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OK, I'm vague on the instrument change. The white faced Veglia ( I,ve replaced each of mine once) were 1999- ? - '02? Then came the "IPI" or some - such? And the dubiuos bevel drives went away which was good until the cable set-up changed when? Whew! Makes me dizzy. I'm going after more Laphroig while you guys straighten this out.

Watching "LeMans", ( Steve McQueen, 1971) the Ferraris are festooned with Magnetti-Marelli stickers. My riding buddy asked if they were an old company. I guessed they made radios before the war. "Er, that was Ducati," says he. So I come to the fountain head and ask those who know: what of Marelli?

A "signed" crankshaft?

As if Guzis weren't quite enough on the fringe.

The crash on my Sport took about 3 months to sort. Without the help of forum members it would have been at least triple . Post here for what you need and see if any of us have your parts on the shelf.

Is that a driven sidecar?

Not familiar with 'Nitromors' or 'Smoothrite.' Eastwood makes reliable products for engine painting.

Yer a sick puppy, Carl. Once again, I want to thank you for the schematic for my Sport. It is such an improvement over the shop manual and to compare to the owner's manual is laughable. I've been out the loop for a while. Is your Frankensport ridable? How did it change with the Sporti frame?

Hey! We're not lettin' anybody else say that about you! We spiney types stick together.

Now we can't be bumping the Scuristas off their own thread! Keeps 'em where we can find 'em.

FC, Those are nice panniers on the Sport! They look much further forward than the Guzzi Teknos.What the heck are they and how are they mounted?

Isn't it 150mV +/- 15? I ran my Sport at 165mV for a long time. Thought I would try to eek out a little more range and backed it off to 150. It just doesn't run as well and the mileage is no better. Next tune I'm back to 165. Also I learned my Veglia tach is 300 rpm optimistic. This alone runs the range on the fat side unless compensated for. I learned this from the Guzzi "dashboard" program.

Yes, actually the N2w2 or "nudge,nudge,wink,wink," (know what I mean?)

Such a joy to join you on your journey. I could hardly be restrained blasting after that P-51 Mustang on the Sport . . . You make no mention of maps or GPS. Did you and Hansel leave a trail of small fasteners to find your way home?

So, deburring the cam plates has become like shimming the old shift drum? And these single plate clutches/flywheels - are the parts numbers different between Scura, Tenni and Mandello Rosso?

WOW! That is pretty!

All very true and well put. But: perfect Honda for sale, flawed and suspect V11Sport chained to Rottweiler with AR15 sights leveled over it. You can't have it. It's wonderful and the perfect Honda (93 VFR) isn't. These are wonderful motorcycles. They can be sorted. And at today's used prices they are a real bargain.

Some would believe it adverse to your machine's animism to allow another rider upon it, or someone else to wrench on it. Its Ghost depends upon you and is fragile. I believe.

def: "animism", the storied 'Ghost in the Machine.' I believe.

The seals are easy to lift by working carefully with a small pointed probe. I havn't found any totally dry but certainly not much grease in any either. Mine have slung a little after the packing but just a little wipe up and happy they are wet. As my brother was proud to announce at my large Italian immigrant wedding, " The secret to life is a wet moustache. How you get it is your business."

Test Friday.

The swing arm bearings are the same. But easy to pry off the seals and add some goood greeze.

I remember Pete saying there is a PCV valve. I can't find it on mine. Where is it?

See there? I'm not the only one with a pushrod two-valve PC.

DVH, thanks for the reply! I'm reading your post as the bike takes roughly 20 amps to run. ( Is that with hi-beam?). Riding yesterday I found it easy to turn 4500-5000 on the freeway (80-85 mph) but on the backroads I often saw the tach below 4k.