VtwinStorm

Now I can post in this part of the forum. I actually bought a V11 Sport, a '01 black w/red frame...12k miles...cleeeeeeeeeean! Just need to find a seat cowl. Getting it shipped to me, should be 2-3 weeks to my door. Totally excited. Can't wait to finally have my big block Guzzi! Woooo!!! https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2001-Moto-Guzzi-V11-Sport-5016537693

Also, EMGO mirrors? Anyone tried these on a V11? https://www.ebay.com/itm/381595205175?hash=item58d8d8be37:g:W90AAOSw8RJXBsLF

https://www.ebay.com/itm/124422034333?hash=item1cf821939d:g:IlcAAOSw97phF3Ek

I'm only finding this different part #...is this the same rear cowl? Saddle cover, black---are the cowls different from year to year? GU01466491 FOX only has the cowl for years 2003-2004...mine is a 2001: https://www.foxpowersportsparts.com/oemparts/a/mgz/5d274a9687a866048cf6b116/saddle-rear-fairing Moto Guzzi V 11 OEM Parts Moto Guzzi V 11 Original Equipment Manufacturer Parts at Fox Powersports Parts. Please select a model. GU006 V 11 Cat. 1100 2003-2004 GU086 V 11 Cafè-Ballabio 1100 2003-2005

Sooooo...where can a V11 owner find OEM parts? I know of: https://www.parts-motoguzzi.com/, https://www.harpermoto.com/oem-moto-guzzi-illustrated-parts-catalog.html, https://www.foxpowersportsparts.com/oemparts/a/mgz/5d274a9687a866048cf6b116/saddle-rear-fairing...who has the largest selection of V11 parts? I need a rear seat cowl...FOX is letting me order one, but I fear they will email me back after I submit with "Sorry mate, parts are NLA. Go %^&* yourself." Thank you guys. -VTS

I've 3 Ducati. Price is not what I worry about. It's availability. Piagio/Guzzi isn't exactly renowned for parts/spares availability, at least in the US.

You bet! I'll forget trying to get the unobtanium MAGNI fairing and just get the seat cowl and the machine will be completed for my tastes...some fluids, and a new set of DIABLO Rosso Corsa 3s... Can't wait!

Thank goodness...Worst case, I get another color and pay a couple hundred to prep and paint...but I'd rather avoid that hassle!

Now, to actually find one...this will be hell, I know it.

A thousand thank-yous, KINDOY2!!!

Well, just paid over the phone. Should be here in 1-2 weeks: 5500.00 plus 650.00 shipping...https://www.ebay.com/itm/203585639958?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D882181c5e11b4007aec3ee93a16453c0%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D265246055581%26itm%3D203585639958%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A857c35d3-0b72-11ec-9d5b-be69afc97c36|parentrq%3Aa371197817b0a36981ed12caffe77aa2|iid%3A1 I'm now a GUZZI owner! Now, I need a damned seat cowl!

Thank you, Lucky Phil! Working the deal over the phone 2000 miles from me right now...brother just needs a clean black seat cowl to complete the bike.

Looks like I'm getting a black V11 Sport shipped to me. I need a black seat cowl. $300.00 reward.

Heck, if anyone can even get me the Guzzi part #, that would help! Harper's and MG parts aren't very helpful sites...

Mission impossible, I know!

Yes...almost indecent. Exposed engine, cafe half-fairing, it just looks so "right". The LeMans fairing is also lovely.

I'm thinking of just shipping this one in Austin, TX. Guy said around 5400 OTD. I may just eat shipping, which should be 800-1k: https://www.ebay.com/itm/203585639958?hash=item2f66a65616:g:CwkAAOSw9P5goGVS

UPDATE: Still looking for a CLEAN/not-neglected V11 Sport/LeMans. I want a stock, solid machine that is turn-key. $6k cash for a NICE bike. May have to just buy one and have it shipped. Thank you.

One better, the 90s film Freejack, where a dictator rolls around in a '30s Hispano-Suiza (?) in the very distant future, while no one else has personal mobility at all. Gassers will always exist in private hands.

This man gets it.

You are totally right, Lucky Phil. I know that we aren't alone in wanting our hard-earned money going to purchase product which is built to last. Yet, more and more is produced with a "throwaway" mindset that I find insulting to the intelligence of the end user. I also find it unethical and operating out of bad faith toward the customer. That is why I like the V11 series so much. It is the last real gasp of old school Guzzi, flawed as it may be, but with an eye and thought to long-term serviceability. My 696 is at least 13 Allen bolts and around 5 pieces away before you can remove the battery. One of the few operations on that machine that is unacceptable and an insult. This is where we have been heading for a long time now. They really don't make them like they used to. Some of that is equal parts good and bad. I have high hopes for the new Guzzis, but I'll wait and see.

Totally agree. VFRs were the best motorcycles Honda ever made. Good taste.

From my cold, dead hands. They have been saying gasoline would run out since when my father was a teen...in the 1950s. Oh, it will run out, but we have a very long way to go, and the electrical grid can't take 100-300 million cars/bikes charging daily. Most of that power is from dirty coal. You forgot the destruction and costs of rare earth metals. One of the largest mines is in...Afghanistan. Another is in...China. These are unrealized costs. It is not about hate, but choice. It is not an ICE or E-BIKE only thing. But, they do nothing for me. 100% torque at zero RPM is a bit dull. I need noise, vibration, drama, passion. It is like reaching orgasm with no buildup, no foreplay. I prefer to be astride a living, breathing, belching, smoking, vibrating motorcycle. Something with a manual transmission, where I can feel the gears move under my foot when I shift, not some twist-and-go nearly silent, soulless appliance. Full disclosure, I have never rode an electric motorcycle, but I've watched enough YT reviews, and watched enough "Guzzi tunnel run" videos to know which I will select. "Guzzi tunnel run" videos are why I started taking a look at the V11 and will shortly add one to my stable of other fine European machines. Electric bikes? Leave that to the vegans. I will eat steak and ride a Ducati/Guzzi. I wish people with electrics all the best, truly, but no thank you. Electric cars/bikes are coming, no doubt about that, but I will not hasten the death of ICE cars/bikes. I can't freakin' wait to get a V11.

Thank you, David. I will see you Wed @ 3pm sharp. -Tony

I'm chomping at the bit with two V11s out of state, plus your's is the only one that is local, David. Any word, my friend? I'm going to give my money to someone within the next week. I'd rather buy the closest one instead of eating shipping...and all the additional stress involved with that. Please get back with me as soon as you are able. Thank you again, Tony