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"WFM built motorcycles and scooters in Poland in the 1950's and 1960's. Unusually their scooters were successful in competition in ISDT events. 1964 WFM Osa 1964 WFM Osa Scooter The WFM Osa scooter was available with a 150cc engine or a 175cc fan cooled engine. Both being 2-stroke units originally intended for motorcycle use. To fit the engine into the scooter the whole engine/gearbox unit was tilted forward by about 90 degrees. The cylinder ending up between the riders feet and the gearbox high up under the seat ! Unusually for a scooter large 14 inch wheels were used. (most other scooters made at the same time used 8 or 10 inch wheels)" source http://home.clara.net/peterfrost/wfmosa.html

"the more I ___ you"??????

I failed to supersize using Mozilla, Firefox, Camino, and Safari. Internet Exploder did it for me....I guess MicroSoft is an oxymoron when it comes to hard bodies I am sure Jaap will fix it

From what I read on the specs, I think the original spec battery, the Spark 500 is really a re-badged Hawker Genesis, not the superior Hawker Odyssey. The Genesis is a better battery for things like home alarms, battery backups for computers, etc. The Odyssey is a better Motor Sport battery. If you look at the description of the Genesis at www.portablepower.com, they say: "For motorsports applications use the Odyssey battery. The Odyssey was designed for rugged vibration sensitive applications with thicker plates to prevent cracking and premature failure. The warranty on the Genesis doesn't cover motorsports installations. " The Spark 500 having identical specs to the Genesis leads me to the assumption that that is why the Spark 500 has many failures as it is not built for motorsports.

Thanks for bringing the thread back to life!

You may have to be more patient as you flip through the pages. I don't know what you are downloading, but I believe each manual is written in french english italian and german all at the same time, in the same manual, so you just have to keep flipping the pages for your language.

front wheel drive?

Those look really primitive. Do you have to remove the air filter to use it? Maybe I am wrong but basic Mercury sticks work great until you suck mercury. The Morgan Carbtune looks better, but maybe less accurate http://www.carbtune.com/ The TwinMax is pretty portable and convenient and seems to be more than accurate enough http://www.epfguzzi.com/twinmax.html I still would love to develop an onboard constant monitoring meter to let you know when it goes out. I have some ideas But probably not worth patenting...

http://www.portablepower.com/ About as cheap as it gets, great service people, ships from Colorado. They were on back order a couple weeks ago, but they sent me the new battery this week. FWIW The Odyssey I got from them 16 months ago started failing after about a year, but I think it was because of a bad voltage regulator. I got by on the bad battery for about 4 months , but had to push start twice I won't know for sure if the battery was dead until a few days of success with the new one pass. Otherwise I'll be tracking down diod leaks and charging failures.

I am with Pete on this one, "he's quick." About the only way for me to keep up with Rich or RacerX is with a video camera. All I am saying is that your POST IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT VIDEO FOOTAGE!!! Not exactly worthless, but in the stills you posted, you can't see Speedy Rodriguez for all his glory. If anyone has a video camera, I'll volunteer for umbrella and video girl duties, but nothing X or R rated....I do have sexual morals.

setting them in silicone sealant would probably work??? It would decrease vibration, insulate voltage and be easier to remove than epoxy. Use clear if there is fear of blocking light. You might also consider a weep hole for condensation but that might not be necessary....

THIS POST IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT VIDEO! Until then, we have no Rich Rossi, but Baldini is hereby named renamed and proclaimed Valentino Baldini!

I guess it is no coincidence that your name is peter Your Penis humor is very funny, you just can't here me laughing over the internet....I need more smilies, I guess

Maybe 55 posts per hour!?!

This guy is the man! http://www.guzer.com/videos/disco_motorcycle_man.php Me, just a mere thirty something thousand on V11S...but 3333 v11lemans forum posts...about 10 miles per post I have to work up to 55 miles per post

Buell really put the fun in motorcycles! Not bad, Nogbad.

