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I've read some interesting threads on some Ducati and Aprilia forums about this rectifier. This might benefit from a short write-up with some photos to show how you wired the Shindengen 847 and where and how you mounted it

Heh, the Saab is actually my wife's. She's the "Saab nut" This one has just become too much trouble to keep going, so we're going to let it go. She likes the older ones better anyway, so maybe we'll get another one from the 70s/80s for her at some point. No surprise to this group, that vintage is much easier to maintain

I hear ya... 2002, sooo long ago I have three other "vehicle" projects that have priority before I get to the Lemans. 1) 1980 Schwinn Suburban rehab 2) 1997 Jaguar XJR rehab, and likely sale. It's been sitting for all of the pandemic and needs fuel pumps, traction control, and some other work. 3) 2006 Saab 93 Aero Convertible, also getting ready for sale, and sitting for most of the pandemic. Needs some notable work. Once those are out of my way, I can start making lists for the Lemans. It has been sitting for many years, and although I started it occasionally, it hasn't been ridden. So there are a lot of minor and not-so-minor issues (no rear brake, no clutch, non-working neutral switch, rear shock rebuild, etc), and it of course will need a pretty thorough going-through. But September is a while away, so we'll see! As a related aside of making a list; since my neck-of-the-woods is also uber hot in the summer, I may want to pick your brain on how your modified delrin engine temperature sensor (ETS, head temperature sensor) is still holding up, and if you still are happy with it. I think your last update was in 2014, where you were reporting it was still giving you good results. I've been trying to remember all of the interesting and even controversial mods over the years, and reacquaint myself with them or even discovering new ones, and then put together a plan of action. I haven't even begun to really digest the Guzzidiag part yet... A lot to catch up on.

My case is the orange plastic case, not metal.

Yep, this happened on several forums I've perused over the years (decades). The Honda Pilot forum became "Piloteers" for a similar reason many years ago.

Hrmm, I have some of Noco's other charger products, which are very nice. The pricing on the batteries is reasonable too. May have to look into these

Apologies if this is covered somewhere in the preceding 19 pages, but has anyone else had trouble physically fitting the Odyssey PC545 in their battery tray? In the photo below, you can see verrrry thin (thinner than a credit card) strips of plastic wedged between the corners of the battery and the frame to protect both. Those pieces of plastic are in there TIGHT! So the battery "fits" in mine, but it is incredibly tight and the bottom corners of the battery are squeezed up against the frame of the motorcycle. I don't like that for two reasons: 1) I don't really want the paint rubbed off the frame. 2) More importantly, I don't want that kind of stress on the battery body. ...and of course it bothers me that the battery just doesn't quite fit. So the real question is this whether this is some oddity with my motorcycle, or others have had similar experience, and if so what you did? I'm not married to using this battery, so I guess a secondary question is what other brands and models of batteries are working out well for others?

Languishing, waiting for some TLC later this year to get it back on the road

Here is a shot of the fairing piece on the Lemans that blocks the underside of the triple tree. One could just remove it when needing the stand, or maybe cut out the appropriately sized hole for the head-lift pin.

I heard back from the Pit Bull folks, who BTW are very responsive and friendly It looks like the Grom adapter might juuuuuuust fit if someone wanted to fiddle around with it, perhaps relieving a little metal from the inside of the adapter to fit the width of the swingarm, but on-the-other-hand it would also probably scratch the h3!! out of the finish on the swingarm so it's probably not worth it Again Pit Bull, and others, obviously make some rear lifts that just use L-shaped pads under the swingarm, and the Pit Bull unit in particular looks like it would hold the bike well not just vertically, but also horizontally. So a rear lift of that type may be the best option. https://www.pit-bull.com/moto-guzzi-motorcycles/moto-guzzi-motorcycles/moto-guzzi-sport-models/standard-forward-handle-rear-motorcycle-stand-f0042a-000

Excellent, thanks for the recommendation! One of us will have to give this or similar a try with the Lemans fairing. A quick Google looks like it is only available down under though? I'm hopeful that one of these will clear the "chin" of the Lemans fairing as-is, or worst case just remove that little "chin" panel from the fairing to make it work. And of course if one is doing major work on the Lemans, the fairing is likely off anyway, so that may be a moot issue in many cases.

