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The regulator does ground back to the battery through the loom to one of the ring terminals. Cleaning and treating the rings and terminals is a good idea, as is adding a ground from the regulator case to the engine or timing cover. Also, it occurs to me to suggest conditioning the battery with an approved charger and method (assuming it is an Odyssey PC545) rather than expecting our charging system to bring a needy battery up though that pitiful little fuse.

This makes me very happy to see! Perhaps not quite so happy as you, hammershaug, but what a delight!

Heh, well I had to "look that up." At first, I could not figure out how the two musicians stayed with one another facing apart. Pretty sure she is the same girl, different instruments. Very nicely done! I doubt I could ride the Sport to that, but it was lovely listening, gazing at the Sport over a steaming coffee, pondering its mythical qualities and place in the universe . I fancy her a bit of a cello, the Sport. Here is the back story of the music I found in an interview with the composer: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/09/ashokan-farewell-how-a-20th-century-melody-became-an-anthem-for-the-19th/407263/

I enjoy listening to what covers keep and what they change. "Wish you Were Here" got me back playing a rendition that my bandmates arranged. Always my personal favorite simply because I can be part of it! I posted the Seger track after stumbling across it and thinking, "Now, that is what is in my head riding the Sport!" (I know I promised to ride like I'm hearing Brubeck, but that only lasts until the first string of cars must be passed. )

That. Right there. What my Sport wants to be when it grows up . . .

No surprise that there are those of us anxiously looking this far ahead. Plus, I was reminded that some folks have to put in time-off requests by year end. As ever: Weekend after US Labor Day (Sept. 10-12, 2021) Tellico Plains ,TN, USA Get There. Bring Tools. Here, again, 2021 is Moto Guzzi's centesimo, so we ought to whoop this up! (I'm not at all sure how "whoop this up" translates into Italian). Those riding in from Varsseveld or Bungendore can head out now and have plenty of time to "Get There" . . .

Not everyone loves bar end mirrors, or even mirrors of any kind. Kinda like turn signals and fenders. Don't get me going on how awful I think my panniers make my Sport look. Here are the CRG with the clip on-weights I had turned down. I like jolly135's solution. I would be all over them if I had not gone this route already.

I see I had the factory bar ends machined six months after I got the Sport to fit the CRG bar ends; 0.875" (7/8") and a space of 0.435" for the CRG clamp. Great thing is @jolly135 's bar end weights are made without a "gap" and would fit any 7/8" mounting clamp. Not sure what these pieces might cost, but I remember my tightly specified dimensions encouraged the local machine shop to charge me $85US back in 2001.

Funny, that's what I always thought of the factory mirrors. I had my bar end weights machined down to accept CRG mirrors pretty early on. The Rizoma are certainly much more nicely made. I'll have to check my dimensioned drawings, but I suspect these custom bar ends would also work for the CRG clamps . . .

" . . . manufacturing defect in one of the heads . . ." What could that be?

And . . . has Miss Greenie emerged from the netherworld to her proper place in the palace?

Riding music . . .

October now and feels great to ride the Sport through the crisp air and colorful woodlands. Somehow, the big twin knows it is good, too, and sings a mighty song along the rushing streams and over the breezy ridges. Then to wrap the day with a Märzen . . . sehr gut!

Thanks for letting us know, jolly. And best from all of us. We are privileged to have access to your bar ends; thanks for posting them. Agreed that they will be best served in their own thread so as not to distract from the nice V11 Sport TT you have on offer.

Oh yeah, BTW, there are two thrust washers on that speedo drive in case you decide to pull it out. Never has a magnetic drain plug served its purpose better than this one . . .

Oh, and remember there is an angle drive at the upper end attached to the back of the speedometer, itself. Sometimes, tightening those fasteners, and especially the cinch collar at the gearbox, helps quell the St. Vitus Dance of the speed-needle . . .

Heh, "Yeah, they do that." The lower angle drive can be pressed back together (which *sometimes* helps). Make sure the metal disc isn't coming from together. When it spits out, it takes the drive gear with it. Nope, you'll never find it on that stretch of highway . . .

Are they still available from Stucchi with full mounting hardware and instructions as Canonman shows in his thread?

Hey, looks like your CL link has expired. Wanna post a new one?

@Canonman got a great outcome with his Stucchi "chin" spoiler. Tenni green rather than Legnano green . . .

So . . . any thoughts on what there was to see @imola04 ?

140 miles to Low Fuel Light sounds right to me. Once fuel is fresh, a "Decent Tune-up" might address a combination of common issues.