Fuel Solenoid Elimination

[paulnaz]

  Greetings o knowledgeable ones,

      I'm curious as to the model and date that Guzzi eliminated the electric petcock on the V11"s. 

     

    Thanks in Advance and Happy Holidays one and all!

 

          Paul B

[Chuck]

My guess is when they ran out of them..

[Scud]

The 2002 models (and the 2003 Sports) have external fuel pump and manual petcock. I think all the earlier had electric petcocks. Starting with the 2003 LeMans (and special editions) they had internal fuel pumps (no petcock).

[docc]

That is what I was thinking: 2002 with the wiring harness change.  But, as Chuck sez, not precisely at that instant, more like when the bin went empty.

 

All the RedFrame Sports and Rosso Mandello likely started with the "electric cock."

[Kiwi_Roy]

Probably when they changed the start relay wiring to put it through the ignition switch 2003 I think.

 

 

Sent from my shoe phone!

[docc]

On the Best Relay thread, there are four or five  2002 V11 wired through the Ignition Switch (rather than the NC contacts of Relay#1).  So, looks like petcock changed with the wiring in '02?

[Scud]

I think that's right, Docc. Only the red-frames can have a "Go-Winkie" by using the electric petcock plug after installing a manual petcock. The 2002 bikes do not have a plug for the electric petcock - they came originally with manual petcocks.

[JRD]

Correct- I looked all over my '02 LM for an extra plug for the petcock and was unable to locate one.  Pretty sure I was going to use it as a power source for my GPS.  Happy New Year guys, looking forward to some great rides!