Chuck

Sure. I've known Mark for years. He hasn't been a "dealer" for years, though. I was there when he finally got fed up. "I love the machines, but *hate* the company.." Guzzi had dumped a bunch of leftover bikes to another dealer near him for $2K below his cost. (!) He's a good guy, but doesn't know much about anything with a computer. Honest to a fault.

That's very kool, Coppa. To me, the stock fairing looks a little "added on." No offense intended to the purists, I'm normally one, myself.

Alrighty, let's dive into this. Here's the patient, nervously awaiting surgery.. 2017-02-09_05-00-03 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr The local Duck dealer had the seals.. 5 bux cheaper (Guzzi content) than Dan Kyle, and no shipping. Ohlins is *really* proud of their fork oil, however. 30 bux a liter? At any rate, knowing full well that fork oil does not = fork oil.. some manufacturers 5 wt. might equal another's 10, etc. I coughed and paid. 2017-02-09_05-00-35 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr The adjustable pin spanner is for my angle grinder. It fits, but may be too wimpy to do the job. My pup, Tylon, has the cnc mill tied up for a while, though, so if I have to make one, it'll be the hard way with layout, drill press, and band saw. Yuck. I *did* make a fork leg holder that way out of some engineering plastic, but that went pretty fast. 2017-02-09_04-57-04 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr Hopefully, the pin spanner will work and we'll get into those fork legs tomorrow. Stay tuned.

Ok, thanks again. I'm surprised at the lack of info on this site. Probably everyone already knows how to do it, but I'm going to do a blind leading the blind thread. This way, if I'm screwing up, somebody will save me, and everybody will learn.

I hate to be so needy, but I *have* searched here to no avail. The local Ducati dealer has the seals. Which fork oil should I get? 1309?

It's really pretty easy after you've done it a few times. Just push it on to the lift from the left side, hold it up with your right hand, and tighten the vise with your left. It *is* harder to put the rear wheel in. I prefer to have help for that.. but the rear wheel won't go in chocks I've seen.

I uhh... afro engineered.. some kind of rig that did that the last time the Mighty Scura was in for surgery. It utilized C clamps, pieces of engineering plastic I always have laying around, etc. I still had the front wheel in the Mickey Mouse HF "vise".. and.. tie down straps. I'm awfully careful when that sucker's in the air.. Just installed a sort of real vise. We'll see how well it works.

Thanks for that..

Let me tell you a story, Docc. I had been riding in the SoCal canyons for a year or three. When the serious twistys started, the A and B riders disappeared. About 2 corners, and they were gone. I thought I was a decent rider.. like everyone else does. Fortunately, one day I was riding with Todd Egan. He followed me a bit, and said, "You're doing everything wrong. Charging corners, getting on the brakes, upsetting the chassis.. etc." He pulled his bike out about 10 feet in front of me and said, "Follow me. Don't touch the brakes, you won't *need* them. Stay the same distance from me." We proceeded down the Snake and back, then down and up Decker canyon road. Faster by far than I'd ever gone. (!!) It was truly an eye opener. Flick it into the corner, start adding throttle all the way through the corner, don't mess with the bike, it is stable. After that, I practiced *a lot,* and could stay with the B riders, and the slower A riders. (!!!) As the years progressed I've slowed down again, but am still much faster than I ever was 20 years ago. Brakes? Still don't use them much..

Hey. When you gots it (hammers) flaunt it.

Didn't actually *do* anything, but put a new vise on my HF lift. Made it wide in case in my dotage I decide I need a chopper. (ahem) Note to the Kid. Just shoot me. 2017-02-06_02-56-35 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr

Thanks for that, Scud..

I know.. I'm being lazy, but does anybody know of a good source? Is there a tutorial here? TIA

I know a guy that gets that kind of mileage out of PR3s.

I'm sure Phil has forgotten more about this stuff than I'll never know.. so I doubt that's it. Where's that popcorn emoticon? I'm getting ready to try to learn something.. Phil, yours is the first one I've heard of leaking.

Here's Wayne's explanation with links, too.. http://hogmountain.homenet.org/Dielectric_grease.htm

Thanks for that..

Has anyone tried the ContiRoadAttack 2 EVOOn their V11S? the Kid put Classic attacks on his Spot and loves them. I put a set on the Monza, too.. Youza!

A Distinguished Previous Owner of a non running Strada I bought thought it was a good idea to put dielectric grease in all electrical connections. Naturally, it never ran again. Dielectric means, "does not conduct electricity." Another guy bought it, couldn't get it running and sold it to me after buying a $$new$$ unneeded Digipex unit. Wayne Orwig posted a long explanation of why not to use it. It included migration inside relays (!!) among other things. He says the only place to use it is spark plug boots.

When you work with a personal trainer, he finds your weaknesses pretty fast. He said