The bags look great color-matched! What size HP are those, Junior 30 or Junior 40?

I wonder if he documented this install to better understand how the LED lamp fit into the Lemans bucket, or not, etc. I dropped Andy a message to see if he did. It would be great to know if anyone has measured the dimensions of the interior of the Lemans bucket. Surely that has been done at some point over the last 20 years? Would be a good FAQ item probably.

This is a handy model-specific search for compatible lights at JW: Garage – J.W. Speaker (jwspeaker.com) This one isn't shown in the compatibility list, but it is a 7" unit, and is more "classic" looking versus some of the others. LED Reflector Motorcycle Headlights - Model 8720 (jwspeaker.com) ...sure are expensive though as compared to the LEDPerf products: Round LED headlight for Moto-Guzzi V11 Le Mans - 5 year warranty (ledperf.us) But no telling how well the LEDPerf products are made, and also the LEDPerf products do not appear to be DOT certified for example.

This V100 has been growing on me, especially the green one with gold rims But yes, I think it would be wise to give it a year or two to shake out early production issues, and also see what other models are forthcoming based upon this platform. One immediate opportunity I see is a front fender extender. I watched a review video where the entire front of the engine and radiator were covered in dirt

It's probably safe to assume the ID for the Lemans is the same, but worth checking. I can't imagine why or how it could be different, but we've been surprised before. I'll try to measure that by this weekend while I'm out in the garage finishing cleaning up after neglecting the garage for about 2 years Several of the head lift stand brands either come with multiple sized pins, including 18mm, or also sell the different sized pins separately. So I don't think one would necessarily need to turn/mill a too-large pin down to size unless you needed a specific stand that for some reason didn't include the correct pin size, but that seems unlikely (I hope). Front Stand Head Lift – Vortex Racing Pit Bull indicates that the following model is compatible with "Moto Guzzi, Sport Models", so I've inquired if that translates to the V11 Sport/Lemans/etc series: Pit Bull - Hybrid Headlift - Motorcycle Front Stand [F0100A-000] (pit-bull.com)

So this is a bit of a fork in this thread, talking about adapting spools to the rear swingarm to accommodate a standard rear paddock/lift stand. Pit-Bull responded very quickly today, but in a friendly way declined to provide the dimensions per an agreement with the designer of the adapter, which I can sort-of understand. But as a workaround, he said if I would provide the dimensions of the V11 swingarm, he'd gladly let me know if it would fit. So a quick measure with my caliper says that our swingarm is just barely shy of 51mm tall and is similarly just about 26mm thick. We'll see if they say they are anywhere close. I'm also searching around for the dimensions of the Grom swingarm to come at it that way. Of course if none of this "spools adapter" business works out, there are versions of rear lifts that don't need spools that might work OK if well made. They run the gamut from the cheap Harbor Freight units to more expensive and robust looking Pit Bull models. And BTW, the Pit Bull looks pretty sturdy and like it would keep the bike stable 1000 Lb. Capacity Motorcycle Swingarm Rear Stand (harborfreight.com) Pit Bull - Standard Forward Handle Rear, Motorcycle Stand [F0042-000] (pit-bull.com)

Thanks. David from Andreani USA called, left a message about their services, and also sent me an email with the same information. That and their president corresponding directly with me a few times is a good sign of the customer service at least Their prices are reasonable, and with the good feedback I'm receiving so far here, along with their being somewhat "local", I'll probably give them a try.

