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This is deserving of a topic of its own!

The very first post in Jaap's popular "What do you listen to?" thread is Earthshine-Rush:

Yessir, the cam bung can leak. One of eight places in that space that can leak . . .

What with snow on the ground, and my Sport on the battery conditioner, I've been hoping for more enticing views of our brothers riding in the Summer Hemisphere . . .

Pretty quiet from @p6x for a couple weeks . . . I can only fathom that, 1) He's got the LeMans on the way back to Texas, 2) He gave up on our sorry selves, or 3) (worst case scenario): the "Jimmy Choo high heels and pricey purse" didn't work .

To return the liquid portion of the crankcase ventilation back to the sump. Instead of into an old Castrol® fork oil can or Coors® can. The V11 crankcase ventilates from a fitting (#14, first diagram) on the rear, upper right of the block inside the clutch housing, through the nefarious, shaped flexible hose (#18 in the first diagram) under the spine frame that connects to the bottom of the spine just behind the headstock. From there, the vapor portion is extracted (more or less) from the banjo fitting on top of the spine at the headstock into the airbox (#16/17 in the second diagram) while the liquid portion drizzles down inside the spine to the return line which dribbles back into the sump.

It is a vestigial structure left over from earlier wide sump models that had two oil return lines from the spine frame (one on each side of the spine).

Truth and wisdom.

Nice SpineFrames are the New Tonti, bud. Ya sure you wanna bail on that nice Sport?

Looks really clean! I'm impressed by how sano some of the V11 are, coming up on offer these days. "I'll give you $11,997 for it as soon as the Dr-wife gets home for lunch." Oh, WAIT-wait! I already did that back in August 2000 and the guy said, "Sold. It's yours." Mine still is . . . Good luck on the trade, sunbeamtim! You'll have to keep us in the loop on your "scruffy Tonti !"

Careful just how far you try to follow the likes of Lucky Phil!

@v11_meticcio asked me where to put the links to Mandello's preparations for the Moto Guzzi Centenary. Pretty sure it deserves its own topic! Happy One Hundredth, everyone!

I see I have also taken some liberties with @Admin Jaap's pictorial post, adding some commentary and trying to refine the transitions. I hope this is okay. I don't want to rub our Chief Whip the wrong way! It occurs to me to mention that, although not pictured, there were V11 "Sport" or "Naked" produced through the end of the range with fork mounted headlamp/instruments just like the early Sport. For the differences in the frames and tanks also see:

It seems Mandello is also celebrating Moto Guzzi's 100th in September : Mandello, the 'Moto Guzzi centenary' warms up the engines. [Thanks to @v11_meticcio for the link!]

I want to thank @jrt for originating this thread. It has been a solid reference over all this time. I've seen other web pages attempting to chronicle the V11 series, but none have the quality and accuracy devoted to this one.

Looks like the consignment dealer has this V11 price reduced, $3050US. Have you contacted the dealer directly, @Billguzzi ?

@Billguzzi , I found this link at the shop the V11 was (is?) consigned to: https://www.motorado.com/inventory/details/used/MOTO-GUZZI/V11-SPORT/2000/Lakewood/Colorado/5288692/M12282 I see you're in Florida, so don't fall for any of that Colorado bait-and-switch!

@ColoLee last visited this site November 12, 2020. Sometimes using that "@" link will trigger a notification . . .

I wonder just how small the access window could be? Certainly only as wide as a grease gun tip (maybe 1/2"/12mm) and perhaps even 1/4"/5mm relief from the aft to get the tip on the Zerk from ahead of the swingarm?

FWIW, my odyssey with the Odyssey is chronicled here:

My method has been that when Swampee the Lawn Monster finally needs a new battery, my Sport gets a fresh one!

Yessir. It's my fourth (including the original "Spark 500" which was also an Odyssey PC545). The third is still in service in my Kohler twin cylinder garden tractor at 10 1/2 years old.