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Sounds like you are going to really like your V11! The valve lash/TPS/throttle body balance will work wonders! (How many miles on that driveline?) The SpeedHut are such an excellent solution (Veglia #3 pictured above I wish it would display voltage.

Hmmm, don't know if they changed?

Just a reminder to click on the link in Post #1 to go to the entire collection of chamberlin's brochures in FileShare including the Tenni brochure he just posted. Thanks, again, chamberlin!!

That's painful, man! And I don't see another bike listed in your profile . . . 18 months with no bike could make a guy grumpy.

Great sound! BTW, does your battery light not come on with the key?

Take ze proper papers, ja? We would like for you to return easily!

I'm not sure my entire Sport, complete with Öhlins, would bring 1200 Euro!

In the process, did you find an Öhlins can actually be sourced again for the V11 application? Years ago, when I got mine, the word was it was the last of them.

Great location for a future Spine Raid! Hey - it's still "South'n!" Well, south of Wiesbaden . . .

Gonna miss ya, S! Enjoy your time with your son. Maybe a trip to Germany is in your future (with a scoot over the mountains to Mandello)!

Jacob, I've been in touch with gstallons and will PM you his contact information. It certainly looks like he has the nut you need. Stand by!

Gotta love it when a plan comes together! What a woman! (I luvs u 2, bill . . . )

belfastguzzi wrestled with this one like St. George and the Dragon . . .

I'm gonna look for that repair thread. Otherwise, keep us posted on the progress. czakky recently had his timing cover off and has a thread worth reading. And dawdish found a messed up gasket, but also shows some good info on this thread: "Oil Leak" started in 2007 by richard100t and goes through May 2014. svjj fixed his with JB Weld, but it's still not the thread I'm looking for . . .

At least you've got your 5 posts in and the overt sarcasm can begin in earnest! Somehow, I can't get your photos to render (if that's the correct cyber-term) so can't see the crack. If it's not structural, and it's accessible, I would be tempted to clean it up and try the JBWeld. It's certainly not an elegant solution, while removing the chest cover and having a TIG magician button it might b the best world. My first thought would be to get it to Bjorn's little brother across the channel . . .

True, the 1999-2002 tanks are chin pad/external filter/pump and 2003 on have internal filter/pump and smooth top. Steve, just curious, if your LeMans has a VIN tenth digit of "5" or "4?" (No one here has ever confirmed a V11 actually built in '05 . . .)

Maybe worth using a thread sealer on the bolt and see if it makes any difference. Tonight, I'll trying searching out the s]case repair thread. It wasn't pretty, but it worked for the guy without removing/repairing/replacing the timing cover. Seems like he cleaned it up and used JB Weld, a metal epoxy common in the US.

Sure, but we'll love you for it!

Yeah, I get the same. Harrumph! Come'on, gs! Don't me me ride up there to The River and straighten this out.

Stew, Yeah, 6mm screw: 8-12 NM. I've always wire brushed my threads and treated them to a dab of copper anti-seize. Wipe the gaskets and head surface clean. Tighten in a "star" pattern from the inside > out. Same gaskets after 90,000+ miles! (FWIW, I use LowRyter's "tug-squinch" method for the torque using a T-handle . . .)

As long as it doesn't come out, "?!#@$in' docc!" The forum police here won't allow overt sarcasm until your 5th post . . . Looks like the leak wouldn't be the typical crank sensor O-ring, or the crankcase vent hose under the frame behind the headstock. So much for the easy stuff! Definitely get a good look above the front subframe connection to be sure there is no way the oil is dropping down there from above (ie: oil cooler line). Otherwise, I do recall a member who had a cracked timing chest. Let me see if a proper application of Remembery Fluid will help me find that thread . . .

I was thinking you had some big cojones doing a complete resto on a V11. . . . . . . . then you started making your own gasoline.

Yeah - these guys hardly ever post (more than a few) pictures of goofy stunts one might perform at Spine Raid . . .

Hey! My Guzzi resembles that remark!

Quercus, thanks for checking in. You're in the right place to sort your Sport! First order of business is to clean up the mess and apply an even coat of spray-on foot powder. Go for a short ride and look for the discoloration from the oil leak. Thar she blows! There are three or four common places up there to address, so lets see if we can narrow it down from the beginning. (Maybe post a wee pic of the wet spot once it fouls the powder).