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Ah, yes the "non-linear" thing. So, how many break points from 2.4º to 12.7 ?

This is very interesting stuff to the pedantic amongst us! (We may have to take this discussion to a dedicated thread as these "catch-all threads" just swallow our discussion up.) Seeing your pedantic, and raising you an eyebrow: One must consider the range is 4800 minus the 157 (4643). With 256 steps, one step is 18.1 mV (or +/- 9). I thought I read the 7mV steps from Meinolf, but will have to try and find that reference . . . I still maintain the Workshop Manual addendum of +/- 15 mV is suspect.

@arveno: https://www.amazon.com/Pirelli-Angel-GT-Rear-60ZR-17/dp/B07M6LLQ5W Seems pretty pricey to me, though, at $368US. my last Bridgestone T32 (160) was $216 . . .

Taking the TPS from 250mV to 160 should give you some outstanding results across the map! I would still rather strongly suggest that the +/- 15 mV in that addendum of the Workshop Manual is highly inadvisable if you have time to make it right. Based upon reported findings from the Look-up Tables, 157mV +/- 3.5mV is most accurate and desirable. Even with that tight tolerance, your 160mV checks out!

I might be just misreading this, but (to my knowledge) all LongFrame V11 from 2002 on were fitted with the 5.5" rear rim and delivered with a 180 section tire. Many owners decided to use a 170, instead. Likewise, all of the 1999-2001 RedFrame Sport and 2001 ShortFrame Rosso Mandello had 4.5" rear rims, delivered with 170 tires. Again, many of us found the 160 to our liking on the narrower rim. FWIW, I searched three of the big US distributors and found a lot of Pirelli out of stock (not just this size). The Pirelli website shows two choices in the 170/60-17 in the Angel GT II, not none in the Angel GT or the Angel ST . . . https://www.pirelli.com/tires/en-us/motorcycle/catalog/product/angel-gt-ii [I was such a Pirelli devotee for so long. Until they moved their manufacturing to China, yet the prices went up.]

Unlike the (IMO) disparaging descriptor "PorkChops " , that no one will admit to coining, "Turtle Head " can always be brought back to our bud, OuijiVeck. In case a bunch of Ballabio show up in the driveway with pitchforks, burning torches . . .

. . . from https://www.motoitaliane.it/ With a recent (late 2023) Dr. John (Wittner) interview . . . https://www.motoitaliane.it/en/prodotto/dr-johns-moto-guzzi/ (pre-orders being accepted for April production . . .)

Haha: the "Turtle Head" fairing! Too funny. This set-up was introduced with the 2003 Ballabio and used on the Café Sport, Coppa Italia, and Scura R (all with handlebars). There were "Sports" produced throughout the 1999-2005 model range that use the close-fitting instrument/headlamp brackets. There have only been two wheelbases throughout the range: the early 1999-2001 "RedFrame" and 2001 Rosso Mandello, and the "LongFrame" (about 3/4" longer at the headstock) was introduced with the 2002 LeMans and remained through the end of the model range (probably the 2005 Scura R). Very thorough frame thread here:

How cool, @OuijiVeck! Welcome back! Probably will move your topic to a more visible subforum. Good luck swapping to clip-ons! Are you also changing the headlamp mounting to bring the headlamp and instruments closer to the triples (like a Sport)?

@KernowNZ, Can you stick a little magnet to that silver part (the actual flywheel)? Not rusty "could" = aluminum . . . If the flywheel (silver part) is not magnetic (aluminum), not likely the clutch (not visible without disassembly) has been changed from the original single plate . . .

@alannn, I did find this metal core gasket (part number B063861), posted by Rolf Halvorsen, that sandwiches the plate (one above, one below). [The OEM "paper" gasket for the V11 is GU01003650. The OEM sump to spacer gasket is GU01003600. I did not find the metal core equivalent for that one.

Welcome, @KernowNZ ! Yes, your Rosso Mandello clutch is single plate. And the flywheel is aluminum. Also, the rattle in you video sounds entirely normal. There remains some question whether any of the 2001 Rosso Mandello flywheels are prone to failure, or if that concern in confined to the 2002 Scura flywheels (and, possibly, the 2002 Tenni ) . . .

Here is the list from November 2023. Based on some correspondence I received from @Joe recently, I suspect he is out and not likely to confirm. And, thanks again, for the major effort!

Nancy Wilson's guitar intro, here. But, then all of the guitars. What a performance . . .

This could only be funny to a tiny subset of the world population, and even just a tiny subset of Guzzi people. Might only be funny to one guy we know . . .

Best wishes for a good mend your way, brother!

Pretty sure all the Kiwis on the forum are at least a hundred. Even the ones that have moved to Australia to veil their true identity . . .

Greg Field's tutorial with images is here: https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/topic/9425-installing-a-roper-slopper/ And @swooshdave's post with the link to his video: https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/topic/20671-roper-plate-redux/?do=findComment&comment=242469

If I recall my science anywhere close, at zero degrees Kelvin: the sun freezes up and the Universe screeches to a halt. Pretty sure I'll never get mySport started after that . . .

Ah, yes, finance contracts (including "insurance"): The Large Print Giveth, and The Small Print Taketh Away.

Precisely, why this thread exists --->

This makes me ponder, not the "stepping stone"/entry level bike, but the "drop-back-and-punt" bike that I would value as mySport (eventually) becomes too unwieldy for my physical capabilities. Is this a valuable, yet overlooked, market that Piaggio has not seen? "Off our rockers, Actin' crazy. But with the right medication, We won't be lazy. Old Folks' Boogie Down on the farm. Wheelchairs Are locked arm in arm." Or is there another future in store for my square-fin that Piaggio wants nothing to do with . . .

Those are some nice lines. Reminds me of mySport. The little scooter is cute, too . . .