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And how tight do you install that ST3614 ???

Your dreams can be answered here: http://www.ema-usa.com/wheels/wheels_PVM.shtml Cush drive is common on most motorcycles today Basically, rubber is used in the wheel where it meets the final drive to cushion on/off throttle shocks to the driveline. 10-Y spoke PVM wheels for Guzzi run $2,395.00 13 colors available

Rotational Inertia is a big deal in motorcycle wheels. It is RoI which contributes to easy steering and better acceleration. Unsprung weight is what helps suspension performance. A few years ago, Sportrider Magazine did a test on a bunch of OEM sportbike wheels. The lightest wheel was from Buell. It performed the worst in the Rotational Inertia test. Too much weight out by the rim with that big brake rotor... Some supersport racers have gone back to 290mm and 300mm front rotors from the trendy 320mm rotors to combat Rotational Inertia. Less Rotational Inertia is a good thing. I have to say that for the money, I'd go with some PVM wheels. The forged aluminium fronts weigh about 8.25 pounds, a four or five pound savings over the stockers... Not to mention the improved RoI, too...

The Moto Scope Classic is very cool !!! http://www.motogadget.de/en/frameset.html

FWIW, I'll be implementing the "Field expedient oil filter retention device" on my other Guzzis... (How's that for a double entendre' ???) and I was running 15w/50 Mobil 1 gold cap...

I'd write a letter of complaint !!! The OEM batteries in my Sport 1100 lasted 8.5 years...

I did save the filter if someone wants to do a post-mortem... The round circle at the top of the filter has scrape marks going at an angle. Is it possible that once is became a little loose, the crank contacted the filter, helping to spin it off the threads ??? Drjim99, I tighten my filters BY HAND. I don't use a torque wrench. The filter was on the bike for something like 3,000 miles before failing. If it had happened just after an oil change, I'd think I didn't tighten it enough. After a few thousand miles, I think something else happened...

Part I: Yes. The oil pressure light was on. I was 2-up going down the road at 50mph and the bike was running fine. It was a bad mistake to ASS-U-ME that the light was faulty. Yes, by my estimation, it ran for about 15-minutes... Part II: I'm estimating it ran for 15-minutes and almost 15-miles. When it started to act funny, I pulled in the clutch and pulled over in a safe place. The motor apparently siezed, as it would not restart, and it will not turn over. I couldn't believe my eyes when I dropped the pan. The dents in the filter are proof that the engine was running while the filter was off... Do I get a bodge point, or something for this stupid mistake. Riding two-up at 9pm on a narrow two-lane road twenty miles from my destination. I just didn't want to believe the oil light... Twenty years of riding. I guess everyone phucks up every now and then...

Did the oil change myself. Hand torqued, just like every other filter I've changed over the years... It had been on the bike for about 3,000 miles since the previous oil change...

Yep. It is an OEM UFI filter bought at a dealer... So much for the non-OEM excuses that have been passed around...

Many of you may remember last July that I had some sort of engine failure one night on while riding my Quota in Northern Virginia. At the time, there was a flury of reporting that oil filters could/would spin off all by themselves on Moto Guzzis. Greg Field has taken lots of flack over the issue, writing that he's seen a good number of them over the past few years. Others speculated that maybe the bypass valves were the cause. At first, I couldn't believe that the oil filter would actually spin off. I thought it must be some other oil system failure. After reading lots of reports on the matter, though, I was brought into Greg's camp. I deduced that my oil filter had, in fact, come loose in the pan. Well, my life has been kinda busy the last six months and I have just had the Quota sitting in the garage awaiting me to drain the oil and drop the pan to investigate. It's 70-degrees and nice here today, so I decided to check it out. No metal bits were on the magnetic drain plug. Good sign. No unusual metal particles in the oil as it drained. Good sign. Then I pulled all the bolts and dropped the pan... WOW !!! If this picture isn't worth a thousand words, I don't know what is. This is exactly what I saw when I dropped the pan: The filter had spun all the way off the threads. I didn't touch it. Unbelievable !!! Looks like the crank knocked it around a bit, huh ?!?!? Nothing too unusual when I looked up inside, but it is locked up: Yes, I ran it for a bit with the oil light on. Yes, I ASS-U-MEd that the oil light was lying. Yes I'm a dumb arse and learned a valuable (and expensive) lesson !!! So Greg, here's another one to add to your list... Sasquatch is sure to turn up next...

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It's been sunny and in the 60s for the past week !!! It was a little cloudy today, but the week is looking good... I'm gonna try and get some more riding in. I got three nice rides in last week !!!

pricey, maybe, but they work really well...

