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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.

Truly a legendary song. Not a bad guitarist, either. Not to mention the drummer and the bass player.

I would assume it can. There are a number of ways an engine number can get "lost". For instance, my first bike had sometime in it's life before me been stolen and recovered. The thief had (very sloppily) filed off the engine number. I don't know what he thought he would achieve, as the file marks were obviously visible, and the frame number was still intact. Anyway, when the bike found it's way back to the rightful owner, the police (or maybe the rego office) supplied a new number that was then stamped in. That was in Australia, but I can't imagine that a similar procedure would not apply in the USA.

*jealous glare*

Just for interest's sake: In Victoria, Australia, both engine number and frame number are in the papers, and the police go looking for them both if they do a vehicle check. In Germany, the frame number (VIN) is in the papers, but the engine number is not. Given the reputation for being finicky about details that Germans have (which often bears up in reality...) I don't understand that at all.

From what I've read, a (tiny) bit too long is not a problem, but too short always is.

This seems to be the manufacturer: https://www.carcoon.com/product-range/vehicle/indoor/indoor-bikebubble/

Do you know how it is being shipped? Just so's you know, DHL is likely to be affected by strikes at the moment.

No. To cross-check, I just loaded this manual down to my laptop: https://guzzitek.org/gb/ma_us_uk/1100/V11_1999-2003_Atelier(Compil-GB-D-NL).pdf No costs, no membership, just "save to ..." using the function for that in the browser. There is a place for donations on the site, but using the site is free. I should donate actually. The amount of times I've used that site myself or linked to it, I "morally" owe the guy about 10.,000 bucks.

Will do. Thanks for the tip.

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.