That looks a lot like the LEDPerf unit we were discussing in another thread. Based upon the 7x price differential, I'm assuming it is not. Although the LEDPerf unit is not adaptive, so maybe other than that it is? Round LED headlight for Moto-Guzzi V11 Le Mans - 5 year warranty (ledperf.us)

I suspect it is fine and still provides the same benefit. After all the mechanics of the controls aren't really changing. We'll see

I've dropped Pit Bull an inquiry about inside dimensions of their Grom adapters. It's a long-shot, but we'll see what they say: https://www.pit-bull.com/pit-bull-spool-adapter-kit-honda-grom-msx-125-f0125-000

I have the factory stand as well, and it works great... when it does But it's lift location also gets in the way of some tasks as well, so I've been thinking it would be great to also have the ability to lift via the swingarm. But of course our swingarms do not have spool bolt locations. However, I've noted a few "adapters" on the market such as linked below for the Honda Grom, which have a bracket that clamps around the swingarm that the spools are then mounted to. There aren't any of these adapters on the market specifically for the V11 Sport/Lemans, and I'm sure there never will be, but I think I'll go take some measurements of the V11 Sport/Lemans swingarm dimensions and reach out to some of these manufacturers to see what the dimensions are for theirs. If lucky perhaps one of these adapters could be used with the V11 Sport/Lemans swingarm. https://www.pit-bull.com/pit-bull-spool-adapter-kit-honda-grom-msx-125-f0125-000 And yep, the underside of the bottom triple is covered with a flat bit of fairing, but perhaps it could be drilled to allow a pin... noting the clearance issues pointed out by KINDOY2 above are still an obstacle. I suspect this would be another V11 R&D and testing project to find if a particular make & model of head lift stand might work and what special accommodations one would have to make to get it to actually work around a Lemans fairing, fender, etc. For example, perhaps a particular make & model of head lift might clear if the "chin" of the fairing were removed by removing its four bolts? Maybe I'll get that bit of fairing off this weekend, measure the hole in the head tube, and then see if there is an inexpensive lift to experiment with some time.

Has anyone confirmed any "head lift" style front stands that are compatible and work well with the V11 Sport or Lemans? I'm not a huge fan of the front stands that just have the two "fingers" that the ends of the forks sit in. Those seem less than secure... There are quite a few makes and models of head lift stands, but I just wondered if anyone found any that work well with the V11 Sport or Lemans geometry and fender. BTW, does anyone know: 1) If there is indeed an open hole in the bottom of the triple tree center head-tube for one of these head lift stand's pin to slip into? I should go look myself, but it's midnight and a cold and wet walk to the garage 2) If yes "there is a hole", then what the diameter of that hole is in mm? Again, I should go look myself, but see aforementioned time-check (I can always go look in the next day or two myself if no one knows) Attached is a photo of the type of stand I'm referring to as a "head lift" style. P.S. It really is too bad that AFAIK the rear swingarm of the V11 has no capability to mount lift spools, or does it? I've seen a number of adapters for other makes & models of motorcycles that allow spools to be mounted to the swingarm even if the swingarm doesn't have the threaded bushings for spools. Thanks.

Yes, both are a loooong ride, with lots of turns... perhaps too many if there is such a thing (Tail of the Dragon nearby, which based on my years riding in the Santa Cruz Mountain is something I think I'd find tedious after the first 100 turns ) All that kidding and seriousness aside... it would be great fun to meet everyone out on this side of the continent. But it would indeed be a long ride for me, after not riding in many years, and the space between Sanford (Raleigh) and the mountains is not super interesting. And of course, the big issue is the bike. It has sat for many years, so I have to go through the whole thing, then break it back in to satisfy any qualms about its long distance reliability. But September is a long ways off, so you never know

Agreed! I've been using these grips on various motorcycles for 20 years. They have a great feel, tame vibrations, and have great grip. I also filled my factory "clip on" bars with lead shot and silicone, and have the heavy Throttlemeisters. That all seemed to help, but it's still a twin