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  1. Phil, I knew you were a kind soul. (but I had to read between the lines to think that)
    4 points
  2. That would send me completely over the edge I think we should all be kinder to each other and be there to comfort, console and support each other through these stressful times. Anyone want to donate me a full restored Ambassador I'd be very comforted by one of those to put around on. Ciao
    4 points
  3. Bloody hell I must be getting bad, Pete Roper is trying to pacify and settle me down, LOL. Yea I saw the front bearing solution in the BB from those training notes you sent me, not that impressed with that. What I loved about bevel drive Ducatis was there wasn't a single chain in the whole engine and every bearing was replaceable in the average blokes workshop with the exception of the big end which needed a press and some engineering expertise to do. I didn't like the transition to cams running in the head material either. Kawasaki 900's used plain replaceable cam bearing but that was abandoned as well. I know it's inevitable the way things are going and it's unstoppable, but rage,rage against the dying of the engineering light I say, You are correct in that just about anything can be saved by an engineering/ machining specialist but you know Pete those people are fading away as well. I wouldn't be at all surprised if in 20 years time they dont exist anymore. Anyway, whats this "retirement" thing I thought you were already? Ciao
    4 points
  4. It's for my own good, I've led a bad life. The universe is punishing me. Could be worse, I could have lived in London in 1940. Ciao
    3 points
  5. šŸŽ¼šŸŽ¶šŸ„šŸŽøšŸŽ·
    3 points
  6. Pretty sure Moto Guzzi knows not to try and make something I'll be moving up to from mySport, which I obviously already love and won't give up. And it appears they are not at all inclined to mount a proper transverse V-twin to my follow-on . . . OTOH, it has been a fascination to watch my son adopt motorcycling and work his way from a 2014 V7 (that he cafƩed), then to a V85TT (that he rides "adventure-style" = creek crossings,camping, and sketch roads). Where do these kids get these crazy ideas?
    3 points
  7. Yea I don't think Pete and I would be qualified to give the "settle down" talk to anyone on a forum Both too curmudgeonly, happily so I suspect, for me anyway. Ciao
    3 points
  8. Sorry to hear about your tip over. I blamed the dog when it happened to me. I'd crimp and sleeve. Also I would slide some heat shrink tubing over the wire (before you finish crimping). Even better is the type of sleeving that has glue in it that completely seals the joint when heated.
    2 points
  9. ā€œProgressā€ in the sense of big, soulless corporations using the contrived ā€œclimateā€ excuse falls flat on the people who critically think and have a healthy knowledge of history. ICE will always be available to the monied class imo. While the rank and file will struggle with maintaining ever diminishing quality of life. Idiots canā€™t even keep the power on during a bad rain storm (Texas)ā€¦. Now imagine your electric car, plugged into the matrix as it wer e..taxed by the mile, rendered inoperative for any infraction by some bureaucracy. Tracked and monitored (for the children) yeahā€¦ anyone see the movie ā€œThe Last Raceā€? Itā€™s worth watching to see how this has been foretold decades agoā€¦
    2 points
  10. Learned over on w/g that there is a new Guzzi dealer in the area: https://www.starpowersportstn.com About an hour & a half a way on back(ish) roads. Might stop in on the way down to check out the place. Bill P.S. What's left of Ida is pouring outside just now. Sure glad not riding.
    2 points
  11. IMHO, Moto Guzzi, cum Piaggio, has done an admirable job of creating product offerings that appeal to their future market. (Er, that ain't us, y'all . . . ). That the current V7/9 range and the bold V85TT has done so very well, worldwide, speaks volumes. How long this brave, new water-cooler might take to become established . . . Beta testing, anyone?
    2 points
  12. No Pete rail away, I'm stuck at home, nowhere to go or I'll get arrested:) Ciao
    2 points
  13. And, > honestly, I find these perspectives about engineering and product offerings quite revealing. As a consumer, it is impossible for me to judge the engineering competence of a product that interests me. Too often, it is more about the wrapper or the label. I feel like I got really lucky with mySport. I'm thinking about keeping her . . .
    2 points
  14. Haha, so . . . say if you and Pete were to pull me aside and say, "Yo, docc - ya need to settle down a bit there, bud." . . . . Pretty sure V11LM.com will have a Moderator opening . . .