The racks will end up costing around $330. They will accept any H+B bags. I got a couple of bags on Ebay. My Quota came with them. That gives me both 30L and 40L side bags. I have a 40L topcase. You'll spend $800 to $1000 if you buy everything new.

Hepco + Becker for hard bags: http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?...hl=hepco+becker http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?...hl=hepco+becker

Wow!!! It's been a long, dark winter, but the sun has been out and the temperatures have been moderate this week... Today was actually the third time I've been able to ride this week !!! I rode Tuesday with a friend on her Harley up to Eureka Springs. Thursday, I rode some local backroads and visitied the nearby BMW shop. Each of those rides was about 100 miles. Today it was more like 200 miles. I took off on the Nero Corsa just after noon and headed for some of the best riding in the country. Newton County, Arkansas. Population 8,608 !!! Several of the area's best roads run through Newton County and there are several good places to eat in Jasper. I always like to stop in Kingston. The town has a neat little town square and there is always something going on, being at the junction of highways 21 and 74. Today I visited with Dean, who runs Grandpa's Flea Market and bought some Thin Mint Cookies from some local Girl Scouts. A few motorcycles were coming and going. It was Saturday, so lots of ranchers and cowboys were hauling cows and horses around in stock trailers. A lonely old farmhouse on highway 74 West of Kingston: It was probably a nice home at one time: Malfunction Junction. What a great name for a service station. Long out of business, there is something appealing to me about this building on the square in Kingston: Rebel Flags can still be seen flying here in the far Northwest corner of the former Confederacy: This one in front of a home in Kingston: Highway 21 decending into Boxley Valley. 11% grades and lots of nice curves!: Highways 21, 16, and 7 get me to lunch in Jasper: Typical Arkansas state highway in the Ozarks. Curvy, scenic, no traffic: Highwy 7 South of Jasper: Great road, Highway 7: I had intended to eat at the Cliffhouse Inn which overlooks some beautiful scenery. It's a breakfast/lunch place and I got there too late. While there, I decided to snap a couple of pics of thier tourist sign! This place is near McElroy Gap and overlooks the valley formed by the Left Fork of Big Creek, a tributary of the Buffalo River: From "the Arkansas Grand Canyon", I headed on in to Jasper to try and get a bite at the Ozark Cafe. It's been in downtown Jasper for about 100 years. Good food at the Ozark, and sometimes they have music on Saturday nights. Jasper is a fun little place to stay overnight when riding here in the Ozarks: From Jasper, I headed to a nice section of twisties. Arkansas Highway 123 between Mount Judea and Lurton was gravel up until a few years ago. When the highway department paved it, little did they know what a great little motorcycling road this would be! Typical scenery for this part of the state. Taken on Highway 123 along Big Creek near Vendor, Arkansas: The Nero Corsa posing with Highway 123 in the background: One of my favourite 19th Century farmhouses in this area. Not many exist because not many people lived here prior to the 20th Century and many have been lost to fire. Some of those fires from when the Yankees rode through here. This house has some nice Greek Revival trimwork not visible in the photo. Greek Revival was popular before the Civil War, but continued on as added detail to farmhouses. This is called an "I" house, a popular style here in The Hills: The style came about from back in the days of single pen log homes. When a second, or third pen was added, it became known as an "I" house. When people started building frame houses here in the middle of the 19th Century, they kept the style of the older log homes. Two, and sometimes three, front doors are common on these houses: The switchbacks just South of Mount Judea on Highway 123: I stopped in the little logging town of Deer on Highway 16 for fuel. Yep, Deer is the name of the town, and Antlers is the school mascot. Timber and deer are popular in these parts: From Deer, it's Highway 16 all the way home. Mostly through the Ozarks National Forrest. In the 40-miles between Deer and St. Paul, I only saw about a half-dozen cars and a couple of motorcycles. It was me and the road on a beautiful afternoon! It doesn't get much better! A nice way to spend a Saturday afternoon. I'm glad Spring is almost here !!!

I came off Harleys, so I can say that you should get along with Guzzi just fine. They are easy to tinker with, very reliable, and good handling. You'll love it !!!

MPG improved when my Nero Corsa passed 5,000 miles... On the highway it's getting 38mpg-42mpg. On sporty rides here in The Hills, it's returning 35mpg-37mpg... The odometer is now approaching 10,000 miles. I've put over 7,000 miles on it since buying it a year ago.

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I gotta tell ya, I love that tricolore paint scheme on Guareschi's bike this year. Very cool !!!

http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=28378

I'd be there if it wasn't a thousand miles away !!!

I know there aren't many. I've seen a few used ones on the market over the past year. Also a couple of wrecked ones. I wish I could remember where I heard the 50 number for the RC, NC, and CI.