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Better start south now, buddy!

Strap it to the Shovelosaurus and ride it to the next South’n SpineRaid! Surely that thing has a spine under those plates . . .

Send it to me. That would make for a cool shop lamp!

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My Sport could use another RedFrame to huddle with! It will be great to see you, again! I still remember the sight (and sound!) of your Greenie disappearing up ahead of me climbing the Tennessee side of The Divide . . .

Brilliant! Thanks ColdandWet! Added link to the Best Relay thread answer:

Kept looking for you and that gorgeous Rosso Mandello, Shaun! Don't miss next year! "Weekend After Labor Day"

My vote is for the PC545. It's the battery you'll have for the next ten years.

The garage is awesome~

Aye. A fair mix of challenges well met. Good roads, good bikes, good friends.

What happens on the shifter side since the Centauro is a 5-speed and the mechanism entirely different from the V11?

I counted eleven Guzzis, two BMW motorrad. And a Thunderbird . . . (Not all in the same place at the same time). As for SpineFrames, seven: '97 1100 Sport-i, '00 RedFrame, '02 Tenni, '02 red/grey LeMans, Sctt2525's Ballabio, and a pair of red LeMans ('03/'04) Condolences, Randy. Was very hoping to meet you. So many plans already for next year and Moto Guzzi's centesimo . . .

I went looking for something that feels like the pace I want to ride tomorrow to the S'xteenth South'n Spine Raid . . .

Until you source the High Current relays, have you opened, inspected, cleaned, and serviced your Ignition Switch?

So, Paul, several of us end up at Tapoco Lodge for lunch Saturday and up to the Tail of the Dragon to watch the carnival if that looks more do-able for you... Also, hoping @sctt2525 brings his sweet Ballabio again to hang out!

I think I dated a girl in college with a history like this . . .

What is the build date on the left headstock plate?

As footgoose pointed out, with the frame side plate (and valve cover) coloration, as well as the Öhlins, looks to be a (converted) Café Sport. Does the top triple clamp show evidence of handlebar mounts? What do the side covers say?

How to "re-black" fasteners?

This is for both forks? I just filled my early Marzocchi (less volume) to a 100mm air gap (luftkammer) with 330 ml per side. My Owner Manual says 400 ml "each leg." These are the 1999-2001 forks on the early Sports. But may be some indication that the capacity may not be best filled completely to the maximum . . .

Good points, as always. One trouble with "testing" the oil coming out is that it could be rather used up (viscosity degraded/sheared) and no real indicator of what it was when fresh. +1, again, that SAE "weights" are all over the place and that some fork oils retain more viscosity when hot than others (hence the cSt measures at both 40ºC and 100ºC.