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A spin? A go? A "bit of sport?" Nudge-nudge-wink-wink . . . know what I mean- know what I mean?

Best of luck! Make the good motorcycle run again!

So, I'm thinking when a Canadian says "$100" and a Brit says "100 quid" it means roughly the same thing: a 200 ** part = 300 ** Still about the same what I paid for my last Veglia speedo in USD. I'd like to think modern technology will outlast the Veglia, but I've seen my Veglia speedos outlast my Garmin Zumos . . .

Hey, wait! Is there a crankshaft in that V11 Sport?

This is the front crank seal behind the stator? How did you do t?

Some setting other than zero may give you the very best CO%. There is even talk that setting the CO% using a gas analyzer at some rpm (not idle) gives the best result. Yet, starting at minus 27 my results were fantastic just to zero the parameter with the ECU interface (honestly, I can't remember if Andy used the Axone or the VDSTS - he had me under his spell Just for reference, ask your tech where yours was already set.

Language barrier?

Sorry about that being so unclear. 3.5% is the parameter for the exhaust gas analyzer. The Guzzi software (ie: Axone) shows the CO on a +/- scale. My Sport was delivered at -27. When Andy zeroed it, the idle and general running improved fantastically. As I recall that coincided with the 3.5%.

I'm trying to convert from the metric. Maybe the line length is in cm (108) ? - - - - 42 inches would make more sense than 4.2 inches? Otherwise, it makes sense that the threaded fitting is 10mm diameter with a 1.00 mm thread pitch and 15 mm long. Routing? Mine appears to start from the left side of the spine at the head tube and cross under it to the right before dropping to the slave cylinder.

Sheesh: Guzzi Guys - "I like my Guzzi well enough, but I think I can make it better with an angle grinder."

I suspect the next Veglia tach that plays up on my Sport will morph into a SpeedHut . . .

Interesting link. Written in 2005; I don't see any follow up on their website. While also not a big dyno junky (maybe just because I don't have one), it's interesting to see 5 hp from a canister change, but not much difference from crossover change. Or even a 6 hp drop on the top end (from that link's charts). It would make me confident to fit some cans that I like the looks of (oval, round, reverse megs, stainless, aluminum, carbon fiber) and wait on the crossover. If you are going from the stock LaFranchoni twenty pound canisters, you will absolutely love whatever you choose. They'll sound, and feel, great. If you love the look of the reverse cone Mistral - go for it! You can always fit a different crossover on later. The tuning isn't that critical as long as the CO is set. Have the dealer get that zeroed or 3.5%.

What do the repairs cost?

That is clean! As long as it doesn't some kind of goofy headlights or an oversize front tire . . .

Well done, then, on the new addition! The 2000 Sport is the fastest, best handling, best looking, most well behaved creature on earth. Well, the silver ones are . . . Seriously - the tachs can be flinky, but let's start with the simple (read:cheap) stuff first. The tach gets its current through the front two relays. Not a bad idea to first swap those for known good ones.

Reading my fresh 8.2 version of Dave Richardson's Guzziology, he states that Moto International has rebuild kits for the Bitubo dampers (from Bitubo, not Guzzi).

WOW, Bjorn! That is sweeet! Can't wait to see it all together!

That's ponti_33609's V11 - he hasn't been active on this forum for about a year and a half. Here's a post he made about the sound where he says he left the baffles in, but that video might have been made after he took them out. They are seemingly not visible in the pipe exit.

There is this thread: A Tale of Four Crossovers started by Greg Field. Not sure if it has what you're looking for. I've never heard a bad sounding V11!

Some of those guys I knew 'back in the day' finally did get *permanent* addresses. But they still don't answer the phone. (Thanks for the tip on CycleGear.)

Cool, Dave! Looking forward to hearing you coming up the road!

Good case for those service intervals. By the time something gathers itself up, it's at the recycler!

Ya know, neither the plumbing dept at Ace Hardware, nor the "oil seal" selection at O'Reilly's Auto Parts specified the material. Yet, I feel a lot better with something that says "oil seal" instead of "plumbing."

FWIW, IMHO, and FWIR (from what I've read), combining quality lubricants of the correct (or even close) specification is not likely to bring the moon down into the Caribbean . . .

This is good to know. With the popularity of "V-twins," maybe my local auto parts will have this. Sourcing RL Shockproof reminds me of some guys I knew in Florida who could sometimes find rare, er, *products* but they didn't really answer the phone. And often didn't have the same address from week to week.