    2 points
  15. So I need to settle down? Be honest, I've been in lockdown for 4 weeks. Ciao
    2 points
  16. I agree Pete and your point is a valid one but I'm a bit of an engineering purist plus it goes deeper as well. The modern engine is a wonderful thing as long as it's a "good one" Will give many trouble free miles without any issues. The modern mass produced philosophy falls apart though over the long term and the short term if you have a serious issue. The long term may not bother you and fair enough but here's an example. My Sunday drive car is a Focus RS 2.3 Turbo 4. The engine is as is common practice these days a friction drive camshaft system, no crank or cam keys on anything as god knows that would cost and extra $10 in machining and 3 keys. The Upshot? well now you when you need to do a simple job like change the front timing cover crank seal here's the process. Release the crank pulley bolt, the cam timing is now gone. Remove the cover and replace the seal. remove all the cam drive and oil pump drive to fit new friction drive washers behind the cam drive sprocket. Remove the HP fuel pump off the exhaust cam, remove the vacuum pump off the inlet cam remove the cam cover and then the drive end and journal off the inlet cam so you can install the cam timing tool. Install the crank TDC stop. Re fit and seal the front timing cover set the cam timing and then torque up the TTY pulley bolt without disturbing the cam timing and re assemble half the freeking engine. This is what you get to save a few pennies on some keyway machining. Now the hard part, how many Ford dealership workshop drones do you think are capable of doing this task without screwing up at least 1 of the processes. Ford had a recall on this engine to replace head gaskets and when I saw what was involved I predicted a world wide total catastrophe for owners. I was proved totally correct, it's been a nightmare for just about every one of the 27,000 owners involved. Not me fortunately. This is the modern corporate engineering philosophy in practice. personally if they offered and old style build engine at a premium cost I'd be the first to opt for that if for no other reason than a dealership mechanic would have less chance of screwing up any significant maintenance when it's required. Ciao
    2 points
  17. It's best to post photos in a motorcycle forum for complements but don't expect complements in photography forums.
    1 point
  18. Thank goodness...Worst case, I get another color and pay a couple hundred to prep and paint...but I'd rather avoid that hassle!
    1 point
  19. At the very least, black is probably the easiest of the three early Sport colors to paint match.
    1 point
  20. Until I see more and better pics I'm not ruling anything in or out. Really need to see some exploded parts diagrams to see what's going on.
    1 point
  21. 01466430XX is the base p/n and the last 2 digits are the colour but I don't have the number for black. Red is 65, Grey is 64 and unpainted is 30. There is a new red and grey ones on ebay from TLM in the Netherlands but I could retire on what they want for one if I sold my spare. I may actually have 2 spares, I'll check. Ciao
    1 point
  22. Yup the Magni fairing is a beauty; but my understanding is that the lines and fit are so tight that you're restricted to the Magni bars or similar type clip ons and that higher bars or MPH risers won't work if a need for improved ergos bars may be in your future. fwiw ymmv
    1 point
  23. Somebody just posted this on WildGuzzi, and I thought it would be interesting here too. I didn't know the MGS01 used a 6-speed transmission "modified" from a V11.
    1 point
  24. Yeah. Like Scud said, but it's a bit hard to figure out from pics - maybe this helps, this is what the rear gearbox plate and bottom end of the frame look like. And the gearbox reinforcement truss. (I thought I scored one from DeAgo a couple of months ago, but it was bad inventory. Dammit!) Connection points are the welded, integral arms at the front, the gearbox plate like Sports and early V11s, the V11-style gearbox front mount, and the MGS01-only gearbox rear plate mount. In this pic the set of bolt holes ahead of the ones for the rear plate are the ones that fit to the normal top mount on the V11 box. Jens at Dynotec isn't a fan of this set-up; he says it's not stiff enough and breaks gearboxes and is the main reason the road bike never happened. Any MGS owners had that experience?
    1 point
  25. So you guys are all locked up and the feds are spending your kids future on a cold as well??? Shit......... the worlds gone mad.
    1 point
  26. You Can't Always Get What You Want
    1 point
  27. Get rooted! Actually if you wanted me to make a list of the things that shit me about the 8V we could start with the shitty plastic oil pump gear and move on from there. How about a crank with no sludge trap that they sold as being '30% stronger'? My fat, pimply arse! It was just a way of saving a machining operation. I could rail on for hours but there's no point. It's still a magnificent engine, way better than the 'Old' Hi-Cam but it's not without faults and some of the penny pinching shits me to tears!
    1 point
  28. You guys rock. Whatever Piaggio does cannot shake The Rock that am y'all.
    1 point
  29. Same, the std headers from my V11 fitted perfectly to the Centy engine in a v11 frame with the v11 Stucchi cross over, amazingly. Ciao
    1 point
  30. I'm a couple hours north of Tellico Planes, just some rain and light wind, more rain coming but I think it will be ok, supposed to blow through by tomorrow evening. The nice part is the cooler weather, high 70's Thursday and Friday, time to do some test rides.
