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Silly handlebars. I'm convinced that I personally would find the original clip-ons more comfortable. If not, I would still put up with the clip-ons for the sake of looking cool.

Indeed. That is most definitely Australia. The bloke has another video posted showing "a ride into the city, Melbourne", so his territory is apperantly, as I thought from the first video, withing range of Melbourne. At a guess, I'd say north-east of the Greater Metropolitan Area (Kinglake or maybe further up towards Seymour), but it might also be further west. Homesick now.... PS: yes, the sound quality is pretty ratty, lots of wind noise and crap. In the clearer moments, however, you do get a pretty good idea of how those things sound for the rider.

Yes, all of that, exactly. My V35 Imola, identical to the Monza exept for the motor and primary drive ratio, has even less power than the Monza. Allegedly 33 Cavalli, of which probably several less than 30 are really there. But boy is it fun to ride. I love it.

That is very pretty. My Imola is red, and not quite so nice and shiny.

Perfect!

And what do you mean by "rebuild"`? Replace electrical components, or restore the "programming"?

Ah, something I'm better at than someone else! After about 30 years of heading off to "somewhere" for a job as a freelance sound engineer, I can pack a suitcase for two weeks to cater for all foreseeable weather conditions, and catering for work clothes for set-up and tear-down and something "respectable" for the show, in about 15 minutes. As long as no-one distracts me in the process. One time my girlfriend asked me a question about something trivial (she thought it was important at the time...) in a critical phase of the process, and I went off to Berlin for 8 days without having packed any socks. The problem with having lots of luggage space is that one starts thinking "oh, I could take that too". Inevitably, the available luggage space eventually becomes "enough -n", where "n" is probaly not really critical, but you really, really want to take that item with you too.

A suggestion: I had a leaking battery once in one of my bikes. I think I probably put it down too hard, maybe on a little stone on the garage floor or something. Anyway, I confirmed the leak, a barely visible crack in the base, by simply drying off the battery thoroughly and leaving it stand in an acid resistant tray for a week or so. If you do that, and yours really have a leak in the casing, they will be at least moist after that.

I used to think that, and then I put one on the GTR 1000 (where it is admittedly not such a break in style). I would rather not have to do without that practicality. Besides, my Akubra fits in there.... Got one. Use it on the V35 Imola regularly (because it has no panniers), but I don't actually really like it.

Did you have the batteries on a charger over the winter? Not that the charger is giving the batteries a hard time. Edit: and the really, really obvious question; you are sure it is battery acid, of course?

Lazy buggers.

Quite apart from the post from Phil, I'm assuming that Guzzi most likely had a good reason for introducing the more expensive part later in the production term, and that it probably wasn't that the thing didn't work as well as the cheaper part.

I recently bought a Becker stand directly from Becker. Haven't tried it yet, but it is built well and looks good. Note: the sockets appropriate for the Bike need to be ordered as well. I forgot that when I bought the stand. Not hard to solve; they are just standard 1/2" drive sockets in the appropriate size. It just would have been easier if they had arrived with the stand.

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who considers panniers essential. I've already copped some flak for expressing my intention to put Hepco Becker panniers and top case on the V11 Le Mans. I know it is prettier without, but I want the luggage capacity.

Yes, indeed. I've also just noticed the red fork gaiters. Very pretty. Chuck, have you got some more photos of that bike? I read about it somewhere several years ago already, and have been curious ever since.

I'm close to 100% sure I've seen that photo here before. Some months ago....

I'm not a thermal engineer by a long stretch, I admit, but I would be seriously surprised if the one compared to the other exhibited any difference at all as far as the temperature of the valve goes.

For what it is worth, when I "announced" having bought the V11 in the German forum, I got advice from a few people about what to look at and so on. One bloke, an experienced Guzzi mechanic, said "get a spare part #14 and part #19 from this drawing. They will start leaking". https://wendelmotorraeder.de/motorgehaeuse-v11-02-le-mansskura-ex-30_3006_300602_30060203_3006020330_300602033001.html Haven't got them yet, but I will now be getting the GU05001231 rather than the considerably cheaper copy of the original that both Wendel and Stein Dinse offer. Thanks @guzziart for the part number. Here the cheaper substitute part from the aforementioned suppliers: https://wendelmotorraeder.de/dichtung-stirndeckel-nachbau_gu12001200-w1-p-1043318.html https://www.stein-dinse.biz/product_info.php?products_id=5286 neither of them make refernce to the part no. that guzziart quoted when one uses their model specific parts catalogues for the V11, but both bring up a hit if one searches for the part number: https://wendelmotorraeder.de/deckeldichtung-kupplungsseite_gu05001231-p-1038730.html https://www.stein-dinse.biz/product_info.php?products_id=7188 Further down on the Stein Dinse page is the list "Passt an folgende Modelle", i.e. "fits these models". This list seems to include pretty much any and all of the big block models, including the various V11 models.

If there is no good reason for the "low head", space for instance, I think I would prefer the "normal" head for that application. The low heads are pretty, and perhaps sit flush with the recess in the yoke. I have, however, had issues with a low allen head bolt stripping out in the socket in the head. One case in point are the bolts holding the flange for the carbies on the V35 Imola. Low head, M6 if I remember correctly, probably 8.8. Either the ones that were in there were made of plasticine, or the head is just too low for the torque.

In fact, it would take a practiced eye to tell the difference from standard. The panniers are after-market, and the pipes are visibly non-standard. I didn't notice the difference in the motor at first glance, but since docc pointed out that is "the one" with the drone motor, I can see that is a little higher. From a distance, it looks very much like a standard Lario. Look here... https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/moto guzzi/moto_guzzi_v65_lario 87.htm

I gather you mean thes bolts? https://www.stein-dinse.biz/product_info.php?products_id=3601 https://www.stein-dinse.biz/product_info.php?products_id=214963 The cheaper of the two has a -Z on the end of the number. At SD, that means "Zubehör", i.e. from a third-party supplier, not Guzzi original (as the dearer alternative appears to be). I dare say any (good quality) standard M8 x 30 would work, not the least because of the price of the cheaper of the two. At that price, it can't be anything all too special. My gut feeling is that docc's advice about tightening the bolts is more critical than the bolt itself. Bear in mind that the bolt isn't holding a huge load, it is "only" clamping the yoke on to the shaft. It has to be in good shape, and tight enough, but that is all. Going by the pictures, the spline has the usual groove that the bolt sits in. As long as the bolt doesn't actually fall out, the yoke can't come off the spline.

Stay relaxed. You're paying someone to show you how to do that stuff. Demand your money's worth, and have fun.

No good to me. Anything I don't use any more doesn't get used because it is worn out. That doesn't mean I don't have too much gear. It's just that I do actually use it all from time to time. I still have the Dririder Alpine jacket I bought in Melbourne in about 1992. That really is worn out, but I still wear it occasionally, and can't quite bring myself to throw it out.

BMW Motorcycles have that too. I gather they have it better under control than on an older Guzzi, but it is still there. Apart from that, it seems to me to be the main point of such a course to learn how to deal with those situations on the bike one rides on a day to day basis. So I would just go ahead and do it, and not worry too much about the idiosyncracies of any particular type of bike.