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I removed the tank of my V7 Café this afternoon to add wiring for a set of Fiamm horns. When I finally got the tank off (what a pita!) I was presented with the following views (first and third images). The bike has 5000+ miles on it. There is an appreciable amount of chafing going on where the wiring harness is flat up against the underside of the fuel tank. Note the green tank material deposited on the wiring harness below the coil. That is material rubbed off of the underside of the fuel tank. The harness is hard up against the coil with insufficient space to clear the underside of the fuel tank. (The yellow/brown and white wires are wiring that I've added for a horn relay under the left side cover.) Here I've moved the bend in the harness a tad further aft and tie-wrapped the lower bend further inboard of the frame rail. Note the green tank material deposited on the folded over part of the harness lead going to the connector tie-wrapped to the bottom fram rail. Here I've snugged wiring lead up against the top frame tube and tie-wrapped it in place. Here, the tank fuel vent line was crimped so badly beneath the tank that it became brittle and broke. All I could do here at the moment, was cut out the bad section, re-route and stretch the tube and finagle it back into place when I put the tank back on. As a side note, the tank fits so snugly on the front mount that to engage the rear tank bolt requires a monumental amount of pressure be exerted on the tank to push it forward enough to allow the bolt to be threaded. In the near future, I will remove some material from the very rear portion of the tank rubber snubbers at the front tank mount so that less pressure is required. Somehow, I don't think that the amount of stress being applied to the bottom of the tank from the mounts is a positive thing.

I'm extraordinarily fond of my V7 Café. Technically, it's way behind the market but oh lord, it's just so much fun. Who would have thought that? You might want to consider one. 49-51mpg.

I banged together some rearsets for my V7 Café. I've also lowered the clipons nearly an inch. That together with the rearsets makes the bike much more comfortable (for me) and has measurably improved the miles-per-gallon I am getting.

The Öhlins fork has different mount points from a V11 Sport. I have in my garage, a brand spanking new, never been used silver front fender for my long gone 2001 V11 Sport TT. The damn thing was $323 brand new. Make a reasonable offer, I want to invest in parts for my V7 Café.

You can turn it into a Daytona RS if you want. Body parts are at airtech-streamlining.com and you'll need a rear sub-frame from a Sport 1100i or Daytona. Oddly enough, I have one of those out in my shed. Heh, heh, heh. Oops! I think my ulterior motive is showing through. The Centauro is just a Daytona RS in a monkey suit. A couple of guys in Germany managed to "clone" the bodywork off of an MGS-01 and fit that to a Centauro. I don't know if it became available as a kit though.

I've got the Café and it's way more fun than the Norge. I've just got to pull those weeds... Someday, I hope to have it cafe'd out sort of like this artists concept

Own one of these? Look under the left side of the swingarm and see if the speed sensor wire is rubbing against the shift linkage. If it is, tie wrap it to the bracket nearby. Mine is rubbing and there is a slight bit of wear. Fixable. Don't fix it and if the wire wears through you could lose the speedometer function or possibly damage the electronics in the instrument panel. I'll do mine tomorrow, thought I'd get the word out to you guys today.

As usual Roy, a first class diagram. I sort of had to laugh at where is says the diagram doesn't show the magnitude of the current passing. You'd have to printit vertically on a 44" banner if it did. I only spotted one error and that's that it is a Valeo, not Veleo starter. Minor typo. I actually took a Valeo starter for a Saturn once (they rotate the wrong direction) and re-did the endcap to swap the polarities so the starter would work on my 97 California. I had to use the old engagement gear from the previous Valeo for the Guzzi so the gear chamfer was on the correct side of the gear teeth but overall, it worked fine and never gave a lick of problems for the next four years I had the bike before selling it. The Saturn starter was about half the price of the Guzzi version and I was looking for a cheap out. I wouldn't call it the best route though, just that it can be done. If you're desparate and too onery to take no for an answer. For the life of me though, I can't figure out why Valeo chooses to build a separate style of case with the magnets reversed to change the direction when making a different endcap would be a whole bunch simpler production-wise.

That last time that I bought one, it was $25.10 or thereabouts. You would do better to contact someone like guzzi reboot spares and check with them.

Does anyone have the paint code for the "Legnano Green" on the V7 Cafe (the color known as "Solaris Yellow" in the USA. Yellow? Oh well...). I don't think it's the same as the green on the 1999 green V11 Sports but it might be close to that so if someone has that color code, I wouldn't mind it either.

You wouldn't mind the taste of a beer-soaked boob though, would you?

