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So, that rotational adjustment is what I epoxied in the unit shown on the green mat, above? I remember MartyNZ adjusting his beam pattern by modifying the mounting tabs. Got the inspection on my list of More Things to Do. I guess I’m expecting to find a burned out LED or two. LEDs probably don’t just get dim, I reckon?

So expertly done! Thank you, Dave, for taking me (us) to Barber even though we could not get there! Welldone, man! Price of admission (min. 3:15 in the video):

Reminds me of sumpin' . . .

I apologize to sign216 for this in advance, but it's been a while . . .

Pretty sure the cheap Chinese LED unit needs replaced after 2 1/3 years and just over 10,000 miles/ 16.000 km. I see my lo-beam now looks brighter than the hi-beam. Not sure what's up, but time to open it up, have a look, and replace the cheap unit with the external driver with this from VintageCars:

My, my! Silver with red . . . My Sport is in love with the beautiful older lady!

Touring destination goal: S'xteenth South'n SpineRaid Tellico Plains,Tennessee Weekend after US Labor Day Get there. Bring tools.

Shouldn't take more than 113,000 miles . . .

You gots plenty of admiring friends, bud. It's just that our arms aren't long enough to put hands on your (fine) bench! Welldone on this build, Sir! Thanks, dearly, for sharing it with us!

Have you had an external charger hooked to the battery?

Oh, and the headlight bolts are drilled and tapped, large lower holes in the fairing have rubber grommets and an internal metal sleeve:

The length of the mounting socket to the triple pinch bolt is ~30mm. Length of the rod to the bend: ~60mm. Bend "looks to be" about, ummm, close to 25º. From the bend to the flat fairing mount plate ~25mm. (Again, these are the factory accessory pieces for the original, early Sport Stucchi-made (fiberglass) Guzzi accessory flyscreen. No one is really sure what you are getting but these should provide a good prototype for your mounts to your 2001 Sport with fork mounted headlight/instruments without drilling an extra hole in your new prize!) Images hosted on imgzeit

But, to the point, I think it will be amazing to watch this seat develop a proper "rider's patina!"

Yep, images should be hosted. I only trust imgzeit. Same here. And their banner change from "Proudly hosted . . ." to what they are doing now. They cannot be trusted. The degree to which PhotoBlockit compromised our content, and the untold number of hours of work that went into restoration cannot be underestimated. A proper and just place to park a rusty star picket!

Early Sport mount for Stucchi that indexes on the uppermost windshield bolts (no separate hole through the faring). [This image was for another purpose, but shows some blurry detail of the configuration of the bracket.] Squint, and you can see how the bracket has a "socket" shape to connect to the triple, and a flat at the tip to fasten to the backside of the windshield bolts:

Pretty sure I can come up with images of the early mount set-up in a few hours... I looked for that other thread where a member bought a Stucchi, but received two left (or right) side mounts and had to figure it out. No luck finding that thread, so far...

Yeah, the earlier Sport used a pair of brackets from the top triple pinch bolt to the upper outside windshield bolts. Not sure how they might line up on this fairing, but pretty easy to fab something up. There are some good images on a thread here if I can find it.

I doubt any V11 accessories remain available through Moto Guzzi. Maybe from a dealer with NOS . . .

I love my Tekno soft bags and Stucchi flyscreen that were original Moto Guzzi accessories for the Sport. The faring is still available from Stucchi, unpainted but with mounts. The panniers come up from time to time here or ebay. The 2nd generation have better braced mounts and the bags look more reinforced. The backroads I like make a mounted GPS very helpful for sport-touring. I will probably replace my 12 year old (!) Garmin Zumo 550 with their latest motorcycle unit before my next trip. I'm good for 250-300 mile days of good twisties, still . What a sweetheart of a bike!

Well, nuts. In a fitful night's sleep it occurred to me that the Coppa and Ballabio have that "stand off" light/instrument mount and their fairing mounting likely won't work on the Sport with fork-mounted light/instruments. Looking forward to see what JBBenson comes up with!

At first I couldn't figure out where it was, what with my sketchy Dutch (>none<), the subtitling, and watching on my wee mobile device. Then I realized the soundtrack is in English and the entire video is reversed (weird!) . . . Thanks for posting, Dadparent! A poignant reminder that the rider might be speaking to all of us . . . "YOU GOTTA PAY ATTENTION! JUST PAY ATTENTION, OKAY?"

I keep looking and now see that this was in South Carolina, USA . . . And the bike is a Suzuki (looks like an SV). Wow, the rider was so much more courteous and sincere than I might have been . . . "YOU GOTTA PAY ATTENTION! JUST PAY ATTENTION, OKAY?"

You know, hammershaug, there are alternatives to chain-falling the V11 into the basement for the winter . . .

The fairing looks very much Coppa Italia, but without the additional green stripe. Mounting hardware for that edition may be correct. Two bolts to the headlight sides and two brackets from the top windshield fasteners to the top triple clamps, typically. Gonna look sharp on JBBenson’s ‘01 Sport!

https://www.telegraaf.nl/video/127880588/motorrijder-leert-huilende-bestuurder-een-lesje