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Latest 2 dogs - Storm 2 year old Cardigan Corgi & Raffa 4 year old Swedish Vallhund Raffa runs rings around Storm physically but Storm is the boss odd a

I've always run 120/70 front & 170/60 rear on my RM 70k so about 10 sets. Front wears to a v and rear wears flat. I admit I don't wear the chicken strip out these days. Probably getting a bit old & slow

Fitted new fuel tap. Finally got rid of persistent fuel smell V11 had. It never amounted to a leak. Also solved the problem of fuel tap being stiff to turn. Time will tell if this is a permanent fix.

Strange how the body work has gone grey like its been left out side yet the rest looks great. Mine went that way but that's done over 70k

Dipstick all fixed. See photo Many thanks to MartyNZ He drilled it penned it pinned it & epoxyed it I defy it to fall apart again

Hi Marty many thanks for your kind offer. I will be in touch

Went to check the oil level in VII and found stick had fallen off dipstick! Luckily it had jammed in Pete's surge plate rather than bounce around and cause damage This was the first thing I changed when I purchased the VII. Original plastic one was useless. Hard to read and differcult to screw in. Anyway I'm in the market for a new dipstick if anyone has one for sale

Hi Phil. Many thanks for the offer. I've got a brother who is fitter & turner. Will see if he can follow your solution

So for a non technical person could someone summarise what the solution is.

What happens to needle after 60 mph? If its like mine that's when it goes really crazy

I've just order one via Peter Kelly at Moto Kiwi. He has found a supplier in Italy. Similar price to MG Cycle. Hopefully this cures my crazy speedo. Calm one minute swinging from left to right the next.

I ran a couple of sets at 36f 42r as per Pirellis website. That's generally only me at 100kgs mainly open road running 60% no luggage Now running metzler Roadtec 01's about to fit 3rd set Love em.

Or you could make your own stand like MartyNZ's. Couldn't find a picture of mine. Anyway Marty's is much better

Rally has been cancelled for this year due to a restriction of gatherings of no more that 100 people under Covid level 2 here in NZ. Bugger.

HI New Zealand Moto Guzzi Rally is on again this year (Covid allowing) See website for details of where and when https://tattleyrappet.wixsite.com/rally

I live in hope that someone one day will work out a way to replace the chin pad . Something that's lower but still fills up the space in the tank. Maybe in carbon fibre

I've got a centre stand fitted to my RM that i brought from a guy in Florida. Its not a Guzzi part. I believe TLM hand them made. Anyway its very hard to use as its got no way of levering the bike. You have to chock the left hand leg with your foot then lift the bike on to the stand. Very hard on the back

I owned one for a while. My first Guzzi. Only problem I had was rear brake calipher needed rebuilding. Nice ride. Comfortable. Not much horse power (50 I think) but light so good trade off. Yes they only have a 2 valve head

I'm glad I live in New Zealand. Only 20 odd cases currently (All from overseas and isolated) Life fairly normal (No overseas travel) And its a great country for motorcycling

My Speedo is bouncing a lot like Tom M's. It settles down for a few k's then starts bouncing again from one side to the other. Any fresh thoughts on a solution or do I follow Doc's path?

Interesting V11 on Trade Me I'v never seem one with Moto Gadget electrics before https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-2626287352.htm?rsqid=764dd7e326cb48c496c5fda587acb5e8-001

Sorry to hear a about the accident especially when it involves a Tenni. And then to get touched by the virus' Hope your luck improves Fellow Kiwi & V11 owner

Good to know I'm not only one who has had this problem

With a little help from MartyNZ I have solved my gear box problem. The cause was a peg that had fallen out of the gearbox selection panel. When I took the panel off I found the peg in the bottom of the gearbox. It had fallen out of the hole that's indented it the middle the panel. Thankfully it had not caused any damage to the gears. After we had checked there was nothing else wrong with the panel we hammered the peg back into the panel after coating it with medium Loctite. I see later model V11’s have a nut & bolt to replace the peg. I presume that someone else had this problem. Anyway bike changes gear fine now. I checked the frame number and its within the range that its it eligible for the transmission upgrade. I need to follow up on this.

Thanks guys for the input The link to the recall notices is unavailable but found it here https://www.webbikeworld.com/moto-guzzi-v11-sport-recall/ Will follow up on it and report back