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May we all get to take our own shortcuts from Nayook to Noojee! I tried that from Dowelltown to DaleRidge on the way to this KSR and rode the worst "road" in my riding career. It was some combination of a Trials Course and a bombed-out battlefield. I ran off the "road" (just) once and only noticed as the surface improved up the local's driveway!

Everything about this reminds me of riding mySport . The flowing melody, captivating allure, gentle longing . . . I may start calling her "Magnolia " . . .

You guys are too kind. My efforts would be nothing without this worldwide community. Look at the continuity we have here. A web-based forum over twenty years old? With contributors dating that far back. Seriously, that is pretty much unheard of on the web, or even with specialty "clubs." @Admin Jaap has given us such a great, and consistent, arena here all this time. All y'all just rock!

Wow. What is the month/year build date on the headstock tag?

What "2001" model V11 is this @Tomchri? Does it have the black Long Frame with the lower tube bracing? (We know that what we call a 2002 in the USA, or even AUS/NZ, could be a 2001 in Europe.)

Regarding the air bypass screws, it occurred to me to say that if you have to set one side quite different than the other (like 3/4 and 1 1/4 turns out) to synchronize the throttle bodies at idle, take time to look for a vacuum leak.

True, that. Seems all of the cracked cases I have seen are silver and were discovered without apparent incident. My dealer told me that landing wheelies on a V11 ShortFrame could do that . . . I said, "It wasn't me!"

I know this post is redundant, but the later LongFrame lower/rear subframe "tube" brace is clearly visible on this Rosso Corsa and the image is just so compelling and begs to be shared!

Correct. There is only the underside mount tab on the RedFrames. Apparently, the 2001 Rosso Mandello ShortFrame (painted black) does not have the tab. IIRC, @Tinus89 added a tab to his Rosso Mandello frame the brace it. The later V11 tube-braced LongFrame, 2002-2005, does not have the underside tab for the plate, but probably* braces the engine-> swingarm across the gearbox adequately with the lower tube braces from the rear subframe (seen below, just above the exhaust). *Does anyone recall a cracked gearbox mounting boss on a LongFrame V11?

For sure, the Stucchi Luigi Moto Guzzi color-matched accessory flyscreen for the 1999-2001 Sport is fiberglass. None of the later, or Rosso Mandello, flyscreens were the same. The 2002-2005 full-size LeMans fairing is some kind of polymer ("plastic"), pretty sure ABS.

Pretty sure the fairing is ABS (I don't have one). Perhaps, it is polyamide ("Nylon") like the tank, but it is not fiberglass, IIRC. Each of these materials is repaired differently, but, yes, then the paint . . .

MySport yet exists, and thrives, solely because of this community and the magic that comes with SpineRaids .

My understanding is that a spare gearbox input hub can be used as a clutch alignment tool, in this case for a 5-speed transmission.

@Lucky Phil's outstanding (as usual) tutorial and outcome regarding the case crack issue:

What a great resource, especially for older Guzzis! There is one set of AMP SuperSeal cables shown. No assortment of seals, though . . .

@Goofman's "Alfa" parked between the trucks . . .

Great stuff, @cowtownchemist! Complete with PBR Amp Fluid . . .

I recall @Bill Hagan coined "Garage Mahal " for his digs in Atlanta. Bill's new digs be "Moto Grappa ." Goofman's cool section is known as "Moto Brimstone " . . . (My digs are known as . . . the garage.)

Agreed, @4corsa! A thoroughly enjoyable read that reaches out to our sense of what motorcycling is. Something (some "thing") that is so hard to express, especially in writing.

I liked the Motus concept very much. They often displayed at the Barber Vintage Festival and enjoyed demonstrating start-ups. Don't we, also? Curious, now, how the V100 Guzzi has this same exhaust configuration and the water cooling . . .

Very, very difficult to photograph the cracked gearbox mount point in situ . Using a bright flashlight/"torch", it can be seen. Much harder with the bike leaned over on the sidestand. Seen from the left of the bike, kneeling with head ducked and cocked, peering in: Mount point of concern/center, below the red frame tab; white throttle rod knob/10:00; shock reservoir/5:00; starter cover/7-8:00 . . .

The Bridgestone Battlax T32 is serving me well, in the GT spec . . . YMMV, literally . . .

Worth repeating: The @Chip Seal-Mobile (with Titanium cans!) . . .

TPS posts moved:

Dang, y'all . . . Got me hopping on thread drift and scatter . . . (Looking to split the TPS content from this air bypass thread to its own topic.)