Chuck

The passion hasn't died for me.. but.. the Mighty Scura (the last of the *real* Guzzis) will more than likely be the newest I'll ever own in this go round. If they did come out with a modern LeMans before my riding days are over though.. I'd probably have one.

I'm still waiting for the Ippogriffo. Until this purported 850 4 valve shows up, I'll stick with the AeroLario. I've heard from reliable sources that a new LeMans was in the works for years. It's the only thing that would pry open my wallet, and I'm running out of time.

Not really, that covers it well. I've made pressure die cast molds, but only seen sand casting being done. If you haven't *done* something, you don't know jack..

Have any pix of how you made the mudguard? And the aluminum castings? Nice..

From what we've seen the last few years, Piaggio isn't interested in something like that. I hope I'm wrong, naturally..

Nice try, no cigar. More elevation means richer mixture. In your normally aspirated airplane, you have to keep leaning the mixture as you climb.

That's a strange one.. good catch.

Now you know why they are called "she." She saw you perusing the shift spring thread and thought, "Hmmmph. I'll show him who's boss."

Got it. Yes.. I have an unclaimed one that a guy from England said he wanted, then never sent me his contact details. I'll rummage through my "Guzzi stuff" drawer and make sure I have it tomorrow.

On my first ride of the Mighty Scura, I was at 165 miles, and thought.. Hmmm, I wonder if that low fuel light is working?" It wasn't. Fortunately, I found a gas station shortly. To test the light, just ground the plug at the switch. Those thermisters are apparently pretty fragile. Mark had a box of switches at MG Classics and told me to see if I could find a good one. I ohmed them all out, and found one with some resistance. It's still in it, but I had to put a different connector on it.

What a beautiful piece of work..

Congrats, John. That is one bad mofo. Dorcia just had a look and said, "I can see Bev on the back of that.."

The rule of thumb is at 7500 feet, full throttle will give you 75% power.

That is the issue that this switch was designed to fix. The old float type switches would cry wolf and blink on and off incessantly. They were a nuisance, and many if not most people unhooked them.

Ooh, that's not gonna buff out..

Welcome to the best knowledge base on the V11S on the planet, Flooky..

Possible. I was coming home from Florida on the Centauro one time, and after a fuel stop it just wouldn't idle. Nothing below 1500 or so. By the time I got to Tennessee or so, it was back to normal. Got a load one time going to California that made Harley Bob's hawg run *really* bad. The Big Guzzi filter stopped that one.. it was probably just dirt.

So far, so good..

I'm not so sure. I talked to a guy at the Wisconsin rally that said he was on flywheel number 3. The most he'd ever gotten out of one was 16K miles.

I couldn't have said it better, Phil..

Look at em. Are they worn out? (Yes) Fall on sword. (No) Yay! Spooge em up, put back together forget about it for a while.

Not as far as I know.. but you never know who's been in there on an old bike.

Wow! I've never seen them that tight..