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Same here for the Cali II.

It is that I lack the space to have an extra bike, but otherwise I would really like to have a V7 classic. In the below vid someone is showing how much fun it is.

About identifying, I completely understand your point. There are a lot of talents now. First I though Rins on the Suzuki (isn't it) was quite impressive since I think his bike is not the best of the top, Marguez his Honda is even worse and Quartoraro, on Yamaha, had an amazing season as the only one being able to seriously compete with the Ducs. I think with his bike and riding style he saves the tyres for the last part of the race. He could often make-up in the second half. Those things make a rider. But also Brett Binder on the last wet laps of Austrian GP bringing a victory for KTM in their home country was sensational. Rossi was not really part of this season and still it has been one of the most exciting ones to me. Really fun to watch.

By the way, in the background of many MotoGP world championship was a guy called Jeremy Burgess. An Australian engineer that has an track record that goes back to Randy Mamola, Freddie Spencer, Wayne Gardner, Michael Doohan and finally Rossi. He prepared winning machines/riders with Suzuki, Honda, Yamaha and Ducati. Never forget the engineer in the background 😀

I am also a big fan of VR46, although he put a lot of energy in his image and PR which gave him advantages in many cases. He is one of the greatest in the line of Mike Hailwood and Agostini. I saw him win in Assen and also consolidate when he was actually hindered by a shoulder injury. Fighting with Gibernau, Pedrosa, Lorenzo(very refined style), Stoner(very skilled rider), Haiden. And finally brought somewhat out of balance by Marguez in a way that had at some point an analogy with a style of riding he(VR) felt sympathy for with Simioni. I gained respect for the exceptional skills of Marguez, though. His slides with knee, elbow and hip down are the highest level. This talent makes it possible to take risks that were never acceptable because it would not be profitable for the championship. But this season Marguez is not as effective as other years. Probably also because of the supremacy of Ducati, although this Quartoraro on a Yamaha ended up as 1st of the season. Also exceptional tactical strong rider. I think the MotoGP is more like a Moto3 nowadays, the competition does not have one hero, but a lot of them that are very close to eachother.

In general, I like the low and stretched lines of the Guzzi's. This is very typical in the V7 Classic range and even better in the Sport 1100 and many older Tonti frame guzzi's, the Griso is also a very good example of this design/style. The V11 has this as well, but the form of the tank makes it already a bit different. Now in this V100, with the air-intake underneath the tank, I think the space for this low and stretched lines is technical not so easy. The fuel tank still seems to be above the engine. It could be re-allocated underneath the seat in order to create again the lower line of the tank. That said, it is difficult to really say something without having the physical motorcycle in front Salute

https://www.tlm.nl/nl/motoren/voorraad/?ccm_paging_p=1 This is the link to the pre-owned bikes. But I think you refer to the classics that they used to have. I think most of this is not in the shop anymore. I do recall hearing something about Teo (former-owner) took a part of these bikes(Airone, Falcone, pre-war models) with him when he moved to Australia. But this is hear-say. The shop is now run by two of his nephews.

Hi p6x, I think TLM is good if you are passing by anyway, but as a goal of a trip it might not really live up to your expectations. At the other hand, if this would be the dealership where you rent your Guzzi, all fits perfectly together. In your case it would be nice to see some vintage car show, one of the biggest is in the city of Vianen, somewhere in the second half of June (in the non-COVID years). For bikes there is a nice National Veterans Treffen in september.

Or it is a C2V(1924) or 2VT (1931) https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moto_Guzzi_C2V_Toer-serie https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moto_Guzzi_C2V_Toer-serie#/media/Bestand:Moto_Guzzi_2VT_500_cc_1931.jpg 2VT

That is true. But I understood that a few on this forum where already planning to come to Italy. The link is for the documents to fill-in specifically for Corona and to go into Italy.

