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Very kind offer, but I think I ordered the same ones as you...from fitting.space, right? They seem too big, and you can't use the old ones because they are smaller threaded holes in the original Unis. I got the ebay link off of your post from 2018 I think.

Well I got them done. One cross was done the barbaric way with a 4" steel cutting wheel. The other i got out by pressing the cups side to side three or four times and lubing them so they had less resistance. I then drove the cups as far apart as I could with a hammer and punch. You always have a hammer on the bench, right? I still needed a tiny bit more room to slip the cross out. I was able to knock the needle bearings out of place with a small screwdriver and let them fall in the bottom of the cup. That provided me with some more space to press the cups further apart. Then the crosses came out. The rest was easy. I couldn't have done this without the press. Cutting them out was faster but needed precision cutting on the first cut. Pressing, hitting and fiddling took longer. The press was needed for both methods. Now my next dillema. The grease zerks I got are still too big. Can't use those old ones because thread is too small for the new crosses. I have to find smaller ones, not sure if they are available., but I'll make something work. Don't want to go to plan B. Don't even want to tell you what plan B is.

Any way to lube that stuff when its out? I have always used DriSlide for cables, still have a can from the 80's with a bit in it. To my surprise, they still sell it today. Good product.

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Hey, you're cooler than us! 104° today with smokey haze from fires. Yesterday was 106...a nice cooling trend is upon us.

I got one done yesterday, had to cut one joint side with a cutting wheel. Then the other half of it cut easily because nothing was in the way. The first cut needs to be precise otherwise you can nick the joint body. It certainly was no fun. 106°today, too hot to work in the shop. The other one needs to get done in the AM tomorrow before it heats up. Wish I had a Norwegian shop.

This one is back up again. Unfortunately gearbox recall was never performed. https://albany.craigslist.org/mcy/d/sharon-springs-moto-guzzi-v11-sport/7652340506.html

Ironically that was going to be my next move. Seems a little barbaric. Even the shop manual ignores this. I tried drilling through and end cap. I think they were made on Krypton...no can do. Thanks docc! You've given my weekend purpose. I'll be glad when this is behind me. Somebody wasn't thinking ahead on this one.

I've searched and searched, havent found it detailed. Talked about, yes, detailed , no.

I am stymied...I'm pretty good about figuring things out but not this time. I can't get enough of the uni caps pressed out to get a decent purchase on them to weasle them out the rest of the way. The cross is too small to allow much movement when pressing out a side. I thought about drilling through one cap and letting a punch travel through the grease shaft to tap one cap out, but that still might not give me enough play then I'm stuck with a cap with a hole in it. Installing the new ones should be easy because the cross can be set it in first with the caps removed. I just can't get these caps moved enough to remove all the way.

Yep, I'm a pilot. The plane is loaded correctly according to cargo and passengers, just not front to back as is usually the case. Maybe I'm missing your point on how that affects flight characteristics when it is all in range before takeoff.

And I think I would love Iceland too, just havent spent enough time here other than plane changes.

My travel throughout Sweden and Denmark without a car was easy. Europe set this up decades ago with train stations in every city and then some. The US put its energy into the Interstate system. We will never improve on the way we travel, we just don't have the infrastucture and it aint starting now. We just add more lanes.

Sitting here waiting for first leg of return trip back to Oregon. Copenhagen to Reykjavik. Icelandic Air does something I've never seen any other airline do...load a plane from back to front. What a simple concept that works. What's with these American airlines anyway? I'm anxious to get back. Right before I left I picked up this beauty. Been looking for a while for a low milage single owner Griso. This one popped up less than 200 miles from me. So much to do to get ready to leave had no time to register it. But Monday morning it will be real easy for me to get up real early to be first in line at DMV after spending time here.

We did 7500 miles cross country one summer. Oregon to Virginia, DC, NJ and NY, then back. Saw so many places that would be so hard to see by flying. It was such a fantastic trip, as yours probably was!

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I had two folks wig out on me, so two pair still available. But you're in Germany. If I knew earlier, I could have brought some with me. I'm in Sweden now, just a tad closer.

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I think this is one of the most beautiful airplanes ever designed, along with the Lockheed Constellation. It can stir my soul just like an older Ducati 750 bevel or a V11. Something about the lines that just keep me looking. Isn't that what art does? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Not everything can spin your propeller, but this Piaggio Avanti does it for me.

I love the lines of this bike, so much so it is now sitting in my barn. Looked for a long time before a well kept one finally one popped up reasonably close to home. That muffler will be first to go. Then I can call it a custom build...

Here's the info on that greenie. Looks pretty clean, those colors really pop. https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2000-Moto+Guzzi-V11+Sport-5027244008

To my knowledge there are four parts needed to perform upgrade. I dont know if all are available, but that's a service I'm not comfortable doing. 1- 04211201 1- 04212401 2- 04214901