 bikes in the local Vincent club. I'm pretty sure that's more than the local Guzzi club.

You're right. No more non-V11 posts from me. Hey, look, another non-V11 post!

You're right. No more non-V11 posts from me.

I'm sure some Coppa owners will be along shortly with their opinions.

There are literally more Vincents in this area that Coppas. Here's my friend's, we took a spin around the countryside today. Not easy to keep up with a well ridden twin! I'll post a video later.