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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

That could happen, but if I was the owner who got turned down by a dealer to do a required recall, I would be rattling some cages until I got it done. Seeing two recall services done on the same bike would be a red flag to the mother ship. Then there's always the "could result in death" thing that could make things messy from a liability standpoint.

Yep, I think you got it. The online search site has that little line on the bottom that had me wondering about its accuracy with older bikes. Case in point...the seller, who is the original owner of the bike I am looking at swears he did not get the gearbox recall work done. The online recall site says no recall campaigns pending. So I call Piaggio in NYC, they run the number and say the recall campaign for flexible coupler hose is not satisfied. That ends it for me. The 2009 cutoff for the online site deems it unreliable IMO for older bikes with campaigns before 2009.

So here is where it gets more confusing to me. Owner swears he never had any recall work performed. He bought it new. I run the VIN through Piaggio recall, comes up clean, no campaigns outstanding. Italians!

Bid to $5200, reserve not met.

I have been searching for a well kept, low mileage, single owner V11 for a while now. I have found a few and missed out on them for one reason or another. Distance, price or recall status all factored in. I found a beauty but recall work was not performed. Owner said he brought it in to his dealer to get the service done, and dealer refused because MG wouldn't reimburse him enough. The owners of bikes like these usual reply to me when I ask about it is they have driven it for years and never had a problem. I then move on. I know if I got a notice in the mail way back when I would have acted on it immediately, no matter how many cages I had to rattle. So my question is...are there people riding on them all over without regard for this? I dont want to take an unnecessary risk. Being prudent seems like a very reasonable thing to do IMO.

Well maybe I can learn a lesson from that...we have an Avalon and Camry now and had many other Toyotas. I might ease into this gently. I'll push it to 7500 on the Camry.

Way too much info for me. I've been playing with ICE since I was 14 and never had an oil wear or friction problem. Most of the oil I have used over the years are Castrol products. If I have one oil related fault, I probably drop my oil sooner than recommended. Still can't wrap my head around advertised 10,000 mile oil.

@docc said...Since my factory crossover is very special to me, I would never change it out . . . Is there a story to that?

I thought about it also, but too many projects going on already. It's close to me as well. I wonder about bike's history when it is up for sale without its fairing.

https://portland.craigslist.org/clc/mcd/d/2002-moto-guzzi-v11-le-mans-runs-good/7637845791.html

Model year, which could be a digit off from manufacture date.

Haha, went over my head. I didnt think so either. Owner is out of town until Saturday and said he will give me VIN. That will tell the tale. The tenth digit will be either ending in a 3 or 4 I suspect. I went through this with my V11, another glaring error. Was listed as a 2004, you guys looked at it and said no way, it is a 2001. Title said 2004, PO maintained it is a 2004 and my new title still says that, DMV couldnt change it. Build date on headstock and VIN both prove them all wrong. Go figure.

No chin pad? He had this listed back in March. Looks like its up again.

Another shiny red tank... https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/d/hayward-moto-guzzi-v11-sport-ballabio/7635151882.html

Understood.

Well, it brought that gem of a post to the top again, so there's that.

Tone it down a bit for lane splitting...

Another California greenie... https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/mcy/d/la-habra-2001-moto-guzzi-v11-sport/7635258103.html

850 miles?!! https://austin.craigslist.org/mcy/d/austin-2003-moto-guzzi-california-low/7627618678.html