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Just reviewed this entire thread after the Lemon Drizzle Gang video came up. Pretty amazing that @wavey_davey1 performed this "recommission" in three months! I thought that these links to the video belong here . . .

Are the NOS or take-offs from a parts bike? Did you have to order the plates as right and left part numbers and the pins as separate numbers?

I had to laugh at your comment, "And it gets worse." Makes me think of this Tom Clancy quote:

Oh, scratch that. @Lucky Phil posted your solution in that thread . . .

Maybe better to install dropped footpegs?

There are a couple options by changing the shift mechanism. You can lengthen the connecting rod or rotate the pawl arm on the gearbox one tooth clockwise (which will likely necessitate changing the rod length to keep the arms parallel). This may require some 'fettling" to make both you and the gearbox happy . . .

@activpop, was your leak at the washer, #20, in that diagram?

I've only replaced my vent hose once, but it really wasn't the source of my leak problems. Part of my issues was the #15 gasket for the oil pipe that the hose attaches to. (Notably, oil leak from this gasket appears at the 'weep hole" at the bottom of the clutch housing.)

One of the difficulties assessing the system is that the vapor recovery (which would include water vapor) is not on the parts diagram for the ventilation system ("oil pump"), but on the "air filter" page (16-20) . . .

This is correct, crankcase ventilation/oil vapor travel up from the back of the engine through the nefarious double-bend rubber hose under the frame to the bottom of the frame spine behind the headstock. The frame cavity acts as a separator with the gaseous fraction following the path @gstallons describes (a hose visible from the fitting on top of the frame spine, behind the headstock/ in front of the tank) to the airbox, and the liquid fraction draining down through the frame cavity to the return line and back into the sump. Ideally, adequate running temperatures will evaporate the water before it drains back into the sump. Less than ideal would be short operating times, very wet environs, and long storage periods. Also, oil selection plays a part. Pure synthetics (true ester base oils) have close to zero evaporation loss from heat and aid the efficiency of a complex, closed loop, crankcase ventilation system like ours.

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The "crush" washer(s) at the top where the return line attaches to the frame spine?

Let's just say that "wind noise" would have been a welcome improvement. That said, I would love to get some riding video/audio using your expert tips. Thanks for sharing those with us!

Good technical advice. I would trade what I had to do today for wind noise . . .

Where I live, there is no such thing as "overkill" . . ---> It's kil't. Or it ain't. I've put sixty-six tires on mySport (and had the wheels and suspension parts off numerous other times). It only fell off the jacks once . Belt + suspenders for ever . . .

Looks like you have her in a lovely state of tune, there, @Molly! Not sure how you can stand all that traffic congestion . . .

I once heard Tommy Emmanuel introduce his "band" on the radio. I was surprised the bassplayer didn't groan or the drummer hit a rim-shot. Years later, I saw the bit live (Tommy is quite a funny chap) . . . The gig I heard on the radio, he said (something like), "You know how to get the bassplayer off the porch? Pay him for the pizza!" And, "Drummers are people that like to hang out with musicians."

Still around. And in Nashville . . . https://thebluegrasssituation.com/read/tommy-emmanuels-fiery-guitar-picking-is-not-just-for-musicians-its-for-everyone/

Interesting, no "Sport Naked" in that sales literature.

I would love to know who designed the beautiful, cast Frame Side Plates. Marabese Design? Rodolfo Frascoli? Did the Centauro have them first (1996)? If so, I would suggest Rodolfo Frascoli of Marabese Design (at that time) is the designer.

SSR XXI = five months out. More like twenty weeks. But, who's counting . . .

The original Moto Guzzi (spine) Frame Side Plates were on Dr. John's 1987 (2-valve/square fin) ProTwins racer. That first SpineFrame was hand built in Pennsylvania and the side plates (which Dr. John was quoted as saying, "They are a great place to stuff a sandwich " [paraphrase] ) are inscribed "HOLLOWAY" on the left and "DR JOHN" on the right. Get the book, you'll love it . . . reference courtesy of https://www.motoitaliane.it/en/prodotto/dr-johns-moto-guzzi/

For me, I find the cast Frame Side Plates ("stilettos") of our V11 Spine Frames, and the Centauro/1100 Sport-i, to be objects of absolute beauty. The original Daytona/ SPOrT 1100 side plates? "These things are industrial grade. Almost indestructable" -Starlord