Paul Minnaert

I think he has a diesel version.

1. this picture is from a modified frame guzzi, they do that in Rome, they cut the frame at the hight of the injectors, then you get this. 2. the lighter the wheel, the easier it can follow bumps in the road. The weight from the wheel itself doesn't keep it to the ground. But the heavier the wheel, the more rotating forces keep it going where is was going, so less following the bumps in greek roads:-). I'm also not a road racer, not fast, but enjoy doing some track time.

10mm? can be more, I had 730mm long WP racing forks, where original my bike has 760mm forks. Dynotec puts 730mm long forks in all bikes where they put Ohlins in. But steeper haedangle makes the bike come up a bit, so that compensates. I was focused on wheelbase for a long time, that that had to be shorther, to steer faster. Now I think steering geometry and frontwheel weight is much more important.

I had the bearings from G&B. This is the cheapest option, but isn't advised from dynotec or deas. Ten years ago I paid 100 euro in mandello for the bearings. Now they are at least twice the price. Best thing is to bring the frame to dynotec, they cutoff the steeringhead, and weld it on again in another angle. That sets you back 450 euro's. With that it's advised to change the trail, a change in tripleclamps is needed for that. I do have one from my wp racing forks left, that fits in your situation. Or buy one from dynotec.

I do have a licenseplate on mine, since I bought it new 11 years ago. That's no probelm, the problem comes when trying to get a guzzilla frame on the road here. Changing the head angle doesn't make the bike nervous. The angle stock is so easy that as stated the bikes don't need a steering damper. I had one degree excentric steering bearings on mine for 10 years. Now it's one more. But one degree makes him not nervous. Your heavy front wheel does the steering damping.

I don't know, hasn't been on a bench, but similar setups from dynotec are 130hp... It steers much lighter than what you have, that's because of suspension, wheels and headangle. And some other changes. There is almost no part that's not changed. Steeringhead is 66 degree. = 2 degree steeper as standard daytona. If it was psossible to get it legal on the road with a Guzzilla frame, maybe then it was like that, but it's here more difficult and expensive as in germany. My website tells the whole story.

What can be done, isn't the same what you can sell as a street bike.When you pay enough to get 120 hp from a 2V, you are nice to it. So why doesn't your sport 1100 have 120 HP? When you sell a bike as a factory, it should not brake if it's abused. That's what's tested in Mandello, and other factory's, their testriders abuse bikes more in a month than we do in 10 years. That is their problem too with the 4V engine. I did look at the partslist from the MGS, they made a lot of special parts for that bike, also in gearbox and engine, so the first plan has been to make more, otherwise this would heave been a very foolish thing to do. Well, spoken investment-wise. Fact is that Guzzi doesn't have much experience with tuning the 4v engine, that makes it risky to sell one. Dynotec has sold more 1225cc 4v kits than Guzzi will produce MGS01 bikes. I think the mgs buyers get value for money, Guzzi don't get rich from it. What is not so nice is that I think that spare parts, specialy 4V engineparts are run out of stock in mandello. Especialy the heads. Not a problem for me, I have a spare engine:-) And since this week a set Dynotec Racing cams in the engine

I didnt do bare wheel compasison, beacuse what is bare, including spacers, bearings or not? I compared the v11 le mans wheels I had, with the 5 spoke PVM, front is 1.5 kg lighter, rear 5 , this is including tyre and brakedisks, just as you take the wheel out. The v11 5.5"rear is 18 KG, PVM 13 KG your rearwheel, beacuse 4.5 " is a bit lighter, front is the same. The difference is bigger than I thought it would be, correcting in a corner at speed is much easier. The weights from the PVM website aren't correct for guzzi wheels, because the rear cush makes it heavier. Also there is an extra cost for the cush drive( 300euro, if I remember), so don't compare 1:1 non guzzi pvm wheels in price.

Congratulations Jim, Welcome to the club of V12 owners.

Antonio, Well the picture is a year old, now the rear is almost dead, and the front is a lot newer. But new tyres won't be bt010. That will be diablo or pilot power. Besides that I have a set pirelli supercorsa's for dry track use.

Al, this is also a bolted togheter casting. Not forged. Brembo makes no forged calipers other than their race series. And they exist only in: or 40mm mounting or expensive radial form.

yes these fit , only need new brakelines, because the angle is different. And yes it's worth the upgrade, depending on the price it goes:-)

just make a copy of the moto guzzi stand, only make it wider, so it goes around you silencers. The Guzzi stand is the best design I know. So I made a copy myself, adapted to my slightly different bike.

these sort of websites don't like direct linking, if you right click and get the properties of the image, paste that in a new window url you get snow. http://image38.webshots.com/38/4/23/44/292442344lfiqDt_ph.jpg

Even the weather is making it a good day: Chilliwack, British Columbia SATURDAY AFTERNOON: 15°C Sunny

Well, having worked for ten years in a club as sound engineer, I've seen hundreds of bands, to recall some german bands from that time were "Einsturtzende Neubauten, die Haut, Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft ( DAF). So you see I have a slightly different musical background. To name a few american bands we had: R.E.M. , Sonic Youth, Nico, Henry Rollins Band

The name doesn't ring any bell, I suppose this is a more regional american band?

Since the bike has to be ready in 2 weeks, the top clamp was made today,stil needs some bolt holes:

hi Jim, That wil be a special day to remember for long.

if you want a new ohlins steeringdamper, the oem guzzi ones, contact forum member Antonio.

The circuit is outside town, but they ask people to come with train and bus, so I suppose there is a busline from center town to the circuit. What they do in the night before: http://www.ttnacht.com/ the center looks like this during night: http://www.tt-assen.com/

the OZ from G&B have no cush drive, the mgs01 wheels do have them. Maybe you can order these, the partslist is available, so the numbers are known. There was a guy offering new wheels from pvm for arround 1200 euro on ebay, he said the he could get any wheel new. Will only add some euro's for the guzzi rear. The brake disks on the 20 sp wheel are the same as mine:-)

yes because Jean Marc has a set for his daytona RS

The TB from the 4v are much bigger, they have a 50mm diameter, and you should leave the cone on, so look for an even bigger diameter. I don't know the number, K&N isn't good at printing numbers on filters. The bigger the better, take as big as you have place.

reserve now! I like the http://www.hoteldejonge.nl/ It's in the center of assen, and the night before TT is a party night in town, til early. Maybe if you want to sleep, get a place outside the center.