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Why is it a project? What needs fixing? Don't you dare cancel the fairing, or put handlebars on it instead of the clip-ons!

So obviously the first thing to do is make sure the charging system is working. That description is consistent with riding off with a freshly charged battery on a bike that isn't charging. Battery runs flat after a while, and the bike stops running. I'd say there may well be something else happening, as not all of what you describe can be immediately blamed on the charging system, but make sure that is working first. If it isn't, there is not much point in fluffing around looking for other issues until it is sorted.

Don't worry, the laws will come along. Just a bit too late to stop the annoyance in the first couple of years.

What that man said...

Wow. I'd love to hear how that thing sounds.

The talk of that Freeway brings to mind the A5 (Autobahn 5) between Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main. Four lanes each way, if I remember rightly. https://www.google.de/maps/place/Frankfurt+am+Main/@49.932901,8.6127622,69m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x47bd096f477096c5:0x422435029b0c600!8m2!3d50.1109221!4d8.6821267!16zL20vMDJ6MGo?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAyMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D I'm not sure that it is still the case, but it used to be unlimited, i.e. no speed limit. Interesting...

Even one would be annoying if the pilot were anyone else but me. Same as the "package delivery via drone" that got some attention a while back, i.e. that Amazon, DHL & co. could deliver to your house with a drone. Might sound convenient for the recipient, but I really do not want to see that happen. Apocalypse in the air is a good description...

No doubt it was. I have the impression that some of the ribs have been "reduced" too, though it is hard to tell from the photos here in the thread. That would be to save a couple of grammes, I guess...

Not quite. A Vespa is, and always was, since the first version in 1946, a scooter made by Piaggio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa

Yeah, could be, but intermittent apparently. From what I have read, that is not entirely typical. Having said that, mine starts first hit sometimes, and sometimes it takes several hits on the button. When it doesn't want to start, there is only the one click, not repeated clicks. The thlot pickens...

Further to that, what is the difference between the battery voltage measured from battery plus to battery minus directly, and the voltage on plus contact that activates the relay measured from the contact on the relay to battery minus? EDIT: I just went back over the whole thread, and saw that you have posted voltages for both of those at various times, but apparently not for measurements taken at the same time. Relevant is what the battery voltage is when it is not starting (and how much it drops when you try to start), and then how much of that voltage is actually reaching the relay. and then this: really sounds a lot like an intermittant contact somewhere. I feel that is unlikely to be a faulty relay, and you seemed to have changed all the relays already anyway. I think you need to look even closer at all the wiring, connectors and switches involved in the starter circuit.

I'd be looking for a good second-hand part, but for what it's worth, it looks like Stein-Dinse might be able to supply a new one. Part #32 here https://www.stein-dinse.biz/etkataloge/etkataloge.php?l=en&h=MG&m=217&t=5247 which is this https://www.stein-dinse.com/en/buegel-matt-schwarz/item-2-1021634-01635840-.html no photo, unfortunately.

I don't think so, but would have to look at the bike to be really sure. @docc 's photo seems to answer your questions clearly, though. Here is a link to a parts list. The relevant exploded drawings for all the parts you listed are unfortunately not all on one page, but if you leaf through it, you can piece together what should be in there. https://guzzitek.org/parts_list/gb/1100/V11LM_2002_062011_PL(GB).pdf If you want other documantation, here is the "front page" of the site: https://guzzitek.org/gb/accueil_gb.htm

I don't know for sure, but I have the impression that the front mudguard had the same form for all models, regardless of which forks were used. Have a look at these parts diagrams and the part numbers (the first four digits are all the same) and decide for yourself. https://wendelmotorraeder.de/schutzblech-vorne-v11-sportmandello-99-01-ex-30_3006_300602_30060201_3006020110_300602011008.html https://wendelmotorraeder.de/schutzblech-vorne-v11-nakedle-manns-01-02-ex-30_3006_300602_30060202_3006020210_300602021007.html https://wendelmotorraeder.de/schutzblech-vorne-v11-02-le-mansskura-ex-30_3006_300602_30060203_3006020310_300602031007.html https://wendelmotorraeder.de/schutzblech-vorne-v11-03-04-corsa-ex-30_3006_300602_30060204_3006020410_300602041007.html https://wendelmotorraeder.de/schutzblech-vorne-v11-03-05-cafballabio-ex-30_3006_300602_30060205_3006020510_300602051007.html What I'm getting at, if you should find a hen's tooth CF V11 Mudguard, it seems to be a fair risk to buy it and see if it will fit. Given that they are so rare, you should be able to off-load it again, if it doesn't fit, sooner or later. As an aside, I believe @Lucky Phil has a carbon fibre mudguard on his hybrid monster greenie with the V10 motor. Maybe he will chime in and tell us where he got it?

Nice to know there is a new dealership, but whoever invented the term "motoplex" needs a good kick in the arse.

Halloween seems to be gaining popularity in Germany, although it has absolutely nothing to do with the culture here. As far as I can tell, it is probably a pagan Gaelic festival that was "christianised" by the early christian movement. Its modern day increasing popularity here can only be ascribed to commercialism.

Because it hasn't been mentioned in this topic yet, guzzitek.org. https://guzzitek.org/ The site contains an enormous amount of documentation for Moto Guzzi bikes. Navigation there takes a bit of getting used to, so here are some more direct links Owner's manual (scroll down to find the link to the V11 stuff...) https://guzzitek.org/f/utilisation_f.htm#gb Parts list (once again, scroll down...) https://guzzitek.org/f/parts_list_f.htm#gb Workshop manual (yes, once again, scroll down...) https://guzzitek.org/f/atelier_f.htm#gb

Try this or this That looks prerry serious. Glad you had a good time in South Australia though, and yes, holidays end far too fast.

That's an easy one: enough minus 1

I think that recording could use a bit more reverb...

Wow. Would love to go through them and see what's there. It might be all rubbish, but it might not. Makes a man curious...

Coincidence, or serendipity maybe? Yesterday evening I looked through some vinyl LPs that my girlfriend recently brought from her childhood home to our place. That record is one of them. Also included: Tommy, Quadrophenia, and Made in Japan.

Maybe, but I doubt it. Here is a photo from the Wiki of the bridge after the collapse. Chemnitzer Eisenbahner, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons The old building on the left is on the edge of the historical city centre of Dresden. I can't imagine them building anything high enough to in any way possibly interfere with the view of that. They might try and get that one pylon out of the water, I guess. That would mean a span of about 70 metre, I think, which should be possible. We'll see in the due course of time, no doubt.