    1 point
  31. My sister bought the Stones' DFW tix, she's inline to go, provided they don't want the paper, 'cause she ain't been vax'd and her daughter got it and her granddaughter got it bad with the delta. So there's that. I've seen the Stones on 3 occasions, the last one in a 10k arena..."Moonlight Mile". You know that COTA got $25M a year from the State for many years? (Enough to cover the F-1 fee, true) I'll admit that some Lockhart BEEF DINO RIBS might get me there but likely on my way to Port A and the beach. I just can't get brave enough to go in crowds. Mentioning bands, I'd like to go to the Dead & Co at DFW and those guys will see your papers. Still not sure I'll make it.
    1 point
  32. The damage from Fred looked really nasty around Cruso area, I saw the Blue Ridge Motorcycle campground got completely washed away...I wanted to visit that on the trip out. I hope they'll rebuild! Hope Tellico and surrounding areas stay clean and rideable for the raid!
    1 point
  33. Too late now for bbolesaz but for anyone else just make your own line when the Guzzi ones fail. Cheaper, and better quality and aesthetics. No it isn't hard to do. Ciao
    1 point
  34. I have just found this from 2011: https://www.rideapart.com/news/257347/miguel-galluzzi-on-the-new-moto-guzzi/ "We are also working on a new engine that will be lighter and smaller. The new Guzzi product range is going to be simpler. We are going to have the small displacement (750cc) as we always have, we are going to have something in the middle that is going to be 1,200 or 1,300 and we are going to have the big block. From these three lines of engines, we are going to work to develop new models. The middle is going to be a big middle. Guzzi is about big torque engines, there is not going to be a small displacement, nothing like that." What happened? It took 10 (!) years.
    1 point
  35. Actually was expecting better for the launch of a new century, new engine platform... something more celebratory with the splash & buzz created of a halo model. This looks boring as batshit - so the Breva launch commentary makes sense. Iā€™m guessing the engine will have bore/stroke dimensions more akin to the Bellagio - with higher revs capability.
    1 point
  36. So it wasn't just me, I saw that and thought this at least from the side. These were/are great bikes (I've got the engine and running gear of one in the Sfida 1000), but the styling.......................Honestly?
    1 point
  37. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&u=https://www.motociclismo.it/moto-guzzi-centario-nuovo-inedito-motore-arrivo-v100-79214 Double overhead camshaft, 4 valves, 1000 ccm, new position for headers and injection manifolds Could be interesting ... https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&u=https://www.laprovinciadilecco.it/stories/Lago/lierna-mistero-moto-guzzi-un-drone-per-il-video-blocca-la-provinciale_1405319_11/
    1 point
  38. I just hope it's something more ambitious than another 2 valve pushrod chuffer with a water jacket. I too can't believe that they'd invest too much in a redundant technology and no matter what replaces them fossil fuels have to go, no matter what angry old white men say.
    1 point
  39. Water-cooled BMW boxer engines have been flying in the wind for several years now. The discontinuance of the airheads was not the last gasp of BMW. I'm surprised Moto Guzzi made it so long with air cooled engines. It's all in the execution... so I am in a "wait and see" mode. But I suspect whatever they are building has contributed to pushing off the 100-year anniversary celebration so they can release it then. It will be the start of "trying to go out of business for the next 100 years." To take the next logical step... an electric Moto Guzzi has to be on the drawing board somewhere. There really is no reason make an electric motor look like a transverse twin.
    1 point
  40. If you go to an L twin format why keep the shaft? Of course it's doable but a transverse crank is much better suited to a chain drive layout. I couldn't really care if they do or not as I'm not in the market for a new bike. I may yet purchase a V11, a Centauro or a Griso, but nothing I've seen recently does much for me, but I'm still in the last centruy and want to stay there
    1 point
  41. Just a straight tip Docc Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk
    1 point
  42. If I have a choice, a V11 LeMans. It already includes a fairing. My maximum budget is 6k USD for a low mileage minter. If not, a V11 Sport/Naked/Cafe would be great too. I'd just have to find a color matched Magni fairing to complete the look. Like the V11 below: Grazie.
    1 point
  43. Back in the day I bought a new Centauro. Like most at that time, it barely ran except at WFO. I made it my life's work to sort it, and it took 2 years of trying everything on the COG at the time. I got it running beautifully.. all the little glitches they came with *except* the very occasional miss around 3400 or so. The final solution for that was the brass temp sensor holder to replace the plastic piece.
