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How cool is that? Herb Alpert definitely contributed a depth and class to our 70s music.

If I got a Centauro, I would have to get the Dondolino it was "drawn from" . . .

Ah, the "service station" of yore. As opposed to today's "convenience store" where you can conveniently buy fuel et cetera.

Original post from 2014. That member has not visited since 2016, so I reckon we'll never know . . .

It seems you found one with your new pegs post, @motortouring !

Interesting, the original V11 Sport, 1999-2001, was naked (sans "flyscreen") with an available, accessory, Stucchi fiberglass option. Nekkid: Stucchi (Luigi) accessory/ "bikini" . . . The first, factory, special edition Sport of 2001 (Rosso Mandello) carried the 2nd generation flyscreen . . . The 2002 V11 Scura could be considered a "special Sport" with fork mounted flyscreen: There were unfaired (nekkid) Sports in 2002 and the 2003 "carryover" LongFrames ("Sport Naked") . . . There was the 2003-204 Café Sport that came with handlebars and a frame mounted flyscreen: Not sure if any "later"/actual 2003 - 2004 V11 Sport were delivered without the fork mounted "bikini"/flyscreen that is seen on @Dave Swanson's magnificent 2004 V11S(Sport). (??)

And, this, a fork mounted "flyscreen" rather than the frame mounted "fairing" of the LeMans variants, or even the other frame mounted screens of the Ballabio/Café Sport/ Coppa Italia or 2005 Scura R. This is a true "Sport" . . . and a fine one, indeed! A Sport-is-a-Sport-is-a-Sport . . .

Not long ago, "someone" bought a NOS Rosso Mandello tail section (and side covers) from @Twin AH. Not sure where they went, though . . .

I would suggest that is not a "LeMans", but a V11 Sport ("V11S"), as shown on the sidecover (with no script on the tail cowl). And a gorgeous Sport it is!

Yes, yes. I dated a girl in college whose "moment of inertia [was] centered around her shoulders " . . .

Right, the Rosso Mandello is a short (black) frame, first generation, Sport / 2001 year model. No knowing when Moto Guzzi introduced the next "year models." For so long, manufacturers started the next year model in August or September (of the prior year). A look at your serial number may be a clue. The first for the year model (in 2000 or 2001) would likely be 111111. 2000 "model year" will be YM while 2001 model year bikes are 1M before the six digit serial number.

There is a certain purity to the 2000 model year. This was pre-Aprilia ownership, the first full year of V11 Sport production, all 2000 V11 spine frames were RedFrame Sports, and the only year that the total Moto Guzzi spine frame production could be derived (AFAIIK). I cannot wait to lay eyes (and ears!) on this Pressureangle Special Sport . . .

Back with my reference materials, I stand corrected. @Pressureangle's 2000 Sport, 112174 is #1064 (of 3,529 Sports built for the model year 2000).

All that automation and someone still needs to fret the bass . . .

And with such wind on Maui, 1970! Look at those field expedient mic "filters" . . . After watching that entire concert online, I asked my lead guitar guy why he has fifteen pedals on his pedal board and Jimmy had two. He said, "Jimmy only has to sound like Jimmy. I have to sound like Jimmy, Stevie Ray, Clapton, David Gilmour, Keith Richards, Knopfler, Toy Caldwell, and myself."

My # 1531 was built 3-2000, supporting the idea they were building "a few hundred" Sports a month in those days.

I don't have my reference materials in front of me, but I get that as #1,063 [correction: #1064] of 3,529 Sports for the year 2000. There is a Month-Year of the actual build on that tag . . . [edit: I see, now, the "finned" steel exhaust collars of the earlier production.] [edit 2/ correction: The first Sport built for the model year 2000 (YM) was 1111111 making this Sport # 1064.]

I'm curious where the serial number puts this Sport in the year 2000 production run . . .

I'd say, "Ride it like you stole it " since those verbs look to be extant in the case of this Sport . . .

I have had my best results with Harper by calling Curtis on the telephone. That said, MG Cycle has been my most reliable resource.

My original 2000 front brake master cylinder is stamped OC 02•16 I believe this designates a 16mm bore. FWIW, in 2020 I could not find a rebuild kit for my front brake and bought a used replacement. OPP Racing would be where I would check first, now.

Here is one for @p6x, if only or the Citroëns . . . And another for The Netherlands . . .

Odyssey ODS-AGM15L ("PC545") arrived at 12.68v, just above the recommended 12.65v charge threshold. Discharged with a 55 watt lamp to 12.18v and charged with 10 amps to 15.0v (only a few minutes). Enersys Optimizer for two hours stabilized at 13.41v. Installed in mySport and discharged with lights to 12.40v. Then 24 hours on the Enersys Optimizer to "bulk charge" and stabilize at 13.56v. I'm calling this new battery "conditioned."

U.S. Brembo supplier: https://www.oppracing.com/ V11 caliper rebuild kits listed in @Scud's Encyclopedia of Compatible Parts . . .