Considering I got an A:F ratio of 17:1, I would consider it a necessity. http://www.guzzitech.com/Quat-D_David-L.html http://www.scripps.edu/~dlaing/v11s/DLV11-vs-TEJack.jpg Here is my PCIII map 0 2 5 10 20 40 60 80 100 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1500 0 26 23 14 27 11 17 20 20 2000 0 0 17 0 5 -3 -2 -12 2 2500 0 0 15 17 -2 2 9 3 17 3000 0 0 0 20 1 17 15 21 29 3500 0 0 0 11 5 3 15 11 15 4000 0 0 0 17 7 1 14 22 24 4500 0 0 0 18 13 4 9 15 4 5000 0 0 0 18 20 4 -3 -6 -1 5500 0 0 0 0 24 1 -6 -7 -4 6000 0 0 0 0 0 1 -8 -6 -7 7000 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -2 -13 -10 8000 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -14 -17 Consider that the 29 at 3000 RPMs represents a correction of the 17:1 Air to Fuel ratio, you can just imagine how rich and how lean it can be. But keep in mind I did not get perfect success. I had pinging at 5000-6000RPM and WOT, where they actually leaned it out!!! The more ideal way to tune it would be with WBO2 bungs welded into the headers so that the cylinders could be individually mapped. Or better yet spend bigger bucks for a more accurate multi gas analysis dyno tuning. Or have fun and get your own WBO2 meter and directly tune the ECU with TuneBoy. BFG, I think Tuneboy has your name on it! This could be a good excuse for you to buy a MacBookPro and load Windows If one makes the partially correct assumption that higher numbers on the map likely correspond to more power, you can see the Quat D will gain power at lower RPMs and lose it at higher RPMs. But you have the later Quat'D with catalyst removed, so your numbers will be different.... I wish someone would map their PCIII or ECU for the quatd, so we could see the dramatic changes. Perhaps OBND may post his results????????

And even then the next time you will get a different result. The answer is probably in the 20 to 60 mile range....I would guess about 30-40 miles or about a gallon or about 3 or 4 liters. I am pretty sure I pushed it over 30miles, and I am pretty sure I ran out in less than 40 miles....but when I saw the light and what I remember are not accurate. YMMV

Note that when I had a custom map done, it corrected air to fuel ratios as high as 17 to 1. The Ti mufflers demand a totally different map than the Quat-D. I suspect that there is no other muffler on the market, other than Enzo's Cobra or similar, that will have as different of fueling demands from the stock or Ti setups as a QuatD does, especially with catalyst removed.

If you pull the fuse to the headlights and stop light on the earlier V11s you also lose the starter. However you can pull the headlight relay...if you can figure out which one that is. Not sure what you would do about taillight/stoplight....pull the bulb???Tape it up???? I am sure the trackies on the list no all about it.

I think the engine braking comes from the lack of power when the throttle is closed. Freer flowing exhaust should make no perceptible difference, although it MAY change how open the throttle is at idle???which would effect the engine braking. But I don't recall switching mufflers changing the idle...nor noticing a change in engine braking. BFG, do you have a PCIII?

For Guzzi to make a V8 they would have to charge 20,000 Euro or outsource the engine from Chinaslovokiastan....which may not be a bad idea. The Moto Chinaslovokiastanian Guzzi V8 engine would probably have to be semi disposable, but that is OK, right?

I found that to the common observer, my older model Quat D was somewhere between the volume of the Mistrals with OEM crossover and the OEM Muffler with OEM crossover. But from the rider's perspective it was actually louder due to the proximity of the rider. If you blast through a canyon road with the muffler bouncing the sound off the canyon wall, the ampification was MAGNIFICENT! Likewise when the bike leans over and the exhaust port faces the asphalt, you will LOVE the sound as you twist the throttle. If it is too much sound, I would put the airbox lid back on or look into adding a restrictor. I still regret having traded it for the Mistrals which do give me more high rpm power, but the Quat-D magnified the Guzzi's soul and marginally made it handle better. If SlowPoke is reading this, the offer to trade back still stands

"Paul Minnaert Apr 21 2005, 10:31 PM in The Guzzi technical notes read this: Subject: new battery Model: V11 Problem: short life-span of the presently fitted ESA SPARK 500E battery. Solution in production: the YUASA YTZ12S battery will be fitted (comes from Yuasa already filled with fluid). In production is fitted a new wiring while on bikes with present wiring it is possible to fit the battery and reroute the cables."

Thanks, Mike. Best explanation (and actually focusing on the topic) I've heard yet!