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Wait a minute, now you have a Ghezzi-Brian? Is Janice running around barefoot now to keep you in bikes? I don't know anyone named Jones riding a Guzzi, but you sure as heck can't keep up with the Stewarts!! Congrats Mike.

I replaced my rear ones at 58,000 miles on my Sport 1100i. One of the front ones only went 47,000 miles though.

Crap. Now I'll have to put away the massive sledgehammer and welding torch I was going to use. You're right though, the little cap just prises off with the edge of a knife blade and is just a snug press fit.

Pretty sure all of the 01's were red grames. Black would be an exception, but the frames went to black along with the black engine paint on the 02's. I like the red frame two, but a black engine in a red frame seems to me to be a bad combination. Too much like some of the old steam locomotive paint schemes.

JUst curious. What's an "ono"?

So you would think, but Mike Stewarts wife could fill four of those bags just with shoes...

Granted. But if it were in reasonable logisitic reach for me (which it isn't), I have a spare front rim, forks etc. Stock ones and obviously not as good as the departed Ohlins, but that wouldn't leave all too much that had to be replaced to make the bike whole. Com to think of it, I probably should be saving up for an MGS02....

Unless you want to pay $8 a gallon for gas, be glad we distanced ourselves somewhat from the English taxation system.

It's a really good deal so far. If it were in the USA, I'd be after it. The spine frame alone lists for $1440.

The sound is normal. It is not behind the front cover, that is the alternator. The clutch is between the transmission and the engine and there is timing hole on the right side that has a rubber plug in it. You can see some of the clutch from there, but not much. At any rate, the clatter is perfectly normal. Try not to adjust the clutch for minimum free through, you may drive the clutch pushrod through parts of the engine you don't want to. Accessing the clutch for repairs is a non-trivial job.

That's the atmospheric vent port for the fuel pressure regulator. It never gets hooked to anything unless you're one of the brave souls that's willing to experiement. To date - I've never heard of anyone hooking anything to it.

I think it's 35mm. I had to hacksaw off the steering lock thingy so the forks would turn. It was a pretty sizeable cut and I recall that my measurement was that the V11 Sport was a full 1 cm less than the Sport 1100i. It's and odd combination, but I'll know more about the handling after I switch back to the Sachs and bring the back end back down. Currently - I don't like the feel.

DAS Mototec sells several kits - all expensive. FrankenSport is currently sporting a Sport 1100i frame with the increased rake and a V11 Sport triple tree and the WP shocks which have the rear end a bit high. I won't go into the handling, suffice it to say that it isn't what it was before and it isn't what my Sport 1100i has. The DAS Mototec kits have various offsets to reduce trail (I think I have that right - suspension is a mystery to me) as well as the steering head angle. If you're just looking for a cost effective way to reduce the offset, then obtain a V11 Sport triple tree as it has 1 cm less than the Sport 1100i. For steeping the rake angle, I suspect that frame surgery is the most effective and maybe even the least expensive. If you're into track days and increased performance, the fork modifications make sense, but if you're just eating miles with the bike as I used to do, than the slower steering and increased stability are not such a bad thing.

After installing the Translate module in my copy of FireFox, I got the following: They offer on one Moto Guzzi V 11 cafe sport Bj 01-03-2005 without permission After a theft damage became the following divides stolen Fork, rim, brake assembly, fork bridges, steering wheel, switching armatures, fenders. Cables became split Technical data: Moto Guzzi TYP: KT KW: 67/8200 Capacity: 1064 Unloaded weight: 246 kg Tyre: In front 120/70 ZR 17 in the back 180/55 ZR 17 No entry in the letter!!! NP lies with approx.. 13,500 EUR 2 keys available!!! With further questions we ask to call you us under 06152-937368 Dispatch in European Union possible!!! Inspection according to telephone agreement desired!!! Much fun with offer....

