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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.

Then the spine frame would live on . . .

Isn't there someone out there with a 30 amp ammeter who could guage the actual current draw? My puny ammeter will only do 10amps.

I feel absolved not to have any car-burettors for ye to have off with. Indeed, the p.roper thing would be to have those with car-burettors to bring them forth for a careful inspection.

i must say, you should really come ride here! most vivacious posters are so quiet in person to require substantial libation to loosen up. Having never seen-a-Tenni-in-Tennessee it hurts my mouth to say so. "Barkeep, another round for the DARKMAN and I."

So, Greg, does that mean there's another book in the works? Very much enjoyed the first!

Even with a red frame there's not enough darkness at the hairdresser. You'd feel at home here with all the stone walls on the roadside , bridges and even friendly sheep.

It makes me reflect, less than fondly, on my dealer's comment as I picked the bike up from some extensive warrantee service: Straddling the bike to pull away I roll the 'fast idle' lever on for the cold start. "That doesn't work", says the good natured fellow who's took my 12K USD. "No,eh?, well, I'll have a look at it at home then." With a bit of experience in bicycle shops ( Hey! Orville and Wilbur flew , didn't they?), I drew the cable through and tightened the stop, and rotated the cam to near contact with the throttle plate. Actuating the lever gives me some 1800 rpm. Not a squeeler but enough to sustain cold idle for a few seconds while I get my kit together. If it weren't for the yellow paint I would never have found all the p.roper points of adjustment!

Wot? No fashion conscious big-ass Brembo discs?

That is a good improvement. I've rewired both the headlamps and the horns through separate fused hots, relays and grounds. Still they draw what they draw. I'm thinking of going to the Gerbings vest which is 33watts. I don't like riding under 40F anyway since the traction can reach up and bite you right in the patoot!

We all had omellettes or French Toast with coffee in various states of tune. Next time I promise to ask for 'Toads in the Hole" to honor the Olde Country brethren and leave the waitress agast. Knowing the Irish Contingent had acknowledged our posts, we paused waiting for the darkening of Scuras on the horizon . . . with no dull roar in the distance as of Spitfires over the hills we allowed ourselves the leave to ply hill and valley echoing off the cliffsides and even rather rattling that one Maserati coupe. Wish you were here.

But "NORGE?" Oh, bloody hell! Not in America. That's a Fridge! I used to call my Honda Pacific Coast a 'Norge.' Not funny enough to sell one . . .

well , whatever, I've tried again and can't post the picture. "Done" it says. Maybe it should say "piss off." Perhaps the forum has moved on to the modern Briso drives and I'm left with the half -arsed V11 Sport shite. Techno-modernism does move on and sometimes yer pushrod-dial-up-two/valve-old techism just won't make a post. Still had a great ride today. 135 miles, turned 40,000 on the Sport, all beautiful Autumn and crisp revving exhiliration . . .I love this bike!

There, dammit, "p.roper Guzzis" all met up fer "toads in the hole" or the best we can get here in Lower Middle Mule-Town.