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What about Cuno the killer carp? My girlfriend is convinced he is just waiting to nibble her toes off.

That would seem to be the circuit diagram for the models including and after 2003. Page 154 here: https://guzzitek.org/parts_list/gb/1100/V11LM_Nak_RC_Cat_2003_122002_PL.pdf The diagramme indicates a square blinker can. Mine is round, a "classic" blinker can, and seems to be more like the picture here on page 59 https://guzzitek.org/parts_list/gb/1100/V11LM_2002_062011_PL(GB).pdf or here on page 141 https://guzzitek.org/parts_list/gb/1100/V11LM_2002_072002_PL.pdf either way, as is indicated in both diagrammes, it must be somewhere near the relays. The cable harness doesn't allow it to be anywhere else, as far as I can tell.

Ok, these images will be appreciated. Down 5 flights of stairs, unpack the bike in the cold and drizzle, take the photos with the aid of a torch, back up the stairs. I'm expecting an elefant stamp here.... My 2002 V11 Le Mans. Here is a "close up". The blinker can is in the scruffy looking rubber boot behind the relays, tucked in under the bodywork. I don't know for sure that this is the original position, as it is just cable-tied onto the frame rail there. On the other hand, the cable harness would not allow it to have been very far from that position. It is just long enough to get there. And here is another picture from a bit further back to put it into perspective Hope that helps.

I think it might be tucked in under the bodywork next to the relays. Vague memories popping up...

Difficult in the sense of "measure" and "before I take it out"...

Or buy a decent tap and die set. Everyone should have one of those, I reckon, and there is generally a set of thread gauges included.

I reckon that is just because the photo was taken from above with a relatively wide-angle lens.

So would I. That's what they were made for.

Have fun, Phil. You lucky bastard....

Since this has taken on a life of its own, here are the routes we took on the ride on Saturday. The first part, before lunch: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1XokZWXVZ-_bhcrEPwsnhVWMQ89_Yzak&ll=50.636958661584266%2C11.189518000000014&z=11 the second part, after lunch on the way back to Rudolstadt https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1PP055kgrUa9ok1tO_la50o2tcmlCcOA&ll=50.623482905204824%2C11.130013999999973&z=11 A good mixture of more open roads and smaller, tighter roads. Steini (orgniser) always manages to get a good ride together. The ride is, after all, the (nominal*) point of the exercise. That is why the rally is called the "Thüringen Tour". I have no idea how long the links will work, but some say that nothing gets lost on the net. We'll see.... *drinking beer plays a minor part too....

Thanks, @docc. Love your work.

I'm annoyed.... I had a lengthy post almost finished about the rally, the location and what have you, and my laptop went off. Now it is gone... Never mind... The rally is called the Thüringen Tour. English would be "Thuringia Tour", but please copy and paste the German name, if that would work, and if you do create a seperate thread. I'm not sure if that is worth the trouble, though. I can't imagine that there will be all that much new traffic on the subject. Anyway, it takes place here https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/854709452 Here is a drone video (taken by the photographer who took that stunning portrait further up...) of the location. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DPn2TEDwLME As should be obvious from the video, space and facilities are very limited. Accomodation is tents or a (small) camper van. The rally is "invitation only" because of this. However, should an international visitor happen to be in the area on the first weekend of September, I could probably swing a deal. If this turns into a seperate thread, I could post the route from the ride on the Saturday, I think.

For anyone who might be interested in the bike: as far as the bad running goes, the first thing I would look at is if the valves are sealing properly. Seems like @Kuni0 has looked at all the "Decent Tune up" things, so that would be the next on my list.

Decent tune up.

Nitpicking... Macro. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_photography Sorry.... PS: I've got a couple of fairly good Macro lenses for my old Pentax Spotmatic camera bodies, and they are really good fun.

True, but not all of them. The German forum has a couple of members in their early twenties who have '80s Guzzis. One of them only introduced himself today, i.e. brand new member. He's bought himself a Le Mans 1000, is delighted with it, and is only 25 years old. There is hope...

Man, would I love to have that. Impossible to get it registered here, but who cares. I hope you find someone who appreciates it.

No big deal. It was a picture of Elvis in his later days, overweight and unhealthy.

That looks fantastic. One thing, though. Funny marks on the road here. I wonder how they happened? By Ebyabe - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2614616

Not that I'm jealous or anything, but that looks like a really nice bit of road.

Thanks. It used to look like this. https://akubra.com.au/products/tablelands-brown-olive

One more photo from my weekend. I know you'll all be stunned by the good looks. To be fair, it was taken by a professional photographer who was there (on his Guzzi), so it's no wonder it is such an amazing picture.