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Also here: https://guzzitek.org/ It takes a good look to see how the site works, but the collection of workshop manuals and parts catalogues there is very, very impressive.

Hi docc. I did some looking at parts lists, and found (perhaps) what you are asking for. The source for the parts lists is here: https://guzzitek.org/gb/accueil_gb.htm There is a quite amazing collection of workshop manuals and parts catalogues there. Looking at this one: https://guzzitek.org/parts_list/gb/1100/V11Sport-RossoMandello_1999-2001_062011_PL(GB).pdf There is a reference on page 67 of the document to the "Mandello red clutch" that is, going by the drawings, a single plate clutch. In this one: https://guzzitek.org/parts_list/gb/1100/V11LM_Naked_2001-2002_052013_PL(GB).pdf the drawing on page 79 shows the twin plate clutch with an additional reference to a single plate clutch labelled "V11 Scura / V11 LM Tenni" The Coppa Italia was, as far as I can tell, a tarted up Cafe Sport. This parts list for the 2003 - 2005 Cafe Sport / Ballabio https://guzzitek.org/parts_list/gb/1100/V11Cafe_Ballabio_2003-2005_062013_PL(GB).pdf has a picture on the first page of, as far as I have been able to tell, a Coppa Italia. Page 70 shows a twin plate clutch. As far as I can tell, there is no reference to a single plate clutch in there. Hope that helps. I would encourage others to not take the information as undisputed fact, but rather to use it as a starting point for further research to either confirm or refute its veracity.

except that the air filters look like they were cut out of a coke can.

As I understand it, at the front. I.e. where the torque arm bolts to the frame. From what I hear (read...), the worn bush makes itself apparent through a hard click-clack noise when the load on the torque arm changes (on-throttle to off-throttle and vice versa). I haven't personally had anything to do with this issue, so this is all hearsay, but from very reliable sources, and always the same information from various sources.

Indeed.

I always did prefer a slightly more stretched riding position. UJM (universal japanes motorcyle) position was never my favourite. And then there is the expression that one hears here and there in Germany: "Wer schön sein will, muss leiden" Translation: "If you want to look good, you have to suffer".

Ahhh, much better. Thanks.

I'm afraid the screenshot is not much use, Joe.

She doesn't look at all comfortable on there.

Very pretty.

Pete, you didn't mention part #7 here. https://www.stein-dinse.biz/eliste/eliste_bild.php?sid=1919g575295g5686ebcg&lg=de As far as I know, that could be an issue on earlier CARC swingarms, in which it was a plain bush or something. As I expect you know, later on the "silent block" was used instead, because the bush or whatever it was before that was prone to wearing out and getting sloppy. A very experienced mechanic, I believe he spent some years working in a Guzzi workshop, has told me that this "silent block" mod can be done on any CARC, and is to be recommended. Can you comment on that, and maybe name the model year before which the silent block was not standard? Edit: someone in the german forum that I am active in turned up this source for the silent block: http://www.dealricambi.net/risultati.asp?c=144&s=883045 No idea what the quality is like, but at a fifth of the SD price, one could give it a go. I dare say it is a standard part that could be sourced in other countries too, but I have no idea what the dimensions are.

I'm not sure you'd have to do that with a V11 Le Mans. Mine has two holes in the top yoke that appear to be intended for the handlebar mounts that aren't there on that model.

Ok, no stress. Get healthy first, that's the most important.

@Chuck Hi Chuck. Did you recieve a PM from me? In my out box it says "not read".

Do you mean this: https://www.ebay.de/itm/144834133492?hash=item21b8c97df4:g:fmcAAOSwBP1jhnuc&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoL0XWQwcV%2FNUMFviTyrXoYhGd9w4mZwQj%2FFpdP1qfiSB8YxSSlBjwyUbgK0Isn8OO5GROYSsCLbIjOdA9HEm3zGI%2Bsn64Jbaf7Gh%2B%2BLHvC%2FyqyS4%2BSfXLl%2F8%2FJ7acJ%2Bjl9%2FfN0Z7TgrpkkwqVaMcEBuViTRnPdCD%2FpJBHr1EBUZN%2B3Eq67XEyHfl4OA%2B4HdtWx6iEP2OR3VLcf7BVubsvNE%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4K0l4K2YQ Good, that they are still available, but that looks like "new old stock", i.e. they will run out one day.

Not necessarily. My Le Mans has got adjustable rebound damping in both forks, and no adjustment for compression damping. I gather the earlier models had "R" and "C", but my model only ever had 2 x "R".

Before I got onto the idea of a V11 Le Mans, I was thinking about CARC bikes, maybe. One of the things that pushed me towards the V11 Le Mans was the clip-ons, a must have during my formative years. Another was the frame mounted half fairing. One thing that put me off the CARC models a bit was part number six here: https://wendelmotorraeder.de/kardan-gummis-breva-1100-05-07-ex-30_3006_300611_30061110_3006111013.html the rubber boot around the bit that sticks up out of the final drive. Those words "nicht lieferbar" mean "not available". I gather the boot can't be had anywhere, even if you offer to sell your granny for it. Someone in another forum described how he botched up a solution, which would probably be possible and stay good for a while. Still, not being able to get a part like that, small but crucial, does make me stop and think.

Buy 'em both. Or all three....

Indeed they are. I'm looking for mirrors for my V35 Imola at the moment. I really liked the ones that were on it, but it fell off the sidestand about a month ago, and one of them popped out of the ball joint. After much searching, I had to come to the conclusion that the manufacturer is unfortunately no longer in business. One candidate was these, possibly the most expensive mirrors I have ever seen: https://www.motogadget.com/shop/de/m-view-club.html I like the look of them a lot, and they are technically very elegant: they are machined out of aluminium, and the mirror surface is the base material polished and coated to form a mirror. Unfortunately, I think they wont work. The stem juts forwards where the joint is just above the base. On the Imola, there is about zero space between the mirror mount and the fairing, and I'm pretty sure they would collide. Bugger. One more lost chance to spend far too much money on bits for the motorbike. Incidentally, the best stock mirrors ever were certainly those on the Kawasaki 1000 GTR (also known as the Concours in some small, insignificant markets....). They are unobtrusive, blend well into the lines of the fairing*, never, ever, ever vibrate (even at 180 kmh +), provide an excellent view to the rear, and are placed such that the riders hands are protected by the mirrors from the wind. * Edit: one could also say that there is so much fairing on the bike, that the mirrors just dwindle into insignificance.

What Joe said....

How about a photo to eliminate confusion?

Yep, and he's a legend. (mate...)

Of course. She is Australian.

Yeah, same here. Copied the rest out and put it in the address bar. All I got was "this page doesn't exist". I notice that the format of the "links" , i.e this: .com/37737215-e75a-4437-b772-db940d46dd91 doesn't seem to match what I see in the address bar when I go to a random post somewhere in the forum, which looks like this: .com/forums/topic/5691-breakdown-of-model-year-changes/#comment-256916 No idea what that might mean, though.

Yeah, I had a look at those links too. They seem to be just not there anymore, for whatever reason. Any idea where the "blob" before the https: comes from?