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For want of anything better to do, I just watched that video. I can only concur with previous opinions: the bloke is a right royal d ickhead. EDIT: I feel it is a pity that it happened to him. Someone who feels obliged to put it on the 'net, and not mention that it was most likely a "one in a million" failure. Bad luck for Piaggio, and not good for the Moto Guzzi reputation. ANNUVVEREDIT: "spoilt brat" also springs to mind. The other bloke, who seems to be the father, is on a bike that costs around €24,000 and Junior is doing "don't want that anymore, I want a different one". I'm afraid I don't have much patience for that sort of thing.

These days it's HMB-Moto, since that wave of lawyer's letters from the Piaggio lawyer about using the name "Guzzi". Is this the lever? https://hmb-moto.de/Bremshebel-Fuss-V11-CNC

Unless there is some unresolved uncertainty regarding it. Better safe than sorry.

Or even a single bad part in a good batch.

On a closed circuit, of course. None of us would ever do that on a public B road, would we?

It has an R on both forks. As I understand it, the version with compression in one leg and damping in the other was the 40 mm fork. Mine is the 43mm version, and rebound in both legs is correct for that. I don't see that as a problem, either. Lots of bikes only have rebound damping. If there is anything that remotely resembles a problem, it is only making sure that both legs are adjusted the same. I've thought about it, and come to the conclusion that if one were to want to alter the compression damping, using a different fork oil would be the way. Get the compression damping where you want it with that, and adjust the adjustable rebound damping to match. Haven't tried it, but it should work, I reckon. And I'm not at all concerned about the bike. The package seems to be, as mentioned in the quote further up, "the best of both worlds", apart from the shitty engine paint. I'm just curious.

As far as I know, it only affects the specific models mentioned here: Your greenie should have the double-plate clutch, which doesn't cause any problems at all.

I posted I thread in a german forum posing the same question as here, and got these two replies today: Both posters are very well informed, so I'm assuming the comments are accurate. I've no idea if those "transition" Le Mans models made it out of Europe or not, but it seems that the combination is not unknown here, perhaps even normal for a 2002 model.

Yep, you're right, of course.

Yours, I take it?

I'm fairly sure mine shouldn't be. Others here have said so. Mine had a handlebar instead of the clip-ons in the hands of the owner 2 previous to me. The papers I have confirm the number plate as being the owner from Feb. 2017 till May 2022. The mufflers are also different to the ones on it now. I think the previous owner flogged them off seperately when he sold it to me. The photo was passed on to me by someone I know from the Germann forum. No idea how he got the photo. PS: I'd rather like to know why that luggage rack wasn't on it when I got it.

The penny just dropped. You're right of course.

Mine both have compression rebound damping adjustment. EDIT: Thanks @Lucky Phil for picking up the mistake. My gauges are black (ish. more like grey..) No, it doesn't. What's the next digit after that? The 10th digit is the year of manufacture. Look here: https://www.mgcn.nl/database/mg-framenummers