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Ive had Mistral oval Ti cans on my Rosso for at least 15 years. They have been great. Mine are the standard mount ones, using the stock hangers and have never been an issue for grounding, even in high lean turns. The first set of decals were on foil and they faded out in a couple months. The next set are the raised Mistral logo's...have held up fine for about 2 years now, but the etched finish looks great on yours! Enjoy the rumble.

Well, the ride was great on Friday! 100 miles of great roads and several laps of Laguna Seca Raceway just for added fun. They really didn't limit us on the track, so it was wide open...that corkscrew is incredible, and I have the greatest appreciation for racers who can rail it. I was the only spine frame Guzzi that I saw, and a lot of folks had never seen a Rosso Corsa; and I got many compliments and thumbs up. There were many Tonti customs, a very nice LeMans 3, some V85's and of course the venerable Falcone singles that did well on the ride. Saturday was wild, my wife and I were lucky to have early entry tickets to the show, and got to see most of the bikes...so many nice historic rides to see. My Rosso was parked at the Bring a Trailer paddock...nice guys there too. About 1130 it started to rain, harder and harder...maybe 1.5 inches fell until about 4 pm! We were fortunate to bail out early, put the bike on the trailer and get back to our room with out too much drama....it was the first time in 14 years that the event got rained on, but the show went on, and I was amazed that no one was complaining, griping or whining about the conditions. Its a great event, costly yes, but worth it....highly recommended!!

Getting ready to head up the coast on Thursday to the Quail M/C Gathering up in Carmel, The folks at Bring A Trailer invited me to park my Rosso Corsa in their corral, and comp'd me entry tickets for 2...so YAY on that. Hope the weather holds and I keep the rubber side down on the ride!

Selling anything on FB marketplace is a crapshoot. I don't understand why so many people take the time to respond, say they will meet up and then totally flake out. ...and don't get me started on the "Is it still available" button response.......

Looks like all the MotoGP elements, FP, Qualifying, Races will be shown streaming on Max, the BR (Bleacher Report) sports segment. Right now BR is free, if you have Max, but it may be additional $ in the future. TrueTV, which is part of TNT also shows sprint races and the Sunday show. YaY!

Sold. Thanks V11LeMans.com!!

These are used, but great shape shims. They are used to replace the stock exhaust cross over gaskets, which easily get loose and cause the dreaded "Floppy X-Over" condition, as well as exhaust leaks and tons of frustration. Anyway I converted my bike to separate Mistral down tubes, so I don't need them any more. Asking $30.0 +shipping costs. Thanks! Andy

I just came across a set of these in my parts shed that I got from "way back when". I've converted my bike to remove the cross over, so I don't need them anymore. I'll post them up for sale on the classified.

I had two small bubbles on my RC tank prior to coating the inside with Caswell "Dragon Blood" epoxy. I did use a small needle to pierce the paint layer. There actually was water/ or alcohol emulsion inside the blister, which I pushed out. I didn't apply heat ( and I don't think heat is a good idea here). I did this probably 15 years ago and now the only person who notices any difference in the paint, is probably me...its really hard to see the small pin hole, and the paint/graphic layer looks good. My blisters were small, so I can't say this would work for you, just my experience, FWIW

I'm with the others...go back to stock on the wheel colors and black on the hugger. If you can't find a stock set of clip on handlebars, you may be able to use some convertibars: https://convertibars.3dcartstores.com/Moto-Guzzi-V11-Lemans-Bike-Specific-Kit_p_200.html Happy riding, they are great bikes, love mine for over 20 years now!

Congratulations Pete and thank you for all that you have done, contributed over all these years making Moto Guzzi such a special community of enthusiasts. If your next chapter in life (retirement) is anything like mine you will wonder how you ever had time to do that thing we call "Work"!

