FuelCooler

Finally zero’ed the CO trim with GuzziDiag. Was set at -40. Runs much better now. First time using GuzziDiag. It’s really useful. Verified engine and air temp sensors were functioning.

Tonight: Tank back off, air box back off, new intake manifold boots, removed the K&N air filter and put a new stock UFI paper filter in. Valve covers off and set the clearance looser, to what was specified on the swing arm (.015mm in, .20mm ex). Or .006 and .008 inch.

Also, my bike has chrome turn signal extenders, instead of the silver/gray of my old 2000 Silver V11 Sport. And the bolt that is in the swingarm that holds the rear caliper bracket from rotating is also chrome.

They are finned in the original Motorcyclist Magazine test of a 2000 greenie. I never noticed, and I have read the test several times!

My bike is January 2000 build date. I believe they are stock, probably carryover from the 1100 sports. I have seen some V11 Sport pictures in the period brochures/tests that have the finned ones as well. Also some from Europe. It surprised be when I realized they were different than my 2000 and by friends 2000 greenie. Maybe I will swap them for later ones, or keep them for conversation starters!

To updated:

In hopes that these protect my precious spark plugs…… From stock:

I will put something together that covers the most critical aspect 1st: Where the 4 M6 holes get drilled. The contouring is defined by the hole locations. Paper overlays for the entire thing would be tough!

Removed the swing arm and driveshaft to grease the u-joints and sliding joint. All looked to have been done fairly recent! Swing arm bearings were fine. Valve clearance was checked and were left as found - .004 intake, .006 exhaust. Also put a quick disconnect on the tank vent, and re-routed the vent line.

Not the factory surface, but mine has a scratch I want to try to fix. I have the cut off pieces that I plan on experimenting on. I’ll post my results here, but it might be a week or so.

Thanks everyone for the positive comments. If anyone decides to tackle this, my advice is to draw the cuts you want to make, take your time and leave generous excess to trim down. It’s not a lot of work, but it matters to get it looking how you want!

This! Never understood why Moto Guzzi decided to cover all that cool swing arm tubing. But I still wanted a nice hugger. Turns out there is a pretty nice hugger waiting to be let out of its abs cage. It was a little scary when I did it on my Silver bike, but it came out perfect. So I checked my old photos and broke out the dremel!