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Cat memes... Really? 🤔 ________________ (5 minutes later) You’re damn right! Well, I never...

Yep. Maybe the naked munter tickles your fancy Pete. 😁

This effort in asphalt&rubber is more appealing than the red throwback above... If the factory could ‘add lightness’ of say 20-30kg to the coming Stradale version they’d have another winner on their hands...

Fancy a little scalding tea & hotcakes? https://riders.drivemag.com/news/best-selling-adventure-bikes-here-are-the-most-successful-models-in-2019-germany-and-italy

Phwoarrr! Carbon fibre sexy... Guareschi’s showing the way... keep an eye out for the Naked version

http://www.moongarage.it/2019/05/27/moto-guzzi-1400-8v-pikes-peak/

That’s quite an interesting snippet there RL... are you indicating some sort of ‘finesse’ beyond the standardised Decent T/Up? ‘It can be done.’ So what tune changes made the all day rider difference for you...?

You need more than simply pissing around with exercises fooling yourself LowRyter. Symptoms severe enough to disturb sleep & your feet cramping when reclining or wearing thongs combined with reduced flexibility - are indications you should be riding your bike & parking it in front of a garage for humans with a sign out front that says, BEST DAMN CHIROPRACTOR IN TOWN.

Thanks Cliff. 🍻 Nice guide elucidating each step by step up of ignition concepts & grading of inherent limitations. 🤓 Making sense of various ignition options is daunting when the blurb may be minimal or worse overblown. P.s. Just to seek clarity - is the Rec-Ignition module on or off the options table?

Touché! 🤣 I wasn’t actually meaning it had anything to do with the fuelling per se Chuck - I was rather noting they had been converted to carbs - hence the understanding ie., no longer requiring an ECU. Yep, Cliff is ridgy didge. Care to cast an opinion for further information that for those Guzzi models that are pre-ECU (or converted) is this a worthwhile item?

Ah, I see - the 2019 Indian, 2006 Harley & 2015 R9T have been converted to carbs & done away with their ECU’s. Okay thanks Cliff for your assistance.

Hope I’m not waking the dead here - but I do mosey around searching topics sometimes. It’s a pita just having lots of disparate threads on same/ similar subject so I’d thought it best just to ask my question here after reading this thread. Am wondering if anyone has any knowledgeable opinion on this product - & whether it has any benefits as an upgrade to our V11’s? http://www.altmann.haan.de/P1/

Sorry Kane - those two are really just V11 Lash-ups! At the other end of the spectrum - the V11 Titanium is probably at the apex of V11 Custom. Some other’s take the middle road..

Life is no dress rehearsal. We only get one shot at it - may as well enjoy the ride. Looking forward to your Greenie unveiling...

V11’s create a hell’uva lot of interest wherever they land - people & other bikers just love to find an excuse to sidle up & have a perve, a chat, even give a generous helping hand! Now if it was a generic like a Honda or sumsuch - meh! I wouldn’t be so sure. Better clean it though - she’s looking a bit skanky 😂

Appropriately tilted - they’d go well as proper V11 man-sized winglets. Or if brake-linked & motorised they’d make swell air flaps! Fly-swats? That’s it. As per the T&C’s I couldn’t think of anything more positive to contribute. Locked.

A very sobering update. With the elapsed timeframe and lingering symptoms clearly Paul has had a very close call... It’s bizarre how some people barely register they have any symptoms - and for others they have a tremendous battle to stay alive. This weird arbitrariness of reactions is what’s so unnerving with this virus. ScoMo’s push for an independent inquiry will unveil true colours if there’s any obfuscation!

No need to go the hassle /expense of dual plugs on the V11 Tomchri. (As an aside - physical improvement of the combustion chamber. Mike Rich’s MRM HiComp matching beveled pistons have a flatter/wider dome - lessening impedance to flame front & matched slanted squish turbulence). Returning to the main point of ignition - & more fundamentally open to the possibilities of building a better mousetrap... as you know dual plugs improve ignition by having two sources. There’s less acceptance however that a single ignition source cannot also offer vast improvements. I’ve not stopped at the Multi-Sparks (brilliant as they’ve been) - I’ve recently been further experimenting with pre-chamber TJI combustion. Do a little research on Turbulent Jet Ignition - as first introduced by Mercedes in F1 a few years ago. Mercedes was recognised as having dominated with more power & increased economy. Initially thought to be cheating - then subsequently adopted by the other teams like Ferrari & Renault you’ll find there are other easier options to increase the combustion chamber flame speed on V11’s. As a side-note, unfortunately my earlier suggestion of the Brisk LR12ZS Multi-Sparks may have aggravated some old raw nerves as gstallons indicated. However, to be even handed I’ve used the stock NGK - they work. But I’ve also tried Brisk Multisparks - and my V11 absolutely performs better. If anyone has used both - then fair enough, go ahead and agree or disagree as befits the results. I’d previously read plenty on Beemer forums with sea-dogs opining Brisk’s are snake-oil until I just paid my monies to find out the merits of the vigorous back & forth discussions. Glad I did. Not all combustion sparks are equal! ⚡️⚡️

Nicely executed blacked out jobby maxv11 For what it is - you got that seat to integrate a lot better than what could occur with all sorts of wrong - nice headlight treatment too Bet those stubby M4’s would sound frickin awesome! Love to hear a sound bite... Radial 705’s or Avon’$ would’ve been my tyre of choice... maybe next time when these knobs square off But then again that’s just being incredibly pernickety!

Hi Bridge Oh, what an introduction! I applaud your introspection - heartfelt, insightful and with a lovely hint of hard-earned wisdom and world weary resignation looking back on love once lost. That futile sweet and sour journey of having moved on, moving forward embracing the future - and yet the yearning to feel the embrace that first inflamed your senses lingered. I hear you man. It’s indeed a rare event that the planets align perfectly and paths intersect for a second chance... She’s a beauty. Don’t blow it this time! 🍻

Hammershaug Second Lucky Phil on ditching the fine wire (iridium) plugs. But don’t stick with std plugs either (as an aside Mike Rich recommends dropping two grades cooler). Do your bike a favour and upgrade with two LR12ZS multi spark plugs by Brisk. I’ve been using these for years - don’t listen to any diehard NGK naysayers who haven’t used them. If you haven’t heard of Brisk? Try - thank me later! 👍😎