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According to this unit convertor, that is about the same as the Fiat part I posted further up. https://www.unitconverters.net/pressure-converter.html The one in my link is allegedly for a large number of Fiat tractors. Must be good for a Guzzi. Seriously, though, the crucial question is whether that opening pressure is appropriate. I have no idea, but I could imagine that it would work adequately. Changing the connector on the wire is not a huge problem. Still, at the price of the part from Stein-Dinse I would just get that and save myself the buggerising around.

I'd have the SAAB. Back in the day, the Volvo bricks had a reputation in Melbourne. It lasted, more or less, until the 850 came out. Up until then, the Volvo marketing emphasised how safe the cars were. Justifiably, if I remember correctly. That led to them being bought by people who relied on the car to keep them safe instead of learning how to drive safely. The motorcycling community was of the firm opinion that if you see a Volvo, you should give it a lot of space. Relevant to the following anecdote, drivers wearing hats were also considerd dangerous. In the late '80s, a man in a car with a hat on was likely to be getting on in years. I was riding through the suburb of Ivanhoe in Melbourne and came up behind a Volvo brick. I think it was a 244 Station Wagon. Squeaky clean, driver wearing a hat, custom number plates that read "Grandad". Maybe I misjudged the man, but I pulled over and waited for him to disappear.

Harpers: https://harpermoto.com/search?q=17768750A&options[prefix]=last

As far as sourcing a switch goes, I'm sure it is a part that was also used in cars, most likely at least in some Fiat models. I found a reference in the German forum to this, a Fiat part: https://www.schlepper-teile.de/de/traktorteile/motor/fuehler_und_schalter/oeldruckschalter/index.pmode?detailid=12453 The thread size is right, I think, but I have no idea if the pressure rating is right. And the connector is different, I think. However, for a couple of bucks more, Stein-Dinse have this, which they claim is compatible. At that price, I wouldn't bother looking any further. https://www.stein-dinse.com/en/item-1-1067619.html And if Stein-Dinse has that, I very sure the well-sorted parts suppliers in the USA will have it, or something similar, as well.

And if you touch the wire to the engine casing, the light will come on, right? I reckon I read that somewhere as being the way to check if the switch is buggered, or the light bulb. If the light still works that way, it is the switch.

I'm heading way off topic hear, but would like to make a point: Stuff sold as "speaker wire" is one of the ways the hi-fi branch makes a heap of profit. Yes, those speaker wires will pass a lot of current, but that has mostly to do with them being 6 gauge wire, i.e. really, really fat. The more copper in the wire, the more current it can pass without getting hot.

Oops, missed one. As I wrote that post, I caught myself writing "fuel light" every time I thought "oil light". Don't know why. Of course the oil pressure switch illuminates the oil pressure warning light, not the fuel light. As to the rest of your post, of course, if the oil light comes on during a ride, stop immediately, no question. As I was writing, I had @bullionz 's words in my mind: Which I take to mean that the oil lamp is not lighting with the ignition on but the motor not running. With the failure that way around, the light would fail to warn of a loss in pressure rather than give "fake" warnings. @gstallons : are you sure about that? Looking at the wiring diagram I have here, I would assume it is a normally closed switch that opens when pressure builds up. The oil pressure warning light gets 12V from the lighting relay, along with high/low beam, horn, brake light switches, generator and fuel lights and the tacho. After the oil pressure warning light, the connection goes through the oil pressure switch to earth. So when the switch is closed, the light will be on. Or am I missing something? I'm looking at the diagram on page 459 of this document: https://guzzitek.org/gb/ma_us_uk/1100/V11_1999-2003_Atelier(Compil-GB-D-NL).pdf

In the video, he said something about "the bike talks to me". I know what he means. I've had that with motorcycles, and also with musical instruments, even instruments that I can't play. I pick them up, and they want to be played. Same with bikes, you see them, touch them, and they say "when can we go for a ride?". I don't know if that is really "soul", or my subjective impression, but some things, when they are really good, do seem to live. PS: @activpop I have no doubt at all that the Kawasaki is a very fine motorcycle. I would be very tempted by it, but I have decided to stick to bikes with shaft drive.

Surely not from a failed oil pressure switch, at least not an electrical failure thereof. If it fails, it just stops switching the oil light. As far as I know, a failure wouldn't have any direct effect on the oil pressure or system. An oil pump failure, or a failure of the device that regulates the oil pressure, may incur rapid and serious damage, and if such a failure occurs when the oil pressure switch is broken, you probably wont know it is happening until the motor seizes. So riding without a working oil pressure warning system is risky, but can't see how that alone could cause damage.

Aprilia owned Guzzi from 2000 on, and was bought by Piaggio in 2004. The V11 started about 1998, didn't it? So that could be right.

