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The purpose of the 30 amp Fuse 3 is to route the charging current to the battery, which is (I believe) what Kiwi_Roy means by "handling the charging." So, the M-Unit doesn't house this circuit and you would need external 30 amp circuit protection for the charging ("Fuse 3") anyway?

That'd still make a pretty decent washer!

I think you deserve a trophy. I've got a crispy Maxi fuse holder you could display proudly!

Can't get that to link, Chuck . . . Fixed it here: http://www.flyhummel.com/ultra-cruiser

That would be a Chuck-idea . . .

Yes, get a properly chipped cable (OBD->USB), download the correct drivers for your computer's OS, and then it is "plug & play." Diagnostic Cables (Really) Basic guzzidiag tutorial for V11

Moan . . . "plumber's tools" to work on our Guzzis . . . and, now, it's all over the internet.

Here is a neat Ultra Light that some of you home builders might really like. http://betterhalfvw.com/ *cute* . . . but . . . probably doesn't have the power-to-weight ratio of a V11 Moto Guzzi.

I gots to get me some of that . . .

I thought I was gonna sleep ok tonight, and now this . . . (When Moto Guzzi replaced my throttle bodies / injectors under warranty for *dripping*, the whole assembly was replaced. They are, apparently, not designed to come apart once assembled.)

I love my "Edge Guards." Sadly, he doesn't make them anymore; he offered up the kit to build them, but nobody took him up on it. Three pieces of thermo-molded plastic that protect the shock, shock eye, and battery area above and forward of the "hugger." Seems it was Bjorn (?) that built some alloy pieces that are very similar.

*I don't know* but I'd expect is is corrosion. I had a fair amount of relay problems with the Mighty Scura when it used to sit for extended periods near the ocean. Stew . . . which relay? What make was it?

After a recent "NO Start" experience from adding the 30 amp circuit breaker and moving the Fuse Block around (displacing the lower spade connectors to Fuses 1 and 2), I got a better understanding how to use the Go_Winkie (power indicator from Fuse 8) . . . Lower (hidden) spade connectors beneath Fuse#1 and #2 for the ECU and Fuel/Ignition relays #4 and #5:

That is, perhaps, one of the most charitable descriptions anyone has ever applied to some of my plausible bull$#!t . . . But, there it is: the referenced statistical evidence. I think we should all be going around the world saying this. Try it sometime! (Then stand back and marvel at the *ripples* in the conversation!)

So, I admit to coaching a certain Rossa Corsa rider to say (with a straight face ) , "The [V11 Guzzi] has the power-to-weight ratio of a P-51 Mustang." North American P-51 Mustang with Packard/Rolls Royce Merlin - 1,450 horsepower / empty weight: 7,635 pounds = 0.190 hp/lb (The World's Greatest Aircraft, Christopher Chant, 1991, Crescent Books [Printed in Italy!]) Moto Guzzi V11 Sport (from the Owner's Manual) - 91 horsepower / empty weight: 482 pounds = 0.189 hp/lb

What are you planning to strip Docc? If it is your fairing, is it metal or fibreglass? Stripping metal is fine, but some strippers are just as good at eating resin as paint. You should take care stripping any composite fairing. If the stripper attacks resin, you can be left with a spongy mess of bleached fibre matting. Maybe you could test a hidden spot on the fairing. Stripper can damage painted plastic like your fuel tank too. This is just in case you didn’t know. I'd hate to see a Moderator cry. Only the alternator cover! It's not *bad* (I've refinished it twice), but could use a good re-do. I think it will be pretty subtle, down there, in this *satin-green*. I've never thought of doing it in anything but silver or maybe carbon fiber, so this Carcano-ZnCrO4 is going out on a bit of a limb for me. Sometimes, late at night, I can see doing (in zinc chromate green) the entire Stucchi (fiberglass) bikini fairing, front fender, a (number-plate) section on the leading edges of the tank, and even the leading edges of the valve covers . . . That seems pretty radical, so not yet, though! For now, I'm just more concerned I'll mess up the the "Eagle badge" on the alternator cover. Can I mask it off or should remove it for the "refinish?"

I gots me a can of zinc chromate and I ain't afraid to use it! (Well . . . a little afraid . . . ) You better be afraid.. it goes straight to your liver if you breath it.. Once again, makes me appreciate this Chuck-made/LuckyPhil shift extender .

I remember when the V11 was "too new" to interest MGC. So glad that dark time has passed.

And this. Well said, Scud! There are likely some marine (boating) analogies in this as well . . .

That said, Nothing I've ever flown does it for me like a bike. There are times that the machine disappears under you. I've never felt that exact same feeling in an airplane, even in the Pitts. Wow . . . that's not what I expected to hear at all!