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Should have added that to it. Touch the wire to the head and the light came on. w/KOEO. Attach the test light to + battery post and to the tip of the switch and light came on to prove the switch is n.c.=normally closed.

Call me wrong. The oil press. switch is n.c. as in normally closed. I turned the key on and the oil light was on. Removed the wire and the light went out.

Amigo ! Where have you been ?

Yeah , but you can't explain how come you spent $3k on speaker wire instead of going to WalMart and buying a 20'extension cord .

A long X ago they were selling speaker (cable) wire w/documentation of X molecules/ft of oxygen content and gold plated ends . This stuff looked like welding leads .

I have about 10 chargers, tenders ,etc. from the late 40s to present . The one I use the most is a SnapOn that does AGM and conventional. I never spent time wondering why an AGM requires a different charger / charging profile than a gel cell , flooded cell , glass/mat , VRLA or all the others . These bikes all use an alt/reg combo that charges everything. W/all that out of the way , you just purchase the charger w/AGM feature and push AGM on the selector.

I have a pigtail attached to all my bike batteries and it hangs out the side panel. My battery chargers all have this disconnect on the charge leads . This is where I can plug/unplug from each bike w/o any fuss and charge each battery . I get this stuff @ NAPA because it is close. The lead that is permanent has ring terminals and attaches to the battery + and - posts. hang the wire out the side of the bike making sure the seat or anything else is not going to damage the cable. There's a protective cap to cover the plug to keep out bad stuff. If your charger does not have this and you want to splice this into a charger , CHECK polarity every time you cut/splice any wires and use a voltmeter to check when you are finished . This two part wire has a slick and a lined indicator on the insulation also but just to be safe check when you are finished. The theory about disconnecting the battery when charging this bike , I will have to think about . For now , just charge as low a charge rate as you can. I have found that batteries that are completely discharged , install a fully charged battery in parallel with the charger . This allows you to charge up the discharged battery when the charger would not even read the dead battery. This saves you from throwing away a salvageable battery .

How 'bout you explain the reason for your question ? We will be able to help answer you . First , check the oil level ! If the light is staying on after you start and you are concerned . unplug the wire , turn the key on and touch the wire to ground , the light should go out. These are a n.o. switch and when pressure builds it closes and the light goes out. If this works go to the next step To verify flow , remove the switch and put a bunch of shop towels over the hole and crank the engine . If oil sprays out . Get ready for the volume , it may be a squirt and it might spray onto the wall. You're on your own w/this test. If no oil comes out , maybe the oil filter has spun off . Warning , these filters come loose . So get ready . This light and your attention means everything !

You know better than to think "model year" with these bikes !

Mmmm. There is a segment w/a list of part #s and interchangeable parts . Let me try to find it . Surely someone better than me will come across quickly too .

If I could , I would own every model of the V11 . Also , the MGS-01 . It was like comparing the most beautiful MV Agusta to a CB160 Honda . The most personalized V11 was the one Jaap sold . Then the new owner "personalized" it . Something happened .

That's understood ! That is when you take Sophia Loren to your Boy Sout camping trip .

Uhhhh. Choosing the best V11 . No way . All of 'em !

Did you realize this was going to become such a part of you when you purchased this ?

Now , that is what MV Agusta exudes !

Weegie , Thank you for putting this stuff together . IDK about Kiwi_Roy's status. I reached out to him last year and heard nothing from him . I hope/trust he is still above ground . He had been on Wild Guzzi around that time.

The rolling rrrrr is an inherited ability .

The bad thing of it all is that you have to build what the public will / wants to buy . Those of us who appreciate a real motorcycle is are a small segment of the market.

I made it 5 & some change..... All my life I considered MV the work of art in mechanical engineering and form. Uhhhhh. not today .

I will find ALL these and print them off .

I have two of the diagrams "blown up" to about 14X24 and laminated in plastic. I can use erasable markers on them. Also , I HAD at one time all of Kiwi_Roy's diagrams printed off . They are in color w/footnotes along w/V readings where needed. I could NOT find the headlight diagrams . I remember having them because there are two "styles" , earlyish and lateish ! There is a difference in them n I can't remember . It was silly whatever it was . I am going to have to search my folders here and find them or search this forum again and find them . He is offline here and has been for sometime. I reached out to him and never got a response . I wish him well ! BTW , I leave German automobile wiring diagrams alone . I last tried one on a M/B retractable hardtop. Got an American version and was able to understand it w/o any troubles.

I need to get all these diagrams enlarged and figure out what fits what along with Italian to English language .

You're right

I don't care how many drinks you have , some things are still fugly

Living in / growing up in Decoy , Ky. I pronounced it Moto Guzee . You now pronounce it correctly and allow the others to say what they will an d hope it catches on . Yes the AI speak really annoys me along with the spelling in the captions .