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How tight? One and one-eighth turns after the (oiled) gasket touches. Second (fourth, fifth?) -hand bike needs a change? Drop the sump and take a good look. Some well-meaning chap may have cinched it with a hose clamp!

what's this crazy talk?? Sacrilege, I'm sure!

The TT15 has a Celestion Vintage 10 80th Anniversary limited edition and the TT18 has a Celestion G12H 70th Anniversary limited edition. Don't be fooled by the small size of the TT15, it's stupid loud. I've changed the Orange drop capacitors for Mallory 150s in the TT15 which has improved the tone a little. One day, I'll change out the 4x10 Jensons in the Bassman for something more mellow (but I do love it that they say "Made in Italy!"

Very nice! A picture of her with your Lemans?

All that and a Lisle Impact Tool! Gives your hammer something constructive to do!

You guys have some stunning kit! I'm jazzed!! What's for speakers in the Trevinitones?

I think I may resemble that remark!

+1 . . . I must have seen them on that same tour in '78 in a "small" arena in St. Pete, FL. I figure they left it with " . . . serious metal fatigue in all the load-bearing members . . . "

+1 . . .

Not a receiver, but I've had an Audio Research CA50 integrated amp in active use for about 20 years (currently driving the system in my office). Arguably the best 45 watts you will ever listen to. In this day and age pair it with a decent DAC and good speakers & you'll be in listening nirvana. "DAC?"

I'm seeing a lot of stuff that rings true with my V11! I'm lost between jealous and inspired! @moto fugazzi - we've got a guy that does some back-up vocals with us from time to time. Always pressing him to be cuter, curvier, and "better dressed", we call him "Ken-chita." Could be you, baby!

IS THAT WHAT THOSE PLATES SAID?!! I have a set of those pipes that has the rivets still in but no plates. I guess many owners tore them off and I can see why now. I still wish they were still on though . In a weird way. That IS weird . . .

Find a last gen LeMans and paint it as a Tenni yourself?

I feel better already!

And parked it over one of my added Bosch horn relays on the right next the the spine frame (thanks danl !):

Grafted it to the connector from the electric petcock:

The LED thing did not work out for me, so I tinted an 18v "grain-of-wheat" bulb with blue VHT paint.

Ooh, baby . . . McIntosh?

@ GuzziMoto, that Mesa Boogie amp absolutely haunted my sleep for months before I ended up with the Bassman LTD. I'd love to hear it! @moto fugazzi, I hope you re-post your clutch arm here! 6L6?

There are quite a few of my silly possessions that fall in line with having a Guzzi. I'm not sure what the common denominator is exactly: analog, atavistic, anachronismal (alliteration!) . . . living long in the lower register? We're bringing this fun topic here from a couple other tech threads so we can be exponentially expressive, even existential . . .

And they probably like push rods, too! New thread! New thread! New thread!

A thousand bucks and that includes an ECU? That's a great deal!

Whaaaat!?!? No cigar?

Just in from almost 1.000 km (562 miles) of hilly backroads to attend the Barber Vintage Festival. The change to the Sport is delightful! I feel really lucky it worked out so well. The *tone* reminds me of resetting the intonation and (string) action on my bass guitar - so much easier and enjoyable to ride (play) and such a nice, harmonic *ring* on the throttle. I don't think anyone else could hear the difference, but with the bell mouths right below my ears, the change in tone is just lovely. I realize that the only "quantification" has been the change in idle speed and throttle body synchronization (and, perhaps, fuel economy - one more fill-up to gather final data), but having turned over 97,000 miles /157.000 km on this trip (while topping the ton at that moment ), my empirical impression is exceptionally positive. I am one to say the Spine Frame airbox can be a lovely piece of kit!

@Ken -so you've got it sorted? All good now? (The "shims" were, first - a bronze crush washer that didn't hold up as well as I had hoped, although it was probably in there 30,000 miles; and the current one which is a stainless steel washer.) Thanks for the compliment on the amp. I love my tube (valve) amp! It's one of the joyous things in my life that always reminds me of the V11!