VA Sean

That was the symptom mine displayed -- 2004 V11 Sport -- a flicker... a solid light... a flicker and gone. Thought: nah, that can't be anything! But it kept happening. I got worried - and about the same time, Pete made the plates. I bought and installed the plate -- never seen my oil light since - except one time, when I was actually low on oil. I stopped immediately at a gas station and the bike took a full quart... don't know why she was so thirsty and never been thirsty between lubes again.

Van- On your way to the Rally or on your way home, be sure to stop by the Solvang Vintage Motorcycle Museum: http://www.motosolvang.com/ PS: They are currently listing this bike for sale for $8,500 Don't know how to get to it... but there's also Guy Webster's http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1...annel=155872646

As noted - your year of V11 is a bit different than mine. But my Ti Kit came with a new ECU that was marked differently than the OEM: The New ECU with that came with the Kit: Comparison of Old and New ECUs:

I hate to suggest this... but if the tires are showing significant wear patterns on one side with all riding being "normal", wouldn't that suggest something rather ominous, such as a bent frame?

probably been posted before... but I think it bares repeating

I am paid up and will be attending! Since I am coming from VA, I am hoping to be in the running for the Longest Mile (on a V11) Award Should be close, as long as nobody is riding out from Maine or Nova Scotia, etc... On the current planned route, I would be putting on just shy of 4,000 miles on the trip out there, unless I get pressed for time, then it will be closer to 3,000 miles. See y'all there!

Yup- I use the stock (low) position with the Guzzi Ti race kit and have the Hepco+Becker hard bags. Positioning the pipe (hi or low) is just a matter of the angle you have it coming from the extension from the x-over. Love it!

In case people wanted to see the photos: http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=12vg8a...0&y=-ib5e1r FYI- I absolutely love the effect of the new crossover compared to stock: grunt, responsiveness - you name it... everything is better.

So, Foxy- Have you had any progress to report on the V11?

Cheers, Jens! PS: Moto Guzzi Wrist Watch #70 is still keeping great time and I proudly show it off whenever I can!

Geez- can this really be the same guy's philosophy? No way! How many rallies have I attended? Just a few - I'm not nearly as seasoned as you are. But we can talk all about that in June in Malibu, if you like. I'm just a back-woods country bumpkin living out here in the Commonwealth. This is my first week of riding - I think. I don't pretend to know anything about the inner workings of motorcycles. Wish I did, but lucky for me I am humble enough to admit my shortcomings and ask for help... and I have damn sure received some fine help from the members of this and some other Guzzi forums we all seem to frequent - a lot of that coming from Pete, Todd E, Todd H, Greg and lots of members who don't wrench for a living. Not one of them ever asked for a DIME from me in return. I'll tell you something though -- I am a pretty good judge of character, even when viewing those characters through the filter of the world wilbur web. PS: Please tell me you were kidding about that threat to call in a DIP on Pete at the Guzzi National Rally... that is about the most absurd thing I've ever read!

Well said, Jon. I had not really been following this thread - haven't been to this forum in a while, actually. I don't know Ed (but I am aware of his contributions to Guzzidom), but I have dealt with Pete and Todd and know both of them to be stand-up guys. Regardless of the petty back-and-forths on this thread (yeah people have called the other some names - big deal), but I think Kev H has totally crossed the line. Why? This has got to be the first time I have ever seen anyone threaten to call the cops to report a drunk in public... at a MOTORCYCLE RALLY! let alone the Guzzi NATIONAL RALLY???!!!???? If you don't drink - fine... but a lot of people do and do it well! And some might even tend to get rowdy after a few drinks... but it is a FRIGGIN MOTORCYCLE RALLY at a park for Heaven's sake! It isn't being conducted in your living room. Good grief, man - get over it! See y'all in June - ride safe to Malibu!

okay- I take it back!

Damn you, Ralph! If you are going to start a new page in this thread, at least have the decency to include some hooters in it!

They are as rare as hen's teeth, but you could probably call Greg at MI or Todd at MPH to see if a set can be found. I don't know what they cost because they were thrown in with my purchase of my Coppa Italia. I am guessing the Ti race kit is probably $1,500-$2,500 but I really have no idea. But the sounds is AWESOME! I think there is a bit of a bump in performance too (they flow better than stock and it comes with a new ECU). You'll also want to ditch the stock x-over in favor of one that better suits your needs. There are several threads on cross-overs in the how-to and tech related forums. Greg wrote a really nice piece comparing several x-overs and what he thought were the + and - of each one... I ended up getting a Mistral X-over from him and it did everything he said it would. I couldn't be happier with my bike in its current config... though, when I get some more $ I will be buying a PC III and getting it off to the dyno for tuning.

Gee- Sorry about that.