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What a great topic! Link to a previous discussion:

While finalizing my reservation with The Lodge at Tellico, Ken sent me this message with contact info: Happy Saturday! All are welcome to use the link below or call, just make sure to mention the group. I have blocked a total of 13 rooms and can add more or remove if/when necessary. Looking forward to another great year! Ken https://hotels.cloudbeds.com/reservation/gZK3sa?allotment_block_code=b102430#checkin=2025-09-05&checkout=2025-09-07 EDIT: Oh, my! Six months out . . .

I had heard that tradition was at age 50? In that case, I'm behind . . .

I see now how high the battery sits above the subframe. Consider mounting the battery basket from beneath the subframe.

Progress, @Tennitragic! Just a note that our V11 are very demanding on the relays. "High Current" micro relays are well indicated, but challenging to verify. Lately, this means Picker Components or CIT....

Tell the good man we are speaking fondly of him and would enjoy a visit!

@Orson kicked off our "Post a Picture" thread with his "Tenni in the Apuan Alps of Tuscany " . . . At some point, he moved to the coast of US North Carolina. Last post, last visit here I see from him is March 2019 . . . https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/profile/16-orson/

Presently embroiled in a transition from a thirty year domicile, I am reminded of the matters of Maritime Law. Is my buoyant crap falling overboard (flotsam), or am I throwing it overboard deliberately (jetsam)? Will I try to tie a marker to my sinking stuff (lagan) to try and reclaim it later, or let it sink to abandonment (derelict). Will pirates come to relieve me of some of the burden? AAARRRRGGGG !!! https://everything.explained.today/Flotsam%2C_jetsam%2C_lagan_and_derelict/

Also, here: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/thread-gauges/wall-mount-thread-it-screw-bolt-and-nut-size-identifiers/ $67.84US plus shipping/taxes

Took me a while, but I did find this nice shot of @Admin Jaap's V11 G&B . . . .

Like the "thread boards" mounted in the fastener aisle at the local hardware store? I never thought of adding those to my personal "fastener aisle" . . . brilliant!

. . . but not a fart too far!

Update on these retention washers and special nuts, courtesy of @pete roper:

This "safety washer"is what failed on my gearbox input hub. The hub would "walk off" and there would be no clutch engagement. Then spin back on like nothing had happened. Good to know these are standard industry items and the sockets are also available outside of "Moto Guzzi Special tools." Failed retention: Repurposed failed Safety Washer as sidestand index. Seems all bight-eyed ans smiles there . . .

GU12717600 https://harpermoto.com/search?q=GU12717600&options[prefix]=last (Gotta love Curtis' wooden inch-ruler with the metal edge, "MADE IN U.S.A." ) Pretty sure my first grade teacher might have smacked my bum with one of those for being tempestuous. Or impetuous. Or worse.

Are we, actually, "that guy " . . .

This is first I have heard that the lock nuts and "safety washers" are SKF items. Thank you, Pete! Long time since hearing from @Rolf Halvorsen. Wishing him the best.

Pretty sure you have done this already, but I just scrolled ten pages of US eBay and don't see any.

Cymru Comrade in Chief @Baldini last visited about a year ago. Maybe this will bring the good man around!

Talking about the connector, I found mine a bit corroded this evening when I inspected the type. I gave it a shot of Caig DeOxit® and slipped "the boot" back on. A couple things came to mind: 1) If the connection fails, it will act like a bad switch and the oil warning light will not illuminate when the bike is not running, ignition on (before start up and a few seconds after shut down). @bullionz failure could be a connection failure. 2) This connection is rather in the weather and the original connection is bare and unprotected. I added this "boot" from the V11 EV ("California?") side of the range.

My 2000 Sport definitely has the "bullet" connector as shown by @PhillipLarsen, not the "spade connector.

Can't wait to see this year's pictures of the reverie! Thanks for keeping us in the loop @belfastguzzi! I count about twenty members in Cymru, but don't see anyone very active here.

AGM (absorbed glass mat) is a type of VRLA (vave regulated lead acid) battery which our OEM "Spark 500"/ Hawker Odyssey PC545 is a unique example. My other (Deka) AGM batteries are not as demanding regarding charge voltage and amperage, but they don't last and perform like the Odyssey, either. I once bought a charger with an AGM function, but the voltage did not check out (not high enough) in the float ("trickle") mode and I returned it. Odyssey publishes a list of approved chargers. For those of us still using the Hawker Odyssey, "three things":

I asked mySport what she thought of this "soul" business. We had quite a session over the matter and agreed to come back to it along the creeks and over the ridges with her song echoing off the bluffs and streams.

Here is the Kiwi_Roy diagram of the R/R. If one applies current to the red wire, from the battery side aka external charging, and the regulator is grounded, will that current "do" anything inside the regulator or simply not cross diodes 4 and 5? Could those (or the other) diodes get damaged applying that current backward into the R/R? @MartyNZ had stated that a problem might be related to the charging pulses from charges that use a "desulfation" mode . . .