docc

Welcome, Sander! Some have found the oil at the front is not the cover, but the timing sensor on the left top of the case. It is worth checking and so much easier to seal than the timing chest!

What's the plan for the valve and head work?

German Ballabio brochure "Die Schöne und das Bieste!"

Yeah, yeah, docc never done anything majorly stupid to his Goozee . . . Well, actually . . . . . . . . . there was that one suspension set-up that was pretty bogus. Not more than thousands of other things.

Look for chamberlin's entire collection of "vintage" Moto Guzzi Sales Brochures in FileShare!

Who said anything about "vibration?" I had my right coil zip-tied to the frame for more years than I can remember. No failure. I bet there are a ton of these coils (attached to the bracket) just floating under the frame in the wiring nest. I suppose that would make for excellent vibration isolation!

So, the lad pulled the trigger! Sounds great! Can't wait to get a ride on it. Thanks to everyone here for the insights!

Neat - I'll add that link to the Tank Off Maintenance Checklist. Looks like they would also have the smaller ones used for the ECU (I had to repair two of those also).

Those look fantastic! What are you using to trigger the speedo? Was the whole thing just plug & play?

The Touratech pieces are currently $10US each plus shipping. I found two out of the three coil mounts separated and repaired them by cleaning the metal part on a wire wheel, prepping both sides with a solvent and securing them with a high strength contact adhesive (Shoe Goo or Goop). Others have used "SuperGlue" (cyanoacrylate) , or other adhesives.

Henk, I wish I were closer to Bern to go see the bike for you. But those are some good km for a bike that age. Better than it sitting! There should be some good maintenance records, yes? BTW, the price looks good for what we see in the States for Rosso Corsa.

After replacing the breather hose (with the Moto Guzzi hose from MGcycle) and sealing the distributor cover plate, a little 44 mile ride shows no wetness anywhere. I did take the time to remove the starter and the right side inspection plug and wash out the bell housing with electronics cleaner. Time will now tell if all the wetness that looked like it was coming from the bell housing/ rear of the engine has actually been from the top of the engine. Let's hope!!

That'll test the durability of your paint!

That's a really nice one. Not at all like my high mile rat bike. For the record, the pal spring issue arose largely in 2002, although other years have reported it as well. The early gearbox recall was for the "sliding dogs" and the internal "cush drive." Shifting of affected bikes degraded , but did not fail like the broken pawl spring.

FWIW, the Centauro upper clamp appears to start with "02": 02 493 100

zagato and Camn: thanks for the tips! I pulled my sump and found the screen filter with a coating of paste. Also added the rubber boot to the sensor. Very tidy!

Buttoned back up! Started right up (after I remembered to turn the petcock back on ).

Heh, yeah, as jumbled as the factory fittings were, now - so many years and POs on, all bets fall off. Certainly an early clamp. I remember seeing the photos of it thinking, "Those are factory bar mount holes."

My only reference was Field's post from back when he was with Moto International. It would be very likely that early V11 Sports used up the remaining 1100Sport-ie clamps. Not sure why yours would have been holed for handlebars unless they were also used on the Centauro. Perhaps the only difference from xxxx3100 to xxxx3130 is that the bar mounting holes go away? Still wish someone could provide the Service Bulletin on the change of triple clamps on early V11 Sports . . . . sp838: what's your (approximate) serial number? (apparently, that Service Bulletin applied to SN > 113032)

That is one of the "early" triple clamp numbers listed by Field in a previous post: ["Does it read "0149 3100" or "0149 3130" (both early) or "501452" (most late)?"] Not sure the difference in the xxxx3130 clamp expect that it may not have bar mounting holes. Since the Sport1100 had clip-ons like the V11 Sport, I wonder in the xxxx3100 clamp is from the Centauro bin?

I guess I was looking at the Greenie.

Are missing turn signals in the "small cosmetic flaw" category? Otherwise, it looks like a nice, stock example and a good price. Assuming the clocks work, gearbox recall complete &c . . .

The neutral light might respond to a good cleaning. Something like mineral spirits and work it in and out repeatedly. You can test it off the bike with an Ohm meter from the connection to the body. It could be as simple as cleaning the spade connector with a spray cleaner and crimping it for a tight fit. Seal the boot well with Vaseline since it rides in the weather. Some have reported better switch function with RedLine ShockProof. I like the "Lightweight" for the gearbox. Looks like a blue milkshake in the sight glass! (Those clocks are freakin' gorgeous!)

Agostini ? As you say!

Yo . . . (sir), through Moderator Mirror Magic, this is the 2014 SSR thread . . . Last post of the 2013 is here. I went back through all the spine raid threads and gave them consistent titles i.e. "Second South'n Spine Raid 2006." There was no SSR in 2005 and the thread for the Inaugural Event in 2004 has been lost to the cyber-abyss of forum reconstruction. I tried to gather some archive photos from your link to WildGuzzi, but it said they either weren't there or I wasn't man enough to see them.