    1 point
  44. Fair enough. 122 rear wheel is not likely at all - or the motor was tuned to the edge thus making it a grenade. And, since the term bragadoccio is Italian, one can figure that it was at the crank, on a cool day, with avgas, on a slightly out of certification dyno and with refreshments from nearby Peroni. Never seen a dyno run of an MGS. For comparison (the same caveats apply) the 1187 liquid cooled Morini is rated at 140HP in street form. Can either figure be true? Or just true conjecture.
    1 point
  45. First, you have to think about how the horsepower is being measured. If you are measuring it at the rear wheel, there is likely around 15% more power at the crank. So a bike with 100 hp at the rear wheel has probably around 115 hp at the crank. Then you have the old joke about how small Italian horses are.... As a former racer of Ducati's, I know all about inflated horsepower claims. Our Ducati racebikes would make an honest 75 hp at the rear wheel (two valve air cooled 750 twin). We raced against guys with similar motors claiming upwards of 100 hp at the rear wheel from their two valve 750's. Oddly, I don't think I ever had another 750 two valve twin motor past me on pure horsepower. I did get out motored by a guy on a Guzzi, but it was something near a 1400cc Guzzi big block. Wicked fast down the straight. Even compared to a Ducati 996 it was fast. I do agree with Pete, focusing on horsepower is not really what Guzzi's do well. But I really enjoy the power my Daytona makes and how it makes it. It is faster than the wife's V11, but more importantly it is how it feels. It feels like a hot rod, it is raw and visceral. Much like a V11, only more so. Is the valve train a great design? Probably not. But it makes more power than the two valve Guzzi big blocks it is based on and feels like it. And it doesn't eat itself. As long as the oil pump doesn't fail before I get around to replacing it, I should be good. And I hope my Lario holds together as well, less sure about that one than the Daytona. But so far both are doing great. And both are great fun to ride.
    1 point
  46. I'd have to disagree with the 'Anything is possible' supposition. How do you get a motor to make more power? The bottom line is you either have to get more molecules into the combustion chamber or you have to excite them more once they are there. Preferably both. Unfortunately the Guzzi Hi-Cams, both old and new, have several limiting factors in their overall design and engineering that preclude the ability to get significantly greater volumetric efficiency, thermal efficiency or mechanical efficiency, (Although the 'New' hi cam and to a lesser extent the MGS01 engines do have significant changes and waste reduction strategies incorporated into the design.). Whilst it might, conceivably, be possible to make the motor produce 120 RWHP to do so would make it very peaky and would gut it of bottom end and midrange. We've done a fair bit of experimentation on this with the Nuovo Hi Cam and the simple fact is that chasing top end is a fool's errand. The Hi-Cam is what it is. When mapped correctly and running a long pipe with a dB killer installed it will make *About* a genuine 100 RWHP. Doing all the stupid shit that people expect to work because they've been told it will by charlatans with something to flog, (Open airbox's, shitty air (Non!) filters, loud, short pipes, too much fuel etc.) may yield a handful of extra ponies up the very top but what makes the Hi-Cams so enjoyable, their incredible, flat torque curve and tractor-like ability to reel in the horizon with the twist of a throttle from any speed in any gear WILL be severely compromised. We know. We've done it. The results were disappointing and spoke for themselves. As I always say to people who say they want their Griso to make 130 HP? Forget it and love it for what it is. Don't try and make it into something it can never be. The early Hi Cam is less mechanically efficient than the later one so you're already behind the 8 ball there. There is no 'Magic Bullet', only 'Magical Thinking'.
    1 point
  47. There have been endless claims for stupid HP figures for Guzzi Hi-Cams both first and second generation. Certainly the MGS had substantial lightening and friction reducing additions to the early Hi-Cam but whether these would of been sufficient to glean the boost to performance claimed I remain fairly skeptical. The internet is also awash with claims of stupid power increases with the 2nd generation Hi-Cam. Usually coupled with a breathtaking ignorance of the laws of physics and bucketloads of 'Magical Thinking'. In this, as with so many other examples of idiocy, I part my buttocks and break wind vigorously in their general direction.
    1 point
  48. Makes me wonder how they got 122 hp out of a 95 hp motor . . . Seems the "modification" to the V11 6speeder gearbox was the CNC machined billet rear plate that mounts the swingarm and replaces the frame side plates of the other SpineFrames. Also makes me wonder how the Spine is attached to the driveline on the MGS-01. More than just the very front of the engine and the very back of the gearbox?
    1 point
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