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Which highlights the importance of checking your pressure often, and reinflating.

It would be pretty easy to duplicate the kit- it was just a couple of proper sized bolts and a spacer if I recall. Probably cost 10 bucks from McMaster-Carr, but I was happy to pay 25 to the fellows that put out the effort to design it. Do keep your eyes open; the V11 sport is a pretty darn nice bike. Way undervalued at this time. I use mine to do a lot of touring on and general running around town and it works equally well at both tasks.

We actually used to put about 40 gallons of water in the tractor tires back on the farm. Gives the tractor a bit of weight so it gets better traction. Better use blue food coloring Slavomir. After all, the sky is blue, so air has to be blue....right?

You had a leak on your front tire (tyre) valve. Simple as that.

Do you wear a skirt?

DF, the foot position on the V11 is a bit further back than your connie, but your knees will have about the same bend (if I'm remembering correctly). Steve-I have the same kit. Make a new, shorter, shift lever. It works really well. This was my prototype, but it worked so nicely that I just kept it. DF- you can see how much the foot position changes with this kit. Crud. Try this link for larger picture: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/aJ_32...feat=directlink

I get about 20 inches from top of footpeg to the place in the seat where my hips (and ass) are (is). Why is ass singular? We need a new thread- singular/plural anomalies: pants, chopsticks, ass., etc.

Ya'll talking about the law of effusion again? Effusion is the passage of gas molecules through a very small hole. It is also called Graham's law- the rate of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of its molecular mass. H or He effuses more quickly than N2 or Ar or Kr. With a rubber tire, it's a bit more complicated because some gasses are actually permeable through the rubber (oxygen). FWIW, it's Graham's law that is used to enrich uranium. Also, FWIW, filling your tires with purified nitrogen is a waste of your money and our limited energy reserves. Filling your tires with helium is wasting a very limited natural resource and should be considered criminal. A bit excessive? Perhaps, but it illustrates the complete lack of benefit from this exercise.

I used the clamp (riser) from a Jackal I believe (could have been a California- I'm not sure). It works just fine also; fits a standard 7/8 bar. The upside is that it comes with a nifty eagle logo. The disadvantage is that the crossmember makes it harder to put the key in. Win some, lose some.

Glad to hear you are back, and I hope you are fully recovered.

Thanks for the update, Greg. Nice to know they are actually obtanium.

I think the bars have about 2" of rise, but that's on top of the clamps. Measuring from the top of the triple clamp, the grips are about 3" up. The grips are between 2-3" back of the centerline between the fork tubes. That's about all the distance you'll get from the stock brake line. I had to change the angle on the banjo fitting in order to get this to work. On the up side, MGCycle sells brake line of any length you want with any fitting you want- or at least they used to. Sorry the pictures are small. It was a long time ago with a cheap camera. If you would like higher res pictures, let me know and I can take some. Jason

A bamboo skewer or chopstick works perfectly. Is there a singular for 'chopsticks'? Better ring Belfast, this needs a new thread.

Yes, they are still very much in business. Maybe try calling or sending Greg a PM from this site?

I put a riser and bars on my V11 sport and wrote it up several years ago. I used the stock brake line- it is just barely long enough. http://www.v11lemans.com/content/howto/adapting.htm

Those are the Guzzi factory rearsets. Unobtainable. I currently have them on my bike, but I'm not so fond of them. They look good, but don't do much for comfort. Maybe it's just me. Here's a closeup shot of the brake side- I can take a photo of the shifter side if you want.

I've got one spacer that I made up and won't use. 4.445" by 1"OD X 0.86" ID. Should work ok. Yours for the price of shipping. It is a just a tiny bit shorter (no jokes BelfastGuzzi) and slightly larger ID than the ones I had made up a couple years ago.

To paraphrase; 'my, my look at the time'. Time to have a drink, anyhow. The latest is Glenfarklas, cask strength. Not bad, but needs a bit of water to cut it down.

Hagon has good shocks, also. Dave Quinn motorcycles sells them. There's also guzzitech.com and mgcycle and probably others that I can't think of right now. Bottom line is you have a lot of choices. Pick a price-point first and work up/down from there....

No extras? Uh oh. I have the stock Sach's, but I've heard good things about almost every aftermarket shock. Ohlins, Hagon, and the Guzzitech.com stuff (I don't remember the brand, but you can look them up)

Well, they gentrified the downtown quite a bit, that's true. Actually, sounds like it was a good thing too. What about Westwood and the UCLA area? I'm not real familiar with that, but it has a hopping nightlife I would presume. Well, I stand by my Griffith Observatory suggestion.

MG classics is fun, particularly if Mark is in fine form. David or Ratchet- I can't remember the name of the place, but somewhere north of long beach was a seafood restaurant (next to the ocean) that wrapped up your 'doggie bag' in whimsical tinfoil animal shapes. That would be fun for a dinner. Go up and see the Griffith Observatory- what a cool art deco building that is. If you are north and inland, CalTech is a beautiful campus. I think you have to be into University campuses to enjoy that one perhaps. But Bungalow Heaven is a fun time for the architecturally minded. It is a housing district of craftsman style houses. Hit a farmer's market. I always had a good time at those, and you get maximum crazy Los Angeles exposure.

Sounds pretty normal. You can put weights in the bars (bar ends) and ride it at 4K+rpms and that helps. The 'on-off' feeling is one that I don't care for. It is a result of having a driveshaft and all the play associated with it. Sorry- not much you can do. Learn to be smooth. Consider it a challenge. If you can leave the damper dialed all the way off, then do so. It makes the bike feel more 'dead' if you have to dial in the steering damper (in my opinion). If you want to know if the damper is working, you will need to take it off the bike, dial it in some and push it back and forth. If it damps-, it is ok. If not, buy a cheap replacement.

I'm not a fan of colored wheels either, but I think you did a very tasteful job there. I like the way it matches a few highlights like the valve covers and porkchops. But, what the hell do I know? I'm originally from Texas.

Sounds about right with regards to vibration and rattly noises. Keep the RPM's up above 4K. Even with a Stucchi Xover, my bike has a nasty spot around 3.5K. Avoid it. The 'soul' folks talk about is a combination of things. I think the vibration, noise and whatnot are part of it.