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I'll post a picture when I get a chance. Advice on repainting these plastic tanks would be welcome.

Beyond the Pale London to Galway in January And a couple of other trips from this site: Pyrenees on a Guzzi T3 Take a Breva

Yes, original MG paint. It seems to have happened just today. The paint around it looks pretty thin and it is on the rear of the tank, where most wear happens. However this is a low mileage bike. It's 2002, but only bought and put on the road at the end of 2003. No 'wear and tear'.

Ok, we know that some of you chaps like your Mans Naked, but honestly, I think that this going to a far enough stage. Surely this is naked enough? (BTW the text with this picture says, 'Our motorcycle jackets and apparel have been protecting motorcycle riders in comfort and style since many of their grandparents were riding.'...so this may be yankee style...but protection??? Le Mans in distress 'Plain Unisex 2-panel front motorcycle chaps in distressed buffalo leather' nice

The paint on my fuel tank is blistering. A section of the black paint layer has come off and underneath looks like a polythene bag with an air bubble in it. It looks like other sections are going the same way. I wonder if this is similar to the condition that Al reported? I tried searches but can't find his posts. Anybody else seeing this problem? I can put up with some bad paint on the engine, but a peeling tank is much worse. Matt black Scura.

Yeah, that's what I said, above, but now, this next bit, what on earth does this mean – It looks contradictory Pity about the headers: apart from anything else, the shape looks good – better than the MG pipes (from photos anyway). The U.K. price I quoted above includes the pipes.

When removing the battery, disconnect the negative terminal first, to minimise the risk of this happening.

phew!

I think it just means, delivered from the factory. They want your address to then get a delivery price from the local outlet / factory / works to your home town / country.

Hey – is that some sort of S-M bondage gear? I also notice in the list under your avatar that you mention Naked Men... and you say it with a French accent, which is even more kinky. There are a few other 'odd' things in your list, but we'll not go there.

Seems like a very good price indeed, if you don't have to pay any other tax on top of that. The price in UK is £600 = €865. Your price is less than half and works out at £286. It would almost be worth buying as a 'second' exhaust system! A Stucchi x-over alone is £200: so crossover + cans + ECU = well over £1,000 while Quat-D at your price = £286, just over a quarter of that price. Buy a few for Christmas presents.

The church at Saul outside Downpatrick. Replica of an ancient Celtic church, built on the site of the stone barn used by St Patrick as the first Christian meeting place in Ireland. –>Pictures here.

St, Patrick's Day? Must be time to get the Lion out. Part of our parade section at Downpatrick.

That's contributing to global warming, that is.

What do you mean? Your headlight is on all the time?

It's a 'Martin Barrett' job then?

Yes to all of that. I'm still in shock as I thought that this stuff just wasn't going to be available again. New stock seems to have arrived in various places, so I presume that some will get through to the U.S.? I have to thank 'Guzzirider' Guy for posting an alert to new V.11 kit, on this site. I got the cans & crossover from Corsa Italiana in London: http://www.corsaitaliana.com/index.php?f=data_moto_guzzi&a=2 InMoto also has it in stock: http://www.inmoto.com/motoguzzispares.htm The kit was £720 + VAT = £846 The x-over was £200: a hideous price for a couple of bent pipes. Postage to me was about £10.

OK it's not as good as opening a box and finding an MGS-01 inside, but it seems pretty for now.

It's actually harder to find the spring numbers in the old posts (FAQ) than I thought. I'm sure that I posted them but I can't see where exactly. Baldini posted these: "Spring is listed as 04 23 83 00 Ratchet arm is listed as 04 23 51 01 My understanding is that this is the correct arm/boss. " I see there were more posts recently, in February. The picture becomes a bit more complicated as it seems that Andy York has found more variations in spring size and he gives a couple of different numbers for the ratchet arm. Grief. Just found it > Pawl arm oe part number: 04235101 Spring oe part number: 04238300 so that is the same as Baldini above.

I'm not sure that I believe it, but my Ti kit, crossover, filter & bits & pieces should be in a big cardboard box somewhere between England and my front door right now. I'll definitely believe it when I get the next credit card statement.

Where are you now? Did you find the spring number? Although I have never seen another V.11 on the road here in NI, I was talking to someone on the phone yesterday living in Portadown (he had been selling a Centauro, but that's another story...). He said his mate has a V.11 He asked me if I had any problems with 'the spring'! I asked him if he knew the cause of the problem and he told me about the oversized boss and binding spring coil. It transpired that he got the information from a web-site. Of course I asked him, which one? Well........ It was quite funny to hear of someone down the other end of the motorway who had been following the story here on the site.

The spring and other associated part numbers will be in the F.A.Q., where there's lots of info.

It's called a pea. Some people use it to think with. You should probably put it back in.

I have run with an open airbox and the standard paper filter since last summer with no problems. Compared to the exposed pods that so many have fitted, the airbox filter is well out of the weather.