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Well, dang! Maybe we can find a Brembo clutch slave in V11 dimensions . . . hmmm . . .

I seem to recall the later Guzzi Sport etc slave cylinder looks the same, but has dimensional differences. Sweet Britbike, plexiform!

Yet, the regulator warning I have (posted) says "Disconnect the Regulator/Rectifier from the battery." Would not opening the charging connection accomplish that without disconnecting the battery terminals? (Of course, disconnecting the battery will accomplish this as well. In that case, disconnect the negative side, not the positive.) [bTW, the 2nd positive terminal for the "30 amp" charging input has a junction to supply power for the lighting and ignition switch. The third positive terminal supplies power to the separate loom for fuel injection/ coils/ fuel pump/ECU > Fuses 1 and 2

Is this true? That would be very convenient. How would power get back to the regulator otherwise, if not through the charging wire?

Isn’t pulling the 30 amp charging/regulator fuse adequate to isolate the regulator from external charging?

Selling it running is good. Easy enough, just a battery. All the fluids are fine. (If it were sitting in a cardboard shed in Madagascar four years, maybe not! ) This V11 is spectacularly prepared and improved. I remember selling the 1975 Honda GoldWing I had caféd. I told the guy, "I have the original handlebars." He says, "I want it the way it is." I said, "I have the original seat." He says, "I want it the way it is." "I have the original suspension, brakes, mirrors, lights, carb jetting, intake, exhaust." "No," he says, "I want it the way it is." He still owns it eighteen years later. It's the bike I sold to get the V11 Sport. chamberlin is a solid guy. I do hope somebody gets this bike that really appreciates it.

I need to cross-post a couple posts here, to help archive these informed insights, on Luciano Marabese's designs and their design studies: Inspiration for the Marabese designed V11 tail section (and tank): Gambalunghino racer c. 1951: Another Marabese design that made no sense to me until the designer was quoted saying the Centauro was informed by the (1946-51) Dondolino . . .

Okay, okay . . . time for me to give SooRoo's thread back . . . Let us hope that Moto Guzzi's present design team has the latitude and talent to give us some enticing new models. Seems they are promising a reveal this coming EICMA. That is only a couple months away!

I've never been entirely enamored with the V11 tail section, but apparently, Marabese realy dug it! Swooshdave is onto something, though: since the V11's design study (Gambalunghino) followed from the V10 Centauro's design study (Dondolino), the V11 (tail, especially) follows naturally from the Centauro. Seems designer Marabese nailed it! I added a post to the late Bruce Lawson's "RIP Luciano Marabese" thread showing some interesting comparison images of the design studies : https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19665&p=235286

The Dondolino and early Gambalunga have very similar/ same tail sections, the later Gambalunga/ Gambalunghino are slightly attenuated (They were race bikes, so there was some overlap and variation). Here ya go: "Eh! The Centauro ... I started drawing it from Dondolino! The V11 from the Gambalunghino. In every Guzzi there must be a common thread ... that spirit ..." Luciano Marabese 2002 http://archivio.animaguzzista.com/maestri/marabese/marabese.htm " . . . quello spirito . . . "

I have agree with Pete's view that cobbling up something that looks like a LeMans I would be pretty weak on Moto Guzzi's part. Especially for the centennial. This history goes so much deeper than the 1970s. It took me a long time (and a lot of contributors to this forum) for me to understand why my V11 Sport doesn't smack of a 1970s V7 Sport at all. It is because the designer had the latitude to draw from Moto Guzzi's racing prowess of the late forties and early fifties; a motorcycle I had never paid much attention to, the Gambalunghino. Admittedly, expecting Moto Guzzi to come up with a completely fresh sportbike without homage to their history is decidedly unlikely, especially for The Centernary.

It looks like that bike is a special that the Guareschis built for a customer. http://www.guareschimoto.it/portfolio-articoli/guareschi-presenta-750-gc/ So, it is not actually based on a V85, but a V7.

I spoke with them yesterday. You should call ahead and check in with them.

Service manager, and chief technician, as I recall. Unknown about ownership.

Last year, I needed 43 individual parts for my clutch/ oil leak situation. They had ALL of them. I had them ALL in under a week. Since Dave Richardson retired from there not long ago, we have been wondering if Guzziology will still be updated and available . . .

Ugh! Bummer. I just talked to them today. They have so long been my "Local Moto Guzzi dealer in Seattle, Washington." (2200 miles away . . .)

I've been hoping for some updates on Pressureangle's summer Tour . . . Wishing you the best on the roads, buddy!

At least we can count on the poseurs to show up!

I found this early South'n Spine Raid picture. 2005? Pretty cool that almost all of these guys are still in . . . including four of the original bikes.

So, you know you're "loaded for bear" when you need one parking place for your bike, and another for all your kit . . . Somewhere in all of that kit is danl's new Chook-designed / Scud-made Super-Shift-Spring. The Jakester also went home from the SSR with one. All of the other V11ers assured me they already had them. I'm holding out one for Andy York and one more for . . . Thanks, again, to Scud for the springs to share, and to Chuck for the engineering!

eh . . . that's a hundred pounds. My V11 would have to ride itself.

Pretty sure, I'm not the only one . . .

I feel so, so lucky for that time together; that place to wait out the storm . . . And be with people I trust.

Meeting up for such great food at The Tapoco (TAllahassee POwer COmpany) Lodge was so fabulous and unexpected. Turns out that rolling mountain stream is the Cheoah River:

Totally LMAO when I read the replies to that last image! :lol: I looked back at my notes at the six weeks of prep before this ride involving three V11 and about 700 miles riding (more than the ride itself) . . . parts exchanges, international shipping, hit-and-run wrench sessions in the corners of remote garages. What a blast! Probably the most difficult SpineRaid I've ever prepped for and attended, if not just for the dental abscess I let get away. The ingenuity, capability, and preparedness of this community continues to impress! As well as the generosity and genuine care and sharing. To paraphrase Chuck's paraphrase: "It takes a village to ride a Guzzi"