And for specific info for inbound travelling to Italy, also for travelling from outside the European Union. https://www.salute.gov.it/portale/nuovocoronavirus/dettaglioContenutiNuovoCoronavirus.jsp?lingua=english&id=5412&area=nuovoCoronavirus&menu=vuoto Be aware of additional restrictions when going home again.

https://www.motoguzzi.com/en_EN/moto-guzzi-world/news-moto-guzzi/gmg-2022/

Like this

A Tenni should have a brown leather seat, isn't it?

We need a TURBO-CHARGER or COMPRESSOR :-)

Hi Jetboy, It is quite a discussion already and I didn't read everything. Your symptoms remind me of a trip with a friend that has his 2001 V11 LM serviced "somewhere". Now I suspect that changing the fuel filter is not always part of the service (to keep things in the middle). So he rides with a too old fuelfilter. This bike has the filter in front(upstream) of the pump and that causes cavitation if the filter is restricting too much. His bike stalled and we tried a lot. Changing relais was a reflex (I always carry 6 with me😳) . No effect. We Che keep the sparks. We took the fuelline of the pressure valve in the return line to see if there was fuel. It did flow after a little hick-up. I am not sure how it should be and if the hick-up is normal, but we refitted the fuelline and the bike started and the engine ran fine again. I do think the filter was part of the reason that the pump did not build up enough pressure. But in fact, this "repair" is a bit of a mystery to me. So maybe one of the experts over here sees some logic.

Wat about nicely litering and loosing some weight from the flywheel. Balancing the crankshaft. Installing the windage tray. And I always think high voltage coils make it run better at high refs. These mods all add to better road usable riding. Verstuurd met Tapatalk

Just to share my observation with my LeMans 2 and 3 (different PHF36 carbs) and the California 2 with VHB30. The california has an old paper air filter. When it gets dirty (7000km+) and i ride full throttle in 5th gear, it starfs a bit on not enough air. Closing the throttle a tiny bit gives it just the extra 5 km/h. This phenomenon fits to a to big main jet. For a touring motorcycle it's okay. It protects the engine for overheating. Especially with the LM3 (850), I reduced the main jet to 125 in order to increase topspeed. It is running a little over 200km/h, which I think is quite alright (almost 8000rpm, redzone). So you could check both a larger or smaller main jet to be sure. Additional anecdote. This is for Super Single race-machines. The engine is right underneath the tank and heats-up the fuel in the tank. This causes a decreasing density of the fuel and thus a decreasing amount of energy/ liter. A racing motorcycle dealer from Amsterdam used an oil-cooler to cool the petrol. This gave him an advantage in the second stage of the race, when others suffered from heated fuel.

Did we have this one already? I have good memories of staying in the Yorkshire Dales, while this beer smoothed our exaggerations and made us heroes in our own adventures.

I also like the cleaned up tail-section. Did you do this yourself or bought a kit for that? (If yes, which one?) And sporty pipes as well! In the Netherlands the fenders have a real function. That is why we would call them mud-guards :-). Verstuurd met Tapatalk

http://motortouring.nl/lm3/pics_201004/LM3_on_the_road.jpg http://motortouring.nl/lm3/lm3_c_01.jpg

About the slipping clutch. I have had slipping clutches in two situations. 1. Full power at 140km/h. Reason: oil on one of the clutch plates from a leaking gearbox or crankshaft bearing 2. At low speed in first gear when leaving a parking. Reason excessive wear of the splined clutch "gear". The plates more or less get stuck on the gear. This last one sounds a bit like your description. As I recall the drive-train of your racer is based on early eighties Tonti (LeMans3). If you have original clutch, it is the one with the bigger trapezoid splines. These gears typically have the behaviour as I mention undr 2. Newer models have other gears. https://www.stein-dinse.biz/Moto-Guzzi/Clutch/New-Version/Clutch-Gear-MG-big-Model-long-spline-version-1-pcs::1083.html You have to change the clutch plates as well as the gear pattern is different. For side cars that have problems with slipping clutches at take off, we tend to use Surflex clutch discs. The grip is higher, but on a solo bike it is biting to much to get a smooth clutch control. https://www.stein-dinse.biz/Moto-Guzzi/Clutch/New-Version/Clutch-disc-MG-big-model-new-version-Surflex::1084.html My 50 cents