Greg Field

Yup - the recall has been taken care of. I bled the clutch fluid. I have not taken apart the shift lever, assuming you mean the hand lever. It does seem to be loose. More like an up and down free play, which just recently developed. Are there shims already in place at the lever or are they something you add to adjust play in the lever? Adjust the lever so it's as far away from the bar as possible. Somethimes, that helps. A friend just rode my V11 to the National rally. On the way, he adjusted the lever all the way in, 'cause he has small hands. Then, he complained of horrible shifting. It was because the clutch was not fully de-clutched when he had the lever to the bar. Adjusted it out, and it shifts fine again.

That hurts just looking at it. My sympathies . . .

Do these come with or w/out spring ? Can you use the rear spring already on the bike? Comes with an 8.5 spring. This would work well if you're in the 150-170-lb range.

Ohlins no longer makes one but one can be obtained through Moto Guzzi. Order the one for the Cafe Sport. Expensive but you do get value for the money. Spring it right and set it up right, and the rear suspension will be better than on any of the CARC Guzzis with their fancy rising rate link systems.

Of the components listed, I sell more starters and batteries than regulators. V11 Batteries last 5-7 years, it seems. Valeo starters're junk. If you are replacing the starter, get the small Bosch unit fitted to the new Guzzis. It's cheaper than the Valeo, too.

What Hubert said. I have a Ti ECU with a Cali sticker under the Ti sticker.

Oddly, or not, I find myself more and more disgusted with folks over "here," where ever that is, talking about those "over there," where ever that is. IMO, confront your tormentors directly, or just let it go. YMMV and all that rot.

Here are the types of V11 forks I remember there being: 1) Marzocchi. Subtypes: a) Silver with non-threaded axle holes on both sides and separate-side rebound/compression damping and adjustment (V11 Sport 1st series) Silver with one threaded axle hole and separate-side rebound/compression damping and adjustment (V11 Sport 2nd series) c) Black with one threaded axle hole and separate-side rebound/compression damping and adjustment (Rosso Mandello) d) Black with adjustment only for rebound damping and chromed sliders and holes for solid axle (V11 Sport with clip-ons above top triple clamp and LeMans) e) Black with adjustment only for rebound damping and nitrided sliders and holes for solid axle (Tenni) f) Black with adjustment only for rebound damping and chromed sliders and holes for hollow axle and of V11 Sport length (V11 Sport) g) Black with adjustment only for rebound damping and chromed sliders and holes for hollow axle and of Ballabio length (Ballabio) 2) Ohlins forks. Subtypes: a) For solid axle (Scura and early Rosso Corsa) for hollow axle (late Rosso Corsa, Nero Corsa, Cafe Sport, Coppa Italia)

Nice work, Roy!

Unless you spend a lot of time in congested traffic or want to allow for adding a centerstand, the clear choice is the Stucchi crossover. I sell them both. This is the way it is.

Welcome to our police state, Monkey. I'd tell the story of the Mountie who stopped us just outside of Hyder, AK, but the contrast'd probably make me weep. The bottom line is that you Canuckians raise more moral children than we idjit Yanks do.

It fits just the Grisos.

Good bike. My buddy Easy loves his.

Just this week, I got a call from a guy who lives in Arizona, about his filter backing off. He had come up to Seattle in September, While visiting our shop, he told me he had just bought a Coppa Italia. I told him the story of another Coppa Italia in his town that lost an engine after a filter installed by a dealer spun off. He listened to the story, bought a hose clamp, went home, and kept riding his bike. When it was time for the next oil change, he removed the sump to get at the filter and found that the filter was two or three threads from falling off. He was very lucky to have caught it in time.

Man up and buy an Eldorado.

Loop: V700-Eldo Tonti: V7 Sport-CalVin Spine: Sport 1100-V11 Sport/LeMans/Ballabio Quota Brava 1100: B11/B12/N12 Griso: G11/G12 Stelvio Older Tonti bikes turn in quicker because they have a substantially shorter wheelbase.

Second that. I remember, too. Congrats. Fucking Minnescrotans're almost Canuckian in their passion for that sport.

It's been filtering down through the grapevine that our favorite redneck passed away this weekend. I'll miss him, and I'd bet some of you will, too.

There are two issues: 1) Rotors that are two thin can break. I doubt this would happen at the thicknesses you describe. 2) The thinner the rotors, the farther extended the caliper pucks are. If they extend too far, too little puck shoulder is left inside the caliper, so the pucks can start to cock and then wear the caliper bores unevenly or even jam. As your rotors wear thin, it's a good idea to replace the pads often, to maximize the amount of puck left in the bore. You could also make shims for the back side of the pads to do the same thing.

Congratulations!

You clearly are blinded by groupthink and haven't yet bloviated your obfuscator adequately. What are you you, some sort of Commie agitator?

Yes. Just stick a fork in this site. It's done.

No need to make one. Put an older, heavier flywheel in, and the noise will magically disappear. It won't change your firing order, though, so any reduction in noise is purely imaginary.

Well, until I pointed out the obvious, that it's flywheel weight and not firing order and that the six-speed contributes, you had not considered either thing. I'll leave the Square Wheels Riders ™ to figure out the rest on their own.

Look, fellas: When you have the clutch lever pulled in, and the clutch is chattering, the cush-drive stack is outta the equation. It is. The shafts turn freely. I could tell you what's going on, but it would just get me accused of not knowing what I'm talking about by guys who have owned one whole Guzzi in their entire lives, like Hatchetwhacker. If anyone's sincerely interested in knowing beyond the regurgitated blather that passes for knowledge on V11 LM.com, PM me.