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GP Motorcycles is a good shop. That's where I bought my Scura and my Stelvio. It's close to Little Italy and downtown San Diego. It would be easy to spend a day in the area. Within walking distance, if you like Mexican food, is the fabulous El Indio restaurant. But... it looks like Larry is in Bullhead City, which is closer to Los Angeles than San Diego. There's gotta be a good shop for oil and tires closer than that, like in Kingman, or even Flagstaff.

Dammit Google maps... the link still works for me. So here are the roads, starting in Paso Robles: Highway 46 (Get gas here, If you follow this route you need to have 160 miles range) South on Golden Hills Road Creston Road La Panza Road CA 58 East Soda Lake Road. This is the most direct way through Carrizzo Plain National Monument, it's a graded dirt road, but if you have more time and a riding partner, there are tons of side roads and other more interesting ways through the monument. 166 East/33 south (if you need gas, you can go North to Maricopa from here) 33 South (there is a small privateer gas station on this road. Sometimes it is open. You can gas up for sure in Ojai.)

I just checked in my garage, but sadly, I don't have one. Seriously, cool project. Have you also joined WildGuzzi.com? That's a bigger audience and just the type of crowd that might know something to help you.

Yesterday, I took the "shortcut" between Paso Robles and home. This involved the scenic, undulating CA 58, about 40 miles of desolate dirt through Carizzo Plain, and the fabulous uninterrupted stretch of curves that is CA 33 (north of Ojai). After all that spectacular riding, I payed my dues with 100 miles of freeway, most of which was clogged-up lane-splitting. If you want to see some fun roads, try this link to google maps and zoom in on everything North of Los Angeles.

Yup, I've got plenty. Still just $10 each plus shipping to wherever.

When you find the problem, you can say "I have found it" - which is a fun thing to say in Eureka. If you don't believe me, just ask Archimedes.

You can remove the sensor if you think the wires are damaged. Just be careful on re-install that you have the correct spacers. There could be none, or 3 spacers, or who knows... whatever. Just put it back exactly how it was. They are very sensitive and need an exact gap to run properly. FYI, I do have a spare ECU and possibly other stuff, that I could post tomorrow if you have a need (and I agree that needing and ECU seems very unlikely.)

Hey gents, looks like we missed an opportunity to talk about how V85s will be escorting the president of Italy. But gosh, in its place we get to consider epistemology, which is also fun. A lot of propaganda is an attempt to control what people will accept as factual. For example, the omission of violence from history books that LowRyter mentioned. In this case, the history book is propaganda because it only tells the "nice" parts of the story. Students in California and Texas get different versions of the same textbooks, which plants the seeds of idealogical division in our youth. Here's a link to a NY Times article that shows some of the key differences in the textbooks. What state is guilty of propaganda - or are both guilty? Information overload presents special challenges to epistemology. None of us have the time or resources to fact-check everything we hear or see, so we have to decide who we believe will tell us the truth. Will governments lie about the nature of a disease, the occurrence of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, or genocide committed against indigenous people in order to take their land? I say yes to all... and could add more topics. Will media outlets lie (including lies of omission) in order to report on events in ways that please audiences and advertisers? (I consider that a rhetorical question). Where do you go for "truth" and who do you trust to provide you with information that can credibly support a justifiable belief? Everything seems to polarized that I hardly know where to go anymore, but that's why I still subscribe to The Economist, which I trust to openly disclose the evidence they use to justify their claims. Fun case in point... last weeks cover said "10 Million Reasons to Vaccinate the World." I showed it to my 17 year old daughter, who plans to study journalism and marketing. She said "That sounds like hyperbole to me... but since it's The Economist, it's probably a population thing." Article at this link if you want to read it. In my opinion, the only way to show zero tolerance against propaganda of all sorts is to be informed with facts, while remaining open to considering the possible meanings or implications of those facts.

They are easy to rebuild. I have a couple very nice used ones if needed. And as others noted, rebuild kits are (or at least were recently) available.

This is way beyond a Scura build. This is a custom bike. Can't wait to see how it all comes together. Does the MGS triple-tree fit the V11 Spine frame without modification?

That's funny. And you're correct that the part is in front of the pegs, not behind. My bad. However, I'd still be a little concerned about the sheet metal.

I don't think there's much demand for the headers with the front crossover pipes. Nice work on the new set-up.

