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The word is "stiction". Is that a portmanteau?

MGCycle in Wisconsin MPH Cycles, Houston , Texas Moto International, Seattle, Washington There are others, of course, and some great resources in Germany (HMB Guzzi) and the Netherlands (Teo Lamers)

Wait, what? TRIPLE? What's that all about?

Sheesh . . . Understatement of the Year! FWIW, the gearbox capacity is 850 ml or 0,850 liter. Not sure about that 2.8 l thing.

I found the parts manual also very helpful. Download here from Teo Lemers, Netherlands

Bravo, Frank!! Thanks for posting - hope you'll be here more. It's great to hear what you have to say about Moto Guzzi and your fine looking champagne LeMans!

Hi, bivas! If you like Motul (excellent products!), look at their 7100 4T 20W-50 for your Scura. Engine oil capacity: 3,5 liters. As a fuel filter alternative, I use a quality built filter for the Isuzu Trooper. It is slightly shorter and requires a slightly longer fuel line from the pump.

Congratulations on the new ride!!

I dunno about that. Mine looks like it's stamped 09 00, but my build date is 3-2000 and I was riding it by August . . . Maybe it's a "use by" date.

Pretty sure jwh20 just scooped that one in the Indianapolis listing!

It's a stunner! Looks bone-stock. Good for you ! !

Clean up your piston movement while you're at it. The brakes get so much better with them evened out!

It's visible ahead of the tank, but you chaps with a full fairing will have a harder time seeing it. Not sure if you can peer in from above or below the fairing and see it?

Ah,you southern clime riders.Might get below 70! Get the tiny violins out. True, that! Although I've never tried using tiny violins to stay warm while riding. Yet, it's been pretty common to leave these foothills at 80˚F and end up on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the mid-fifties riding through fog. With the wind chill factor, and if you don't have some layers and good gear, "scenic" goes to "sucky" in a few miles. Then here's czakky coming from the Florida left coast. After I lived there for a while, my blood slowly turned to something like tequila. Which apparently boils at a pretty low altitude.

Still running great! Over the last several years, I noticed a sooty deposit around the left head pipe/cross over junction. On this re-assembly I made a big effort to "de-stress" the entire exhaust system from the heads through all the hangers and the soot has disappeared. Could an exhaust leak like that really make any significant difference to the running?

You and I have a running PM on that if you want to get the ground work done there?

Hey . . . those are my kids!

Simple enough to see that the speedometer and tachometer are working reliably and the trip odometer can still be reset. A bad instrument may not be a deal killer, but it should figure in the price. The biggest nuisance of the 2002 was probably the bubbly/fuzzy/flaking black paint on the engine, gearbox, and rear drive. Some of these have been addressed in various ways. And it may not be troubling to you, but it is a 2002 issue to look for. Charging and electrical issues can require some attention, so checking voltages key on/at idle/ and at RPM can give you an idea if the charging system is healthy. As posted, the only deal killer would be that you ride it and she doesn't speak to you. Otherwise, anything that comes up is do-able!

I guess we better get cracking on updating that Model Year FAQ!

So, your cocnern about the running issue is resolved?

Just completed the 600 mile service on the V7. And managed to hook a little ride on it! It is 100% Moto Guzzi, such a nice motor that doesn't seem "small" at all. It would be nice to have more weight over the front, but that could be easily done. That said, what is this noise: when the bike is shut off, it makes a whirring sounding for about a second every ten seconds or so for quite a long time. It didn't not stop by pulling each fuse.

I like that the individual threads can keep their identity. Most of them aren't very active, but that's ok as long as they remain intact for the members they matter to. So, the registry would update a pinned first post with the most current compilation of data kind of like our "poll" function does now?

You mean take all the existing "registries" pinned in 24/7 V11 sub-forum and put them under their own sub-forum? That would make the existing sub-forum lots cleaner.