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Just ran across this post by 4corsa in 2015 regarding the Yuasa :

Yep, Yuasa is pretty common. If it's an AGM (as it should be), there are still specific charging requirements to get best outcomes. Lots of folks have run their Odysseys on common chargers, but I have certainly seen better performance with a correct charger. It can be done manually with any charger 6 amps or more and a careful eye on the voltmeter. My last PC545 (2014) came from Amazon, $99.84 +about ten bucks sales tax.

Not considering the OEM Hawker Odyssey PC545?

So, the the dimensions of the three mounting points of the front subframe are identical to the earlier subframes?

To set brains hurting even more . . . Does the LongFrame, and its front subframe suspending the front of the engine, change the angle of the driveline, fore to aft? Said differently, is the LongFrame engine/gearbox stressed member angled differently from the earlier V11? Was the "polar moment of inertia" changed?

I did find this image, posted by @kglm in Finland in 2015 (page 4 of "that bloody farking front UNI" thread by dangerous). Has me thinking an added collar notch is for access from the front, ahead of the swingarm and not through the tunnel. Sorry it has taken me so long to understand this distinction . . .

I do not see, in the order process, how to specify the English printing of the MotoItaliane book (?)

@Chuck , is the grease gun access on the Scura (LongFrame) through the swingarm tunnel from behind?

"The struggle is real."

Yeah, WTH? What is that different on the LongFrame that this is not really an issue like on the ShortFrames? Access through the swingarm tunnel from behind, correct?

KINDOY2 suggested to me that the big, honking notch in the collar gets the grease gun in > in front < of the swingarm (instead of through it). Like, in from in front of the frame sideplate? All this time and I must have missed that part . . .

FWIW, I asked Tomchri what "Norwegian cream" is. Of course, no surprise, he said: " IPA time! "

So, I have to click it once to display a window, then click the icon in the center of the window, and it opens in a new tab . . . Or, click on this: https://i.imgur.com/0Zlwu1Q.mp4

Thanks for posting that, Andy! I tried to figure out where to cut my collar, but on the early, ShortFrame Sport, it looks to be the swingarm tunnel, itself, that blocks the angle of the grease gun. Pretty sure I better not cut a hole in that. For the life of me, I cannot figure out what is different between the ShortFrame and LongFrame that makes the early Sports so $#%#%^%& difficult to "that bloody farking front UNI joint?"

Welldone, nigel! When you change that wheel bearing, inspect the internal bearing spacer for the correct 113mm length. Many have reported undersize spacers. My 112mm spacer gave me progressively greater grief over time . . . In regard to taking care of the V11 while its wheels are off, service that right side, outboard needle cage in the beveldrive!! . . .

Bravo, man! Thanks for the vid! Home from a delightful 100 mile loop through the hills and hollers. Found this tasty 8% Einstök Winter Ale. Makes me think of Tomchri: "IPA time! "

Interesting. It is my observation that captioned images, and their subsequent interpretations, are part&parcel of the stupid "tractor motor" debacle among other poor archiving. Falloon's earlier work (2007, Moto Guzzi Sport & LeMans Bible) detailed the V7 (big block V-twin) in good detail. So disappointing that the latest work devolves. Why?!?

Thank you! sign216 says you must include : "Gratuitous Pics of Girls + Guzzi" [ just doing my "Moderator" duties, here . . . ]

So, I received the new Falloon book today. It is nicely printed and large format (much larger than the May 1999 Falloon book I have). A very nice "coffee table book" with large, mostly color images (many that are new to me). I recall the inaccuracies about the V11 Sport in the 1999 book, but forgave them as it was all new and largely unknown. It is a frank disappointment to read those same inaccuracies twenty years on! When I read errors about something that I know about, it casts doubt on information about other models I am not familiar with. So, alas, "not a reference book." The second place (after the early V11 Sport) I look to assess an author's knowledge of Moto Guzzi is their discussion of the development of the big block V-twin. In the 1999 work, I gave credit that Falloon declared Carcano's " . . . Fiat engine can really be considered the predecessor of the V7 . . ." This 2020 edition states "The engine powering the V7 was descended from the earlier Fiat and 3x3 . . ." What a load of crap! What absolutely deplorable journalism. This is the kind disinformation that perpetuated the "tractor motor" myth in Mick Walker's, and now Falloon's, series of progressively less accurate books. Thank goodness for Greg Field!! [Rant over. For now.] Nice picture book! Now I am anxious to hear what @p6x finds in this MotoItaliane pubication . . .

Seems I dated a lot of girls like that: disappear when they get hot and show up when they're cold again . . .

Not to answer for Our Chief Whip, but until the sun circles back to Varsseveld . . . Looks like the girl left when the Centauro engine showed up!

Nice, Jaap! I well remember your custom V11! But don't recall "the girl next door" . . .

Just a poseur doing what he does best . . .

Thanks, bud! Haven't ridden anything in a month. Perfect riding gift-of-an-afternoon before the rains ring out the year. If you want to feel like your V11 is a big, powerful motorcycle: don't ride for a month, then take your 30hp Honda single out first. Rolling out on the V11 Sport: "Bad To The Bone! "