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Yeah, . . . yeah - that's right. Lots of little old ladies passed me going up the Cherohala that morning . . . I'm not mentioning any usernames, but . . .

Good call. Keep us posted. When you get the original U-joint off, clean the needle bearings, grease it, and I'm thinking you'll have a good , reliable spare.

Link's good! What a stunner! The original Spine Frame in its highest kit!

My Colombo edition is also the 4th (2007). I paid almost twice that for mine (worth it!)

Hands down: Mario Colombo, Moto Guzzi - The Complete History from 1921, accompanied by Greg Field, Moto Guzzi Big Twins. Hope the selections get you on the mend!

LowRyter, how many miles on your Sport?

I don't recall anyone fittinga new U-joint without the entire shaft assembly. They are pricey - I tried to buy one from TL via MI some years back, but it never came available.

Rear facing is correct. Replacing it with a straight zerk (not angled) should give you access through your enlarged hole without removing the swingarm.

The Seal Whisperer

I see a nice southerly loop by Suches to the Guzzi dealer at Rider's Hill in Dahlonega returning by Wolf Pen Gap road and, eventually, the Cherohala (late in the day into the sun as usual). 234 miles versus our usual 226.

It is the first complete restoration of a V11!

The third Guzzi specialist that had mine finally took care of it. And that was just seals. Not all Guzzi Specialists are created equal. At last count, there is only one Andy York and one Pete Roper!

September 12-14, 2014 on the edge of Tennessee, USA with North Carolina and north Georgia. Very likely to hole up at the Lodge at Tellico, but try for a route that doesn't ride into the sun all day. Anxious to hear what the hopes and wishes of the Spine Raiders are! :oldgit: (You know which one you are!)

My crystal ball says September 12-14. Time for a fresh new thread!

D'ben: if you would give up that babe in your avatar that keeps crashing your Ferraris, you wouldn't be aging so much! Send her over. I'll help you out here, buddy.

Clever, those Bavarians! "R-nine-T" I'd like to hook a ride on one and get the feel. Biggest difference in specification is the 12:1 compression. Should make the boxer really *pop*, but well see. I really wanted to like the R1100S, but couldn't wait to get back on the Sport. Maybe this Bavarian is different . . .

I was really wanting the hammer to work. This threatens the axiom: "If it can't be fixed with a hammer, it must be an electrical problem." Hang in there, Bjorn! There must be an explanation that you can address!

Heh: yeah, I used to want a "vintage" motorcycle. Now the ones I bought new have arrived! "Works of Art" they are! BTW, I don't think "mass produced" applies to any of these models. "Hand built in small batches" maybe . . .

I love this phrase : "collector grade" being applied to V11 !

It was an Italian second!

So, there is some Piaggio-Fiat connection that would land the Moto Guzzi in such a precious second of air time?

footgoose, I inserted the MG Cycle link. You should be able to copy and paste the web address from the target to the link icon in the menu above the reply box (ninth from the left). Simply highlight the text you want linked, open the link window and paste in the address. Try the one for the Harper's part. Let me know if it keeps giving you trouble.

So, this just in from chamberlin's review of Moto Guzzi - The Complete Story, Greg Pullen: (chamberlin's post): OK! So I read the birth of the V-Twin section, and it seems that Greg Pullen has it correctly. "Brief" bullet point recap of Pullen's text: Carcano had been working on a powerful and simple V-twin since the demise of the V8 in 1957 Carcano had dreamed of building a road going V-twin but his original designs in the 50's never made it off the drawing board after the V8 project was dropped, he re-visted the idea of the V-twin, hoping it would find a place in farm water pumps and be a utilitarian motor, but Moto Guzzi ignored and concentrated on the 2-stroke designs Carcano kept the V-twin idea for a motorcycle in the background, but in the meantime dropped his prototype into a Fiat Nuova 500 for fun (causing a few rumors in the auto journalism world) Moto Guzzi did employ a 90 Deg. V-twin in the attempted replacement for the Ercole/Ercolino Motocarri trikes: a military vehicle called the 3x3...only about 200 were built, but this 754cc V-twin motor was penned by Micucci, not Carcano the Micucci motor was related to the Carcano engine only by the most basic layout and had little else in common with Carcano's design Guzzi finally entertained Carcano's idea to power a Fiat, but Fiat showed no interest...and as we all know now, Abarth became Fiat's tuning house instead a bidding for a new government motorcycle contract was offered up to Guzzi, Gilera, Laverda and Benelli in 1963 Carcano and Todero re-fit the V-twin intended for the Fiat into a motorcycle chassis and won the contract 1965 Milan show debuted the 704cc robust engine as a commercial offering while police and army contracts were also being filled Carcano was focused on squeezing power for racing in his previous designs, but this time he was focused on longevity for this new V7 motor big end bearings which were easily accessible like a car sump unbolted like a car electric start only like a car (big battery and generator) produced until 1976 with USA buying the bulk of the production run So, looks like Pullen has put another nail in the coffin of Mick Walker's mis-informed storyline.

Yeah, cool: here it is on Jalopnik. The Guzzi motor is at second :51. ã propos with Maserati's early involvement with the spine fame!