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I've thought matte chrome would look cool on these parts.

Along the lines of BMW's new "Lo Rider"...

My '04 Nero Corsa was bought new in Tennessee by the Original owner. It currently resides here with me in Arkansas. It's VIN#111298

Sidi OnRoad Sympatex for me.

I'm pretty sure Bueller is long gone from v11lemans.com As Greg mentioned, a master cylinder from a single disk bike is going to have a smaller piston than a master cylinder from a dual disk bike.

There are all kinds of rumours flying around right now. At Chrysler, too. Koreans may be interested in Dodge Trucks. Someone else is said to be interested in Jeep. The US automakers next year may not look anything like they do today. I just hope the government forces some kind of bankruptcy reorganization on the big three if it decides to hand out money. The way they've been doing business obviously doesn't work. They need to be reorganized, restructured, and probably slimmed down...

1)McCain lost because of his age and his associations with GWB, as well as because of BHO's superior campaining both grass-rootes and internet. 2)Palin was drawing bigger crowds than McCain and was a media sensation, so no I wouldn't call it a mistake. 3)Color Barrier dented in '08? What about Colin Powell, Condelezza Rice, Clarence Thomas, et al? And that's just in this administration. 4)That's what it's really about for you: A Democrat in the White House. It's cool, you don't have to make excuses. 5)I hope BHO makes you "feel good" about the world... And that he is successful in fending off the looming depression...

Comparing HDs and Guzzis on mpg is like comparing apples and oranges. The internal design follows a completely different philosophy. HD= low revving, long stroke engine. Undersquare bore/stroke ratio. Guzzi= high revving (for a pushrod twin), short stroke engine. Oversquare bore/stroke ratio. Combustion chamber design is also quite different. My V11 LeMans averages 38mpg. It gets in the low 40s at higher elevations.

Yeah. That's what we all say...

Seems like a no-brainer to me...

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Just wanted say, "great looking bike!" Love the solo tail. I've always wanted one. They were EXPENSIVE from Pro Italia ten years ago! I just looked at your other bikes and the quote above. I can't emphasize enough how different Italian twins are from American ones. Relative to the HD-based stuff, the Guzzi has a real short stroke and a pretty radical camshaft (made by Crane, btw). These bikes run best in the 4,000 to 6,000 rpm range. Riding this Sport 1100 around in the 2500 to 3800 rpm range is too low for anything but your average 25mph/30mph city streets. It will not hurt your Guzzi to run regularly in the 4,000 to 5,000 rpm range in normal riding. That's the bike's sweet spot. It's a hard adjustment to make, moving from the low-revving HD-based bikes. I had a customer ten years ago who came off a Sportster and never could get used to the Ducati 900SS I sold him because he wanted to run around at 50mph in 6th-gear. He tried to tell me that his 1200S Sportster was "a better performer" than the Ducati !!! Well, he didn't keep the Ducati long because riding over 4,000 rpm was just too foreign for him to try. Just some food for thought... Best of luck getting it sorted...

The simple stuff has been done, right? Valves set to .10mm intake / .15mm exhaust, right? You've verified that the plugs and wires are in good order, right? You've verified that the battery is grounded well, right? I surely hope you didn't drop all that coin at the dealership in Winchester... Will Creeden's chip made these injected Sports run much better. As mentioned previously, I'd verify that the TPS is working properly and adjusted properly. Without seeing your bike run, it's hard to know how it's really running. The Sport 1100s don't really run clean until 4,000 rpm. If you're trying to ride the thing around at 2500 to 3000 rpm, you're really not doing the bike any favours... They are much more rough around the edges than the V11 series of bikes. Some people like that. Me. Some people just can't adjust to how elemental the bikes are. Good luck with it.

The '02-up bikes are different from the '99-'01 bikes as far as the way the seat fits. I believe it has to do with the latching mechanism, but I'm not sure, as I have an '04 and don't really care for Corbin products myself.

I have a road-legal (Nero) Corsa...

Take your BMW or Moto Guzzi EV wheels to a wheel shop and ask to have them trued or repaired. Then take a set of Alpinas or these new Excels. You will have your answer.

The small block version is real. The Bellagio version is Photoshopped.

The smallblock is pretty cool, but the Bellagio Photoshop makes my mouth water!!!

Love the paint scheme, but the decal placement is horrid. Why they didn't make it more horizontal and follow the lines of the tank, I'll never know...

It looks like a fair number of Guzzisti from the region will be descending on Freedom for this event.

2002 - Tenni ( Green paint, Black nitrided Marzocchi) 2003 - Rosso Corsa (Red checker board paint, Ohlins) 2004 - Nero Corsa (Black checker board paint, Ohlins) If your favourite bike has been a Ducati Supersport, then I would say you are a candidate for a spine-frame Guzzi. With the proper suspension setup and a good set of tires, the bikes can be made to handle quite well. They don't have a lot of power, but gains can be had with a moderate amount of expense. Exhaust, Power Commander, Pistons, etc...

Yep. It's fun making girls' legs longer, too, using the same techniques...

What sorts of bikes do you tend to like?

Here's one I'd own:

Just found this in EP&F's used bikes section... A Scura with LeMans fairing, Ballabio bars, GiVi luggage... Man, what a great solo sport-touring mount this would be!!!