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What a sight that will be! More pics!

@gkaan, still very curious about your build date on your early Sport! Was it in 1999? (I'm likely also going to get you looking at your triple clamp numbers in search of the early steep rake Demon Triples . . . )

Another toast to Moto Guzzi (and the Hagans!) right there!

Awesome, @gkaan! Thanks for the follow-up!! She looks GREAT!! Pink-faded frame side plates are a very early production issue. I also spy the finned steel exhaust flanges (early production). So, very curious: what is the build date on your left side headstock tag?

That's a good question for @kool keef! Before the Leno video, I did not realize the original Morgan had a radiator in the cowl behind the engine. Seems the perfect place for an oil cooler?, then

Jay Leno on his Morgan iii trikes. I really think the Guzzi motor suits this "to a T" . . .

Geez, Bill, I could'a sworn the last time I saw your Honda Fit, it was in better shape . . .

Basically, I just need to cover this distance . . . . . . on my Sport. Between 15 March and 12 September. Even if I end up in Tellico Plains, Tennessee/USA and not actually Mandello del Lario.

That likely indicates a PO changed the switch using a generically sourced microswitch. Is this on your RedFrame Sport, or your Tenni? I'm curious how the clutch safety switch and the R/R "are actually related" . . .

Cabling?

When you have posted that 1400 Griso before, I wrongly assumed you had put a Guzzi 1400 motor in. Very interesting that it is a complicated matter of installing the 1400 pistons (and cylinders and cams?) into the 1200 motor. How much does this increase the bore? And change the compression?

I've been looking for an image of what the inside of a 1200 timing chest looks like, but then I see Pete say gears in the front, chains on the rear of the cylinders. This is the case even for the 2-valve per cylinder 1200? I did find this image on thisoldtractor. I reckon this shows the two cam located on the inside of the heads?

That's a great plan, Bill! It turns out Mandello del Lario's September celebration is at the same time as our Seventeenth South'n Spine Raid. Beginning on March 15 (next week), the anniversary of Moto Guzzi's incorporation, I intend to celebrate the centenary with each kilometer I ride the Sport as I reach for 200.000, then culminate in our celebration at the SpineRaid . . . Saluti, Moto Guzzi!

Not at all. The replies would have better followed the image they referred to on a prior page. I am looking forward to more pictures of your V11 !

Those replies were not directed at your handsome LeMans, Giovanni!

?? It is easy for me to understand the "cam in block/ push rods to two valves per cylinder."

Seems the "timing chest" of the 1200 must be a rather complex affair?

Well, there is that. No use staying up hoping for wet dreams.

I am trying to visualize how the "hi-cam" 1200 must look differently from the V11 at the timing chest/ heads and otherwise. I seem to recall that the 1200 Guzzi returned to an "alternator" between the cylinders above the engine block, instead of driven off the crank nose à la Tonti/ Spine Frame . . . Could that be fitted to a Spine Frame?

Thanks, man! I look at that and think, "Would a P.Roper Roller 1400 Single-Sparkler fit-up in that?" Pete should post up an image of The Green Horror as she sits now. A "before", if you will . . .

Well, it's funny, every time I think, "Ooh, there's a nice V7 Loop Frame! But I'd like another gear. Maybe a bump in the displacement. Disc brakes. More horsepower. A better gearbox. A more rigid frame. Bigger brakes. Fuel injection. Modern wheel sizes. Better suspension. Clip-ons. Rear-sets. Better lighting " . . . I always start with an early loop and end up right back where I am!

Gosh, I love the old loop fame tanks - so sensuous. I complained relentlessly about the "teardrop" tank that Guzzi then used for the "EV" series (or whatever they're called) hoping for an exciting replacement. Then the 1400 cut-out job appeared. Sheesh, not at all what I had in mind! At least the tear-drop job finally looked good to me on the CaliVintage . . .

My longtime buddy, Scott, is returning on his ST1300 from NY. He would like to split a room if anyone will take him in? As a token of commitment, he said he would send his half of the money now, and apply Guzzi stickers over all the ST's Honda badges . . .

Actually, no, I'm saying that if the battery seems sluggish it may be "field expedient" to turn the lights on a few minutes to enhance the battery's starting performance. After a few minutes with a current draw, the battery warms chemically and the deeper charge in the plates becomes more available. Unlike the old days when we would try not to "use" any of the battery's capacity before trying to start, the Odyssey benefits from this chemical "warming" (not so much as a Li-Fe, but it is still valid). Here is Odyssey's current (4/2018) list of approved chargers. Yes, it makes a difference! https://www.odysseybattery.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ODYSSEY_approved_12V_chargers.pdf

Yeah, Odyssey publishes an "approved" list. Let me see if I can scare that up for you. It occurred to me that when the bike didn't start, you might have turned the lights on a few minutes and re-tried. I have seen the PC545 do amazing things using this (very non-intuitive to me) method!