Because it works. All the character of the predecessors, but with the benefits of progress. Later models might be technically better, but the V11 is a successful package. If I were to hear criticism of the V11 models, I would be prone to ask the critic if he or she has ever actually ridden one. Hearing one start is already very convincing. Actually riding one should convince any fair dinkum motorcyclist of what it is all about.

Another candidate for one of those spots is, of course, the V7 Sport with the first Tonti frame. The original "Greenie", if you like. Very pretty, and a milestone in the evolution of the Guzzi concept. The 1000S was very pretty, too. But I haven't ridden either of them either, so it is all based on looks.

Yeah, I know what you mean. That, and the Daytona. I didn't mention them because I haven't even been close enough to stroke either of them, let alone ride one. But they are definitely amongst the, if not the, prettiest Guzzis ever built.

Top 5? V35 Imola, because it is so very pretty, and the riding position is close to perfect for me. And it's fun to ride. And I still love it after about 14 years. EDIT: I just had a look at the documents. I bought it in 2013, tried and failed to get it registered in 2014, and finally succeeded with the registration in 2015. So about 10 years. Doesn't matter, every time I ride it, I come home with a smile on my face. Mk III Le Mans. The first Guzzi I rode. It belonged to a bloke I shared a house with in Melbourne. Also very pretty, and a riding position that I liked. V11 Le Mans. Similar character to the Mk III Le Mans, but with most of the niggles sorted out. If mine didn't have so many problems as a result of poor maintenance by previous owners, I would love it. Or maybe I do anyway, in spite of that. Not sure about the other two spots. Maybe a Norge, but I haven't ridden one. Maybe a Griso or a Sport 1200, but I haven't ridden either of those either, and I'm not rapt about the styling of either of them. There is also the Breva 750 i.e. . Probably not accurate to put it in a top 5 list, because it is, after all, actually just a mid-sized commuter bike. I wouldn't say I love it, but I'm getting used to how it looks, and enjoying riding it more and more.

Very clean. I'm impressed.

I wouldn't say "inherited" in the genetic sense, but one does have to grow up with it to learn it properly.

I think because the correct sound for the Italian "u" doesn't really exist in English. Like learning to correctly pronounce "ch" in German. Like in "ich", which means "I" (in the sense of "me") or in "nicht", which means "not". The correct sound is a kind of hissing sound. If I really concentrate, I can get close. Mostly it comes out like "ick" or "nickt". Wrong, but my English trained tongue finds it hard to get itself around the sound. And then there is the rolled "r". Can't even get close to that...

That is the gist of it, I reckon. AI doesn't make decisions. At the best, it draws conclusions from data and comparisons that it has been programmed to collect and make. As far as I know, it is not (yet) capable of, for instance, checking for plausibility. If enough "hits" say that 2+2=5, it will go with that. It is not ready to be replacing rather than just assisting specialists. I have no idea how long it will be before it is ready, but it isn't yet. As far as music goes, in my time at the uni in the '80s it was a topic of discussion: how much of the compositon process can one relegate to a computer? At the time, the series "Miami Vice" was popular. There was a computer program that "automatically" generated music. One fed it with parameters, and it "composed" music. Rumour had it that most, or all, of the background music for the series came from that program. The crucial point is, does someone look at the output of the program and select the useful bits to use, or does the output get used without anyone checking to see if it is bullshit or not? EDIT: for example, look at what the forum software does with d ick. @#$$#! That this is a common nickname for people whose name is Richard doesn't come into it. It "knows" that is a "bad word" and censors it. Admittedly a very primitive form of AI, but still, it demonstrates what I mean.

Seems so. From the "Nutcracker Suite".

Yes, but AI is much more modern. Computer generated has been around for years...

I wouldn't say "gullible". The technology is still fairly new, and it is not common knowledge that it is so good. So one doesn't immediately question it. That is the big problem with the whole thing: AI is becoming very powerful, and is not being questioned enough. It is a useful technology, but needs to be regulated at least a little bit.

The music, it is this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_of_the_Hours but my earliest memory of the melody is this or maybe this Walt Disney, Fantasia. @LowRyter right on the money.

As far as that goes, I don't have the means to enlarge the diagrams, but have found it very helpful to "extract" the various parts of the wiring loom from the wiring diagram. The pdf on the computer, which I can zoom in on, on the one hand, and a standard A4 print and coloured pens on the other hand to document the individual circuits. Once I've followed an individual circuit, it is pretty easy to understand. For those who think elecrickery is some kind of magic, it's not. I'm neither an electrician nor an electronics engineer. I studied music theory, but I ended up being a sound engineer. Doing that for a living does makes one very good at understanding what is connected to where, but it is not hard. Just remeber that "more Volts" will always try to find the path to "less Volts". That is all there is to it, really.

If you really do that, I'd be happy to help by adding German to the comparison. It wouldn't be the first time that I have confirmed something by comparing the translations.

Commenting on the costumes could easily be percieved as being a bit tacky, couldn't it? So I wont...