Anybody else thinking about going this year? I've wanted to attend for some time now and finally pulled the trigger. I'll be doing the ride the previous day on my '03 Rosso Corsa too. I think the ride fills up quickly, as it usually sells out. My motto "Fun ain't cheap" applies here too! https://www.axs.com/events/514048/the-quail-motorcycle-gathering-2024-tickets

My 2 cents: I purchased a 2022 Guardia d Onore V85 (The black and white Oreo bike), because it came with all the nice to have items (center stand, tall windscreen, fog lamps and a full aluminum case set). Just these items would set you back about $1500 to add on if bought separately. My dealer advised me to avoid the heated grips and especially the "MIA" Guzzi add on to link your phone to the dash display. I added a set of Oxford brand heated grips to the stock wiring loom, so they runs off the Guzzi switch gear. Much cheaper and more effective than the stock MG grips. I use a Zumo XT for route finding, so that takes the place of the problematic MG MIA set up. I'll say its a decent bike, but doesn't have the push, or soul, of my V11 Le Mans. Its good to about 80mph and then it starts running out of gas, but the upright riding position, handling and gear carrying capability is nice for certain longer rides. The wind turbulence is ridiculous on the stock bikes....small tornados come up the tank cut outs for the front suspension and the windscreen seems to be designed to funnel buffeting. Its one of the biggest complaints, but I have worked it out to a decent level with an add on top scooter wind screen, home made "mouse ear" wind deflectors on the tank, additional raised hand guards and front headlight guard...... My LeMans fairing is a lot better at cutting smoothly through the wind. I agree that the Evocative "Captain America" is a great looking color scheme!

Mission accomplished! The connector between the output wires to the spade connectors was the culprit on my bike. No need to replace the regulator. I redid the spade connectors on the pigtail connector, hit up everything with Caig brand cleaners, then Vaseline and did some voltage checks. Standing Odyssey battery voltage was at 13.1, then on start up, when run up to about 2500 showed a charge of high 13's to max 14.1. I ended up getting one of the Battery Tender brand plug in voltmeters, and checked it against my hand held, so it looks like a nice "peace of mind" item to get some easy readings with. Thanks everyone with the great input, suggestions and help!

Yes, I've got that on the calendar for tomorrow's fun...I'll clean up, replace the connector and reinstall. like most Guzzi owners I'm a cheap @%$@! I checked all the regulator wires for short to ground and they were all good, so its a possibility that the regulator is still good, and that resistance at the connector was the problem. My main ground to case wasn't very clean either, so that has been cleaned up too. fuse holder, fuses, and relays are all good too, so its just a charging problem.

Funny the things you find when you go looking.... Time for a new regulator for my V11! Andy

4K to 6K seems to be the sweet spot for me. Not much more to gain above 6K revs but my bike will pull fine to redline if I want it to. Cruise is probably around 4500 to 5000 in 6th.

When I bought my 03 Rosso new in 2004 from MG Vespa in New Orleans I was told that it was one of 57 imported to the U.S. Just another tid bit of information. Still have her and still running strong!

Me at 15.1/2 and my 1970 Honda CL100 in 1971. Been riding ever since.

Just caught this thread, but my 2 cents on the IT odometer based on my experience as the original owner of my 03 Rosso Corsa is that they were pretty much crap from onset. The miles never really accumulated correctly from the get go, but the trip meter seemed to work when it wanted to. The trip meter would occasionally hang up on a certain mileage, but would start working again if I reset it. The odometer always read low, so after about 15 years of use I had about 50% of my estimated miles showing. I wrote this off to Italian priorities....eh, why worry? I wasn't keen to go GPS unit aftermarket clocks, so I just dealt with this until the odometer stopped working entirely about 3 years ago. Joel Levine came to the rescue at that time, and all is working perfect now. My odometer shows about 14K miles, but the real mileage is at least 25 to 26K miles.

I used Caswell's Dragon blood tank sealer on my RC tank when I first noticed some blistering under the decal. Lots of info on it on the Ducati forums where they used plastic tanks like our V11's did. Its a two part epoxy, red in color and has held up well, prevented further blistering for about 10+ years now. You have to follow the how to do it very closely, and if you spill any of the prep fluid (zylene?) it will eat the crap out of your surface clear...I slopped some despite carefully wrapping the tank in plastic and had to do touch up on one of my lower panels where it ate up the clear coat, but not the color underneath. You toss a bunch of metal screws in your tank to rough up the plastic so the epoxy has more grab. I was able to use a small sewing needle to puncture the blister at the bottom, drain it and have it lay flat afterward, so it looks very good now.

Now down to $6500.

Scud, sending you a paypal for one of the super springs...my original spring is living on borrowed time! Thanks for all the hard work making V11's even better than when new! Andy

I tried a set of the silicon realgaskets and went back to stock paper after getting leaks from squeeze issues. There seems to be a narrow window of correct torque for the cover hold down bolts and I never found it.