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A Timely Reminder.

I wonder should the joke be, Petrograd and then Leningrad (and then back to St Petersburg)? Those all being the same city, now again called St Petersburg. Then the joke makes sense. Sadly I missed out on going to St Petersburg once, waiting for a friend to get his passport sorted.

Amazing. I'm always 'bowled-over' by the pictures that are posted of the vast and often monumental spaces in America (and other continental-sized lands).

To a degree, yes there are.

Tappet fugit. I just can't keep cam – or so t seems.

Roller time.

Funny, I was thinking this in another context and another place a few days ago. My thoughts were: Moto Guzzi Pentax cameras Land Rover bass guitar valve amps / turntables balls of string Apple Mac ... I'll stop now as Jaap is turning seriously green at the gills

Sure you guys all have a bit of Irish in you somewhere along the line. Talking about guy/troubles/over here etc. Poor old Guy Martin: big crash yesterday at Dundrod 150 - Ulster Grand Prix course, while leading the race from Bruce Anstey. If hedge & ditch hadn't been removed after a crash at same corner last year, it could have been a lot worse. Yes indeed Mr Chopper Jim. Come on board for an adventure. Could save me some long train journeys out there... and be handy for a quick getaway.

It's time for me to head off to Ukraine again (second time this year) farther east this time. The plan is to be back there again for 3rd time in September and finally this year, 4th time, in November. No not on a Moto Guzzi, but wish me luck, as it's troubled times!

Timely point. Nearly 8pm: time that I went home for tea. Might even put a photograph of it on Facebook for yous uns to see.

Good quiz! Is one A Front and the other A Back?

Haha. No. It's not the right time to rename it. This thread has only been running for 11 years. Wait until it's 20.

You are right! I have previously been surprised to see when I unbolted my engine to get at the oil that must be changed according to the manufacturer's 'instructions', ahem, that in fact the thing was still slathered with perfectly wet oil... or whatever that grimy black stuff with shards of lumpy stuff in it is. Why fix it if it's not broken? My biggest mistake with the whole business has been that I obviously didn't oil my tyres enough and now they have worn away. Pay attention to the things that matter!

How dare you not read the whole thing! But back to tyres: the ones I had on before the current ones were Angels. I could put them back on, but the rear has two repaired punctures (one being at one of the Ulster meets) so it wasn't that angelic. Seriously though, what should I get? Also due an oil change, probably.

Time is terribly uncooperative and has not been kind to my Scura. As for the Griso, it's time to get new tyres. But what? I haven't read a TYRE/TIRE THREAD in about five years. I'm sure they're still black and circular, but other than that, what's the fashion these days?

Coincidentally, I thought so too, Jim. I have been thinking about the V.11ers (and was going to post a little note) as I opened a bottle of Bushmills that has been sitting around for a few years – bought when I had the Guzzi Ulster Rally here and we visited the Bushmills distillery. Time for a toast: your good health, sir. Slainte!

please don't use photobucket, pics not there! Hello I have replied to the Private Message, where you are rather cross that I have not got photographs in my old posts on this subject, to explain that there are indeed plenty of photos, which can be easily accessed via FAQ. Following that, I now see the above exclamation – which makes me wonder if you need to check your internet service/connection as you appear to not be seeing photos? The photo bucket hosted photos above are 'there' – they are visible to me.

There is plenty of info on the Forum, including photos, e.g. here, boss filed down with hand file. > http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16872

There is a lot of on the Forum from earlier years. Unfortunately the illustrating photos were lost when the web hosting closed down. I did a summary in early 2012 with some of the photos. That thread is here >> http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16872&st=0 The original threads can be found in the links within the FAQ topic http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16872 And yes, as mentioned in previous years, I even now still get emails from people looking for info on this nuisance subject! I think these springs are destined to break for ever and ever. As far as I remember, no surprise frogs leap out during disassembly. There aren't hidden little springs. But you do have to put things back in the right positions. That should all be described in the threads. Gearbox dogs need to be in the right position too, when all is closed up again. There were a number of variations in the box internals over the years. The older photos and description might still be of general use to you.

LM Mk5 He made the tank and seat from fibreglass. There are nice little details that can't be seen in the photos.

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Great, it's Baldi. No, LM still sitting, as is Scura. Things continue to break and be bad on the Griso, though it's great when going. Aprilia continues to be perfect! Monkey man, yes, the builder agrees with that: the seat is torture. It's a first go at it. He made the seat base/hump/tank etc. Engineering details are nice. I wish I knew how to work a lathe and other such tools and had access to them. (More basically, I wish I had a big garage and could have room to work at the bikes over time.) Keith, were you able to see the photos in the Facebook albums?

Yes, the Scura is not a distinct construction from a V11. It IS a V11, with simply a badge and an add-on name, like all the other V11 stylistic variations and 'limited' editions. As the posts say, it is the year that is more important as far as the frame, mechanicals, electrics, wheels etc are concerned.

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