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BTW , I hope you purchase an OEM pump. Expensive: yes. Perfect fit: YES.

Nice paint and nice stand. Personally I like the stand with wheels as it's a lot easier to manage on your own. The stand rolls under the bike as it lifts and the bike stays stationary while it's lifted, safer. Phil

That looks great. Always wondered what it would look like in gloss. I started hand rubbing mine awhile back and decided I liked the matte finish better. Nice work.

hows it coming?

Final pictures of Tenni re-paint and another bike stand! After my last post here and reading and seeing your responses I much preferred the pictures of the stands that were submitted compared to my home grown one so built another and I must admit its much better than the first one I made. Re-painted the green (with conventional spray gun equipment) fairing along with new decals so now the colour match is perfect, thanks once again for your comments and advise on this. Will give the clear coat a buff in the spring to smooth it out once its hardened a bit more but more than pleased with the outcome as is.

I assume the leak is at the electrical terminals that come out of the pump ?

BTW these bikes idle speed is more than you think is "ok"

lol this is a trial, fixed the fuel pump fuse started the bike in celebration only to find the new fuel pump seeping fuel anyways found a Guzzi pump brought that waiting on its delivery. Still should have it on road just after Xmas at this stage only small job left is no plate light lost the original one somehow got two options here to remedy that issue will post pic of bike once it’s back together. After it’s legal I’ll detail bike in the following winter then I can call it finished for now

It is time to reposition the TPS to it's original.

A V11 VAULT!

I haven't ridden my bike for a month... But that's because I've been busy moving! Now the Lemans finally has it's own, private storage shed. With a little luck I'll be done with all the painting and wallpapering and I can still take advantage of the really mild december weather. Until now I had to make a 20 minute bicycle trip just to get to my bike. No more!

It's not resting on the cam, @gstallons, but let me check the cable slack. @GuzziMoto It may not have any, great suggestion! @Lucky Phil It used to be lower, more at rest if you will. @Scud and I messed with the TPS, etc and it's been just a little high ever since. I'm trying to get it back to what it had always been. Thanks, guys, I'll report back.

Happy birthday. Looks like a fun new toy/tool.

Yeah, I know a bloke who has his V7 850 GT set up like that. Impressive in a way, but I would have it set higher.

One of the worlds great Guitarists and songwriters. Everone not familiar do yourself a favour and look at his full body of work inc his movie scores, brilliant. I recommend the score from the movie "Local Hero" to start with, just to give you a taste. Phil

“I ain’t goin’ down’ that big road by myself"

My wife bought me a cool birthday present, a Fractal vise. A small one. Large versions are very expensive. They have been around for many many years and are designed for secure holding of irregularly shaped items and seeing I'm the family watch repairer as well as everything else it will be good for holding wtaches as well as other small stuff. If you see an old large one for sale at an auction or something thats going cheap buy it. They are quite brilliant things.

The idle rpm is fine. Not sure what the issue is but others have pointed out some things to check.This very low idle thing some people seem to have an obsession with reminds me of the same people that think because it's a big twin you should be able to ride it around in 6th gear at 2500rpm. It just aint so. Same with the idle esp with the Vaguelia tach which never tells the truth. Low idle also means low oil flow which means less oil cooling for an air cooled engine sitting stationary. Also an engine like the Guzzi relies on oil fling off the crank big ends to help lubricate the cylinder walls so very low idle also means very low cylinder wall lubrication. Personally I alway set the idle by ear. I can tell by listening to an engine idle when it's in it's happy place. Phil

I was at a buddy's house and there was this ex heroin addict , ex hippie , ex-everything. He was as cool as it gets. He was on an old Ambassador. That thing was so "dialed in" it idled as low as an old 2 cylinder John Deere. Of all the bikes I have heard , this experience was the most memorable.

Is there slack in the throttle cable at the throttle body? It could be the throttle cable won't allow it to fully close. Or there could be something in the throttlebody preventing it from closing further. Can you force the throttlebody closed and the idle go down? Or, as gstallons said, perhaps the fast idle cam is holding it open slightly. It is, for the most part, a mechanical system. And it is likely that an issue like this is mechanical in nature. There is a digital side to the Vll throttle, but I doubt your issue is there.

Do you think you are on the fast idle cam not letting it idle down?

My bike is running great, but the idle bugs me, too high, about 1200rpm. I know many of you say leave it be, but I'd like to try a bit lower. The problem is I backed out both screws, and neither are touching the cam, but the idle hasn't changed. The cable doesn't seem to be kinked, or the like. Any suggestions?