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Proper bike with ribbed front tire and no fender. And seats!? Bah! seats or for wusses! Just put your balls between the shocks and crack on!

That prick with the EPA has been screwing things up for a long time. Case in point: one "Walter Peck" . . .

If you do your own work a lift is mandatory. With the HF ones available all day for $299 with a coupon, it’s the best investment ever. Every single person who gets a lift says the exact same thing, why didn’t I get one sooner? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yes, the only reason I haven't bought one yet is space. I'll be putting up a backyard shed soon, and that will free up garage space for the lift. I do my own work and have a couple other bikes so it will get used often. I just keep my Sport parked on it rolled into a Baxley Sport Chock. It takes up very little more space than the bike that. And looks like a museum exhibit with the with the rope lighting . . .

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Proper hammers for proper things . . .

madbunny, I am also looking at the #46 "Injection Utilities Relay." This relay is a High Current demand relay supplying the Coils, Injectors, and the Fuel Pump. Be certain this relay is of High Current specification: High-Current OMRON G8HE-1C7T-R-DC12 USA source: Mouser Electronics, USA

New AGM batteries, "off the shelf", are well known to be delivered at 50% State of Charge. So, this could still be weak battery (perhaps combined with a series of resistant electrical connections). Since I have beat this Battery Conditioning thing enough, no one will be surprised: madbunny: What is the battery type and manufacturer? The replacement is new and unused battery? Connect a quality voltmeter to the battery. Report the following voltages: 1) Voltage after the battery has been static 6 hours. 2) Run switch ON ( should be virtually no change as there are no lights). 3) Cranking the starter/ plugs out. 4) Cranking the starter/ plugs in.

Yes, worth inspecting the condition of the magnets in the starter as well as cleaning and treating all of the connections especially the positive cable and the mounting bolts which ground the starter case.

Sounds like it revs pretty freely!

I know the day will come when I have to replace my original valve cover gaskets. Probably should keep them, grind them into a powder and smoke 'em. (It's like "drinking the KoolAid", but more edgy . . . )

madbunny, would you post pictures of the fuse block and the relay set so we can think of how much this wiring is like the V11?

It appears the spark stops when full engine compression slows the cranking speed.

I thought it was cool to sneak hammers into Guzzi pictures and this man comes along with scythes in the background. That is totally badass.

What did they say? I kept listening for "versione stradale" . . .

Wow, Phil, so expertly done. It is such a privilege to see and share this in such spectacular detail. Thank you, Sir!

That makes sense. The tank vents through the cap to the right nipple. Original US V11 then involve the Rube Goldberg twenty-feet-of-hoses-and-two-canisters that I recall had a vacuum pulled on them from the vacuum taps on the intakes. Seems there was also the nefarious "tip-over" valve that was sensitive to orientation. With an open vent, like mine, I suppose it can push out or pull in as necessary. The overflow drain under the cap is not in the sealed section of the tank and drains fuel spill, or water that might blow or fall in there, to the left nipple. In the factory configuration, the two systems are fully separated. I'm thinking my vent actually works better combined with the drain and open to atmosphere. We discovered early-on how vulnerable the original system could be to "tank suck."

I always love what Pete has to say. Always just the bare truth, sprinkled with a bit of spice, and stirred with a pointy stick . . . I've been told so many times how heavy my Sport is (my last liter bike was a GoldWing ), and that it's so down on horsepower (my other bike is a wee Honda single ), and the brakes are so sucky (they are the kit from the original Ducati 916), the gearbox is crap (slickest box I've ever had), electrical system is dicey (well, okay, you got me on that one . . . ). Pretty sure my Sport is a good example of something really special and not some mass-produced, lowest price, consumer product designed to be discarded at the end of the finance cycle. That said, it is going to take something revolutionary from Moto Guzzi to get my garage space. But, they are not really after us are they? They (Piaggio) are after new markets. I do wish them the best. I do, I do!

That wee rubber vent/overflow line (not the braided crankcase vent return) comes from the two nipples on the underside of the tank, one being the (right side) tank vent that is O-ringed to the fuel cap and the other (left) the tank overflow. Originally, the overflow had a tip-over (one way) valve, but mine is binned so it is actually open to atmosphere at the top and not sealed by the closed cap. Instead of my venting going through twenty feet ( I kid you not! ) of 1/2" fuel line to a couple charcoal canisters, mine is Y'd into the overflow, so technically that is also open to atmosphere above.

Someone recently told me that Piaggio-USA/NA told a prominent US dealer that the "big bikes" are going away and all the focus will be the V7, V9, V85 ranges. Something about getting staged for the importance of emerging Asian and Indian markets. I still think the V85 has the makings of a sweet LeMans (or Sport . . .) !

It is really not so much the abomination it appears to be in that view . . . Spooge trap!

Taking a cue from my GB500 crankcase vent and carb overflow traps, I built a drainable trap for the V11 tank vent/ overflow. GB: V11 Sport:

I had to watch the second video twice. Once to read the English subtitles and again to enjoy their dialect, facial expressions, and obvious passion. If, once upon a time, Dr. John Wittner influenced production Moto Guzzi models, and then Ghezzi & Brian, perhaps this is the season of the Guareschi influenced offering?

Is it worth watching? Where is it available for viewing?

Pretty cool trailer (for an upcoming documentary?) about the custom motorcycle scene and how it may influence the industry . . . (Thanks to Blueboarhound for this link . . . )

Probably okay with our learning what to expect from what we already have? Looks like most of us are getting very similar results. Sure, there are a lot of vagueries (US gallons vs Imperial gallons vs liters of fuel, miles vs km), as well as the two different V11 tank configurations . . . Yet, most seeming component failures ("fuel level sensor does not light the light") often come down to bad connection(s), wiring, or a burnt bulb. Great to have sources for compatible parts, unless the trouble, rather, is interpretation or connections.