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Looks like a great time. I enjoyed that event last year on my Scura - though I could only make the Friday evening. Had hoped to go this year but that didn't work out. Maybe we can get two Scuras there next year.

Sprue.

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I just got some paint and was thinking about opening those on purpose to paint the needles orange again. This thread might help you too: http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16407&hl=%2Bveglia+%2Brepair

There are hardly any specs in the manual where I would want them. Instead, there's a single page, pretty early in the manual, with torque specs. It has maybe 20-30 specific specs, such as cylinder head nuts and alternator shaft nut. At the bottom it gives specs for bolts of various sizes, like M6, M10, etc. FWIW - I printed an extra copy of that page and keep it in the folder of my shop manual. Here's a shop manual printing shortcut: http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19504

Those look great. I really like the kph inner ring on the speedo with the red 100. And it must be refreshing to have two orange needles.

The LH exhaust was on the ground, correct? If so, it may have nudged the whole assembly out of alignment a bit (but as footgoose noted, correct alignment is not symmetrical). You could loosen all the exhaust clamps and see if the exhaust wants to shift back to the left a little. You could also remove the bolts that attach the LH hanger to the frame tab - to see if they are still straight.

Haha... the manual can be vague... I think it's referring to a little hex thing that comes with the tool kit - then you're supposed to put a box-end wrench or socket on the hex thing. A proper hex wrench, as you have there, is much better - works for the rear axle too. Consider adding an angled valve stem when you change the tire - makes checking pressure and adding air much easier. That little mushroom-capped bolt on the side-stand typically bends if the bike goes down on the left. It should have a lock-nut as well (see parts diagram).

Rather than getting new carbon side covers, you can just run with a naked airbox. It lets you see a little more frame and rear spring. Removing stuff is as cheap as it gets... Another cheap mod: spray-tint the turn signal lenses - and a very light coat on the taillight if you want to subdue it a bit without losing visibility.

Wow... we all just missed an opportunity by a few weeks here. SwooshDave could have ridden that from Washington to SF Bay area. Made the delivery and then picked up his Greenie. Whenever you do get it you will ask yourself: "Why did I wait so long for this motorcycle?"

Hmm... is the attitude from the Scura fairing overpowering the Greenie attitude? Carbon side covers now.... but what's next? I think the exhaust hangers and the rear brake master cylinder cover should be black - you can try that in photoshop. The red covers are nice. I would try to match the red on the frame and porkchop. If your alternator cover is beat up from rocks, you could give it a coat of red along with the rocker covers.

Grease the pin and start it into the peg. Then put the spring in place, use a small drift or screwdriver to press the spring in and align it to the pin while you tap the pin through.

It does look good - even though I said elsewhere recently that I thought the red cover was too much for the greenie (I'm having a change of heart). Dave - I've had the covers powder coated and they're holding up really well - much tougher than paint. Flat Black on my Red LeMans - and Candy Apple Red on the Champagne one (which I temporarily put the green tank on). Here's another shot:

Now, it becomes clear that, if one has an Albrecht von Goertz designed BMW 507, exactly who gets to park in front . . . Um... are we potentially confusing a British Aston Martin DB4 with an American Ford Thunderbird? ...and while we're at it, Kia is a Korean (not Japanese) company.

Looking good ...and you gotta love highway 18 on a weekday. Monster climb with great visibility.

I think I smell a project... Looking forward to it. I got my first Guzzi just a couple years ago... and it has proven to be the start of a not-insignificant obsession. Welcome to Club Guzzi. Your 2003 model year bike will have a lot in common with the 2002 models so you'll want to get familiar with the transitions. For example, the 2002s have a tank pad and external fuel pump - but the 2003s have a smooth tank and internal fuel pump. Your lovely burgundy sport was probably sold as a 2003, but has the same tank and pump as the 2002s.

You must be having a dream today... but it's a good dream.

The emission system is different on the black-frame bikes (inkblot's is a 2004). There should be just one canister mounted in the exhaust hanger (behind the crossover). As I understand it, the European bikes did not even have hoses attached to the two vents under the tank. I have removed all vent/overflow/recovery hoses from mine - no problems so far.

Does this qualify?

The Speedhut gauges are much shallower than the Veglias. If you're going to use the stock plastic gauge cup, you should have room to conceal all the extra black box and wires inside the gauge cup. You can drill a hole in the back of the cup for the dimmer knob. Then it will be basically invisible, behind the flyscreen.

But you polished your foot levers - or at least the shifter. I remember seeing a picture and thinking that looked quite good.

Yes, I probably should have said instrument lights, that's what I was thinking. I would like to understand relays a little better. Isn't the power required to activate the relay almost insignificant? Doesn't the low current throw the switch - then the high current goes through the connection? So therefore, when you think of fuses, it's only in relation to high current, which in this case powers the heated grips. The power for the grips would not come through the instrument light or the city light.

Don't call it gray... Docc thinks it's silver. Shhhh.... I also like the stock color - and the red lettering is quite a nice touch. I like the polished head-guards that came with this bike, and think some polished foot levers might in her near future (they are crusty-corroded now). While I was testing the champagne tank with the manual petcock, I put the green tank over the candy red covers. It was really fun for a few minutes, but it's a bit too much for my taste and I don't think I would like it long term. The word "lurid" comes to mind: very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect.

Park? Did you get one with an automatic transmission? I think that light is on all the time. I think you could also activate the relay by tapping into the dash lights.