More likely that MGNA imports about 1100 a year into the USA. I seem to recall that MG's production is closer to 9000 units yearly for the last couple of years. I could be way off too...

Hey Brian, could you post those settings here or PM them to me? The WP forks are very compliant. I got the ones for my V11 Sport from Reboot Guzzi Spares. They weren't cheap - 400£ Sterling plus shipping. One added advantage (to some), since the diameter of the WP forks is constant, you can move the clipon handlebars down as far as you want.

First, you need to determine whether it's gearbox oil or crankcase oil. V11 Sports frequently have some sort of transmission leak in various places. Up to and including cracked transmission cases.

I don't know quite which post you're replying to, so I'll give you the sort low down on "FrankenSport". It was - a 2001 V11 Sport TT that my neighbor totalled it when he backed out of his driveway at a pretty good clip and wasn't looking where he was going. Way too much money later, the bike is (more or less) back on the road. It is now a truly bastardized V11 Sport inasmuch as it has a 1996 Sport 1100i frame modified for the 6 speed transmission and a full set of WP parts front and back. I got the WP stuff as a package for a reasonable price. I didn't measure the lengths of the rear shock unit though assuming (and you know what that gets you...) that they would be the same. I mean, why not? Nearly everything else bolted up without too much trouble. So I erred and now I'll have to either swap the shocks until I can modify the mount point or live with it. Likely, I'll swap back to the original rear shock. It just plain feels weird as well as being a bit higher than I like. I should have taken the insurance money and put it towards an MGS01...

I just got through paying nearly $500 to have some WP forks rebuilt that I hadn't had the oil changed in in nearly 28,000 miles. Fork tubes scuffed from contaminated oil and seals ruined. Caveat Emptor.

Drat. I'm going to have take a welding class when I get settled in at the new house. I need to be able to make modifications to the frame for things like this. It looks as though the rear shock spine mount point has enough room to allow for a further forward mount hole which would cure the length problem. Wouldn't you know it though - the V11 Shop manual shows both WP and Sachs rear shocks - with no measurements or specifications for either. Wonderful. Typical MG oversight.

MGS01 has Hadn't heard about that one. Details?

Arrogant as we are, there are others that are worse. However, the typical US military person is not generally inclined to start wars and such. The US Congress and/or President however, are perfectly willing to engage in wars for reasons that do not always make good sense. We're not alone there either, but the US is very conspicuous because of our size and history.

2mm is 1/10 of 2 cm if Brian measured the difference correctly. The rear of the bike sits quite high and it feels quite high when ridden - maybe as much as the 1.6 inches that might be the calculated amount. I don't know about sag between the two types of shocks (I actually know next to nothing about this stuff). If somebody would be so good as to stick their bike on a stand so the rear wheel is fully extended and measure the center of the axle to the center of the rear bolt on the rear footpeg hanger, I'll measure mine and see just what the difference works out to.

The WP is two cm longer, eh? That explains why my bike feels weird and the centerstand kit didn't lift the bike. I still have the Sachs though, so I can always retrograde if the handling is too weird. Actually, for the little I've ridden the bike since putting it back together with the WP stuff front and back, the rear feels stiff while the front feels wonderfully compliant. Now, if I could only resolve the ECU fuse blowing problem, I could concentrate on some of these other issues.

Nothing's perfect. I remember the sonar techs reporting a bearing contact with a speed of 12 knots only to have the bridge reply back that they were tracking an island. I had the Electronics Warfare watch during an exercise with a submarine. Hot shot operator that I was, I was well prepared when the sub popped up their radar antenna, made 3 short sweeps and yanked it down again. But I caught it, got a bearing and made the report to the bridge. We took off flank speed in pursuit of the contact. Little did we know, the yard at Pearl Harbor had installed the synchos on our surveillance antennas 180 degrees out and we were making flank speed directly away from the submarine. The sub captain must have had quite a laugh... There are no shortages of these types of sea stories. The worrisome thing is - a lot of them are true.