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Don't what those ones are, but if I recall correctly, a V11 that I was considering buying allegedly had Breva 1100 pegs. I could imagine they might go straight in.

Dunno about a "sweet spot", but Ernst (who really does know what he is talking about, far more than me....) mentioned a crucial point. He suspected con rods heavier than spec. You wrote about having changed the pistons. Both of those (can) mess up the balance of the motor, and make it vibrate (and in the worst case, self destruct.). As far as the conrods go, if one were to suspect that as an issue, one would have to find out the correct weight and weigh the ones in the motor. As far as swapping the pistons goes, I would weigh the old ones and the new ones. If there is any difference, the crank should be re-balanced (as far as I know). Same goes for swapping the conrods...

Well, at least it is green there most of the time. I grew up in Cobram on the Murray. If it weren't for the irrigation, it would be brown there everywhere all summer.

Well, if you will insist on living in Gippsland...

I got to mix that once, i.e. Concert, PA, me on the mixing desk (with another bloke, not alone). The local "Schiessverein" = something like "gun club" were there with canons*. Fairly small canons, but fair dinkum canons that really went "boom" when they set them off. That was really, really good fun. And there was fireworks to go with it. * for the "uninitiated", the 1812 has canon shots written in to the score. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_Overture

The later models all had that, as far as I know.

I know that road. A mate of mine's father lived up there. That was back in the late '80's. A few of us went up there from Melbourne a couple of times. Doing the run in a Suzuki Sierra (belonged to my brother) was a distinct advantage...

Well that's a good start.

Uummm, no. There are definately better alternatives.

Solution: Find out what shims are in there, so that you know what the next step is when you check the clearance and establish that it needs adjusting. Then you only have to order the appropriate "next step up", and put them in when they arrive. It's not done in one hit (which I would find frustrating), but if one is well prepared and organised, there should be no down time. Which are? (I like playing around with guitars, although "my instrument" is actually trumpet and flugel horn, or would be, if I ever practiced....) Yes, I thought it would probably be as simple as that.

How do you reckon I feel? It's cold, windy and wet here, I've got a V11 Le Mans that I have hardly ridden, and the last time I was in Australia was in 2016.

I expect there is, but only for official dealers. The German language forum that I am involved in got hit too. We got a lawyer involved, and made the point that the forum is not commercial, and that using a trade name for non-commercial purposes is not illegal in Germany. €2.000 later, things have gone quiet, and we are assuming we are back off the radar. Mike at HMB is, however, commercial, but has no official connection to Moto Guzzi. He chose to take the route of least resistance, and change his domain name. There is another place, run by Martin Hageman, that is specialised in the "small block" Guzzis. Good bloke, good service, and well stocked with parts. His business name is "Guzzi e piu" (Guzzi and more). I noticed today that he seems to be changing his web adresses to "gpiu.de", where it has always been "Guzziepiu.de". Maybe he has been targetted too. There is a lawyers practice that has been contracted by Piaggio to search out instances of "Guzzi" on the interweb, contact them, and issue "cease and desist" demands. They first contacted the service provider for the above-mentioned forum, and then the chief admin of the forum whose name is on the bottom line of the forum. I gather Mike at HMB was contacted by the same bunch of lawyers.

That would be this post: https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/moto-guzzi-centenario-v100-mandello.1517279/page-148#post-46992227 Yes, fairly easy by the looks, but not without a certain amount of fillyfarting around. Good point. I reckon what causes most concern regarding taking the cams out is, firstly, simply not having done the job that often, and secondly and more important, concerns about getting the valve timing messed up when putting things back together. I noticed in the "instructions" posted in that link that there is, for instance, a special tool to lock the crankshaft position, and another one apparently to lock the cam position or something. Probably not hard to acquire or fabricate, perhaps not absolutely neccessary.

I'll take the liberty of paraphrasing something that lucky phil wrote in the german language forum that I am involved in: He suggested that it might be possible to get at the shims without having to take out the cams. Going by the drawing here on page 46, part #21 (look at the left side of the drawing. They got the numbers 20 and 21 mixed up on the right side. ) https://www.af1racing.com/ProdImages/st3/GUV100.pdf and from here (I linked this further up...) https://www.motociclismo.es/fotos-motor-moto-guzzi-100-mandello_69296_113/11312012.html this photo it looks like it should be possible, with the motor at the compression (combustion) TDC, to remove the c-clip (part #21), pull the shaft that the finger rockers are on, and lift the rockers to get to the shim. Seems plausible to me.

That's the thing. As far as I know, the JW Speaker headlights have ECE approval. If I change the headlight (and I find the "adaptive" bit very intersting) the replacement must be approved. Going without that here can generate far more trouble than it is worth.

Yes, a mate of mine in Melbourne had one for the Kawasaki Z motors (the original, real ones....). Made the job very simple. I fully expect that clever people will make such a tool for the V100 in fairly short order too. Chuck, are you reading this?

As I already mentioned, the one in the "Andy York" looks like it is not adaptive. The adaptive ones from JW Speaker look completely different.

Nice suits. And they all forgot to put on a shirt (in the "brand new" video).... The video makes me wonder if they took inspiration from the Bee Gees, or the other way around. Don't get me wrong: I wasn't a fan of the Bee Gees as a teenager (that was their disco period, approximately...) but have come to realise that the were, in fact, rather excellent. In particular, I had occasion to hear Robin Gibb sing from about 3 feet away. The man was really good.

There are shims in there, apparently. Or spacers or whatever you like to call them. Look here, page 42, part #1. They call it a "pad", which I suspect is a poor translation. https://www.af1racing.com/ProdImages/st3/GUV100.pdf In the parts list on the lower part of the page one can see that the part is available in various thicknesses. From here, https://www.motociclismo.es/fotos-motor-moto-guzzi-100-mandello_69296_113/11311934.html this photo from about the middle of the series shows the top of the valve springs, and there one can see the depression in which the "pads" sit. https://www.motociclismo.es/uploads/s1/11/31/19/36/moto-guzzi-v-100-motor-detalles-19_1_1000x575.jpeg

Yes, there's been some of that in the German language forums too. And about the cylinders being part of the same casting as the block, and a few other things. All of which are apparently par for the course in modern motors. Since a couple of decades.

I got my package from Chuck today. Lovely piece of work. Don't know when I'll get on to putting it in, but I will.

Thanks docc. By the look of it, that is not one of the "adaptive" ones, but it is a good starting point.

I just read through this thread, and no one has mentioned the brand, so... Has anyone tried out a JW Speaker "adaptive" headlight in a V11, specifically a Le Mans? They are available in 7" https://www.jwspeaker.com/products/adaptive-led-headlights-model-8790-adaptive-2/ or 5.75" https://www.jwspeaker.com/products/adaptive-led-headlights-model-8690-adaptive-2/ and they are pretty expensive, I gather...

Battered and deep fried pizza... As the lady said, "why?". Probably the best fish and chips I ever had was in Acland St. in St. Kilda (Melbourne, Australia...). It is a while ago now, but I reckon it must have been this place: https://pinkflakefishnchips.com.au/

That's a very nice read. Doesn't apply to the aforementioned first bike, though. That was a 1983 Suzuki GSX 250 E. Very boring bike: everything on it just worked. Properly.