I haven't had one break, but I've heard of plenty breaking, so I am super-careful with mine and have managed to stash at least one spare away in my box of goodies. When Chuck and I were deep into shift spring engineering and production, we learned that the spring material was bent too tightly for its diameter, which created weak points at the bends - and explained the failures. I suspect these "side stand deployment loops" suffer from the same issue. I think you could have a set bent up by a spring maker with correct radii on the bends. The spring maker I used was willing to make the side stand parts if I would give them specs - but I never pursued it. Count me in as a buyer if somebody decides to do this. I don't think I would buy a pressed metal plate. I am not a big fan of having a sheet metal blade by my left Achilles tendon. Even though I almost always wear good boots. I'd rather have something that would bend or break.

There's a link to a Greenie for $3,000 in Reno a few posts up. Best of luck to the seller of the Black one at $6,000, but it seems high to me.

You need all the grease off before powdercoating, so you'd need to remove the bearings - and the heat is not good for any rubber seals. I used canned spray paint as well. VHT Engine Case is good paint.

I've painted a few of them without disassembly. I was careful with the aircraft paint stripper, and used plastic scrapers and wet paper towels to remove the gunk. Didn't need any abrasives.

I have not removed one pork chop at a time, but I think it could be done. I don't think you can remove both without getting almost to point of docc's picture. If I wanted to remove them one at a time, I think I would proceed as follows: Remove wheel and swingarm. This means taking off the two large chrome nuts (30mm I think) and removing the very finely threaded swingarm pivots. This is also a good time to check and lube the driveshaft u-joints. Remove all the peripherals - brake pedal and master, shifter assembly. Leave the footpegs on - or at least the mounting brackets. Those are best removed when the porkchops are off. Loosen all eight nuts that are inboard on the frame - if you can't get to these, all bets are off. Remove the long bolt that goes through the bottom hole on the porkchops. Then remove one top bolt and all four frame bolts on one side. It should pop right off with a big rubber hammer from the inside. Paint Drink Beer. Reinstall Repeat on other side.

Great pics, thanks. What a fine collection of motorbikes. Interesting observation about the Cub drawing a crowd. Restoring small bikes takes about the same amount of work as larger bikes that command higher prices when finished. So IMO, the small bikes represent true passion, where the vintage desmos and MVs might be seen as investment-grade restorations. Also, a lot of people start our on small bikes, so there is a personal nostalgia factor. My first bike was a Honda CB350-Four. I always look fondly on them when I see them. And... small bikes are fun. Like that saying goes - "It's more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow." My Yamaha TW200 is actually a lot of fun - if you're not in a hurry.

Some time ago, and on the previous page of this topic, I posted a picture of how I use a block of wood to get leverage to compress the tank and make the hole line up. And FWIW - If I had to trim a rubbber part to make the tank fit, I would start with grommet at the rear. And before that, I would push the small metal sleeve up out of the grommet onto the bolt. Then you have more wiggle room to get the threads started and the bolt will force the sleeve back into the grommet.

That's the Zard full exhaust. I wrote more details about this bike in the "Show us your Tontis" topic. It's wicked fun and sounds fabulous. [docc edit]:

That looks like a fun ride. I didn't know there was town called Jenner in California... probably will get some attention given our local political situation and Caitlyn Jenner potentially entering the election. And no politics... just noticing a name coincidence. I have ridden bits of that, and especially enjoyed all narrow twisties in Point Reyes. Do you get out the point sometimes? It's so pretty.

Just checked in... that is SOLD to the gentleman with $8,000. And it is a fine looking machine. But it sure makes me feel good about spending a lot less to get this last week: Emphasis on RACER... I can skip the cafe.

The Yellow Thing is intended for installation, not removal. You just clip it on the rim to stop the bead from creeping back over the rim as you install the tire. The Yellow Thing is large and heavy - not something I would carry on a ride. For that, I have a trail bead-buddy by Motion Pro in my dirt-bike travel kit. That thing is super-handy for changing dirt bike tubes in the middle of a ride.

There's no T or anything. It's just a hydraulic line screwed in where the bleeder valve would otherwise be. I think this could be done on the V11 if somebody just figures out the correct threads and finds a good routing for the line. I'd guess there's a pretty good chance that the OEM Guzzi line for Stelvio would work as-is.

Here's the No Mar hitch mounted option in operation on a Stelvio front wheel. The Yellow Thing (it's actual name) is the best bead keeper I have ever used. I resisted ordering the No Mar for a long time, because they state the bead breaker is not compatible with the hitch mount. But here is how I made it compatible: This adjustable height hitch lets me put a LOT of weight on the tower, which is supposed to be mounted on the floor with bolts.