I forgot to mention that the V11 Sport has 1cm less trail in the triple tree too. Däs Mototec sells a kit to reduce the rake (expensive). They also sell a triple tree with less rake as well (also expensive). You can put a V11 Sport tripe tree on the Sport 1100i frame though and it will fit just find although the ignition lock stub has to be ground down to clear the V11 Sport triple tree. The fairing is most of the weight difference along with the steel tank. The V11 Sport transmission is actually heavier than the that of the Sport 1100i (extra gear and third shaft). I think the weight of the two bikes is actually not that much different but I no longer have the specifications in front of me. I guess I'll look them up later just out of curiosity.

Moto Guzzi Schematics at GuzziTech.com Moto Guzzi Schematics at ThisOldTractor.com Updated: 1975 Convert Europe (updated 5 Nov 2010) 1975 Convert Europe Police (updated 5 Nov 2010) 1975 Convert USA (updated 5 Nov 2010) 1975 Convert USA Police (updated 5 Nov 2010) 1999 V11 sport (updated 19/11/10) Added: 1951 Falcone (added 12/06/10) 1962 Falcone (added 12/06/10)

Hi Guzzirider I know I can raise the rear and have done that for some of my bikes but why does it feel so heavy compared to the v11. I thought they are the almost the same weight? The Sport 1100i has 1˚ more rake than the V11 Sport chassis. It also has a brace from the spine to the transmission so it's just a tad more stiff overall. I don't recall that when I had a V11 Sport in addition to my Sport 1100i that they handled all that much different but the V11 Sport engine was noticeably stronger feeling.

For a while there, some motorcycle manufacturers cast the gear lever positions into the side of transmission housing. Yep, just look down to see what to do next. Crunch...

USA smog requirements. It took me a long time to peel the stickers off of my V7 Café. If I ever move back to California (which I won't), I'll have to order and install of those stickers prior to the smog check for registration. What a PITA.

I need a complete gas cap assembly for a carb Sport 1100 fuel tank. If anyone has one they'd like to part with, please contact me. Got one. Can't figure out how to delete "wanted" listing.

The original V11 Sport bags were made by Tekno and these look the same. Mine were waterproof via an inside lining. After a number of years, that lining has worn out and I do not consider the bags waterproof (plastic garbage bags are now the norm). The website with these bags doesn't seem to mention any kind of mounting hardware though so I would think it would be wise to check if they have the actual mounts intended for a V11 Sport type frame. If they don't, you might find the hardware on eBay or somewhere but they're getting scarce. They could be re-created by any competent welder though if you have some to use as a pattern. You can also download the catalog of the entire line at Bags & Bike but I don't see any mention of mounting hardware there either.

I think I'll have to try the Krylon bit. These bags are off of "FrankenSport" because my son didn't use them. The brackets have been modified to fit a V7 Café but the bags are showing their age. The tank bag is also from my former V11 Sport TT with a new hole cut in the bottom part to line up with the gas cap on this bike. It's a bit wide but it's a good bag. I don't think spraying the tank bag with Krylon is an option so perhaps I'll try leather shoe dye on that.

Then you probably don't want to look at http://www.m2film.dk/fleggaard/trailer4.swf. http://www.m2film.dk/fleggaard/trailer1.swf and http://www.m2film.dk/fleggaard/trailer3.swf are pretty good though. I gave up about 15 seconds into #4 and didn't bother to check if there was a #5...

Chain? What chain...

I have a 1997 Sport 1100i which is not all together at the moment (a perpetual case as it were), a 2006 Norge (also apart for fairing modifications) and a V7 Café. I no longer have my V11 Sport and I believe that it was the best bike out of all of the Guzzis I've had.

I've got just under 3000 miles on mine. I agree with most of your observations. It does quite well in the twisties although I have to ride about 200 miles to get to any. I put 460 miles on mine yesterday and I would say that the seat was murder for me after about 150 miles necessitating frequent stops to relieve the pain. The footpegs are a bit too far forward which cramps the body on long rides as well. Personally, I feel the ride can be a bit harsh but that may be a settings issue. I haven't touched mine. The stock mirrors have a tendency to break since the metal is machined too thin at the clamping area, I've changed to 1200 Sport mirrors. It is a pretty sweet bike other than that but I would not get rid of the Cali to make room for one. A V7 Café and a Cali would be very complimentary but neither bike by itself covers all of the abilities of the other.

Many thanks to Uwe Reißler for pointing out some errors with the Quota 1000 wiring diagram and sending a better scan than I had originally. Many thanks as well to Ron Komoroski who not only supplied the wiring diagram for a 1982 125 Terrotereno, he sent the entire manual! I scanned the entire thing just for posterity. 1982 Tuttotereno at GuzziTech 1982 Tuttotereno at ThisOldTractor (Greg Bender) 1991 Quota 1000 (updated 8/1/10) at GuzziTech 1991 Quota 1000 (updated 8/1/10) at ThisOldTractor (Greg Bender)

I see that df2 had one for sale in February but no way to contact him. Meanwhile, the search is on. I'm looking for one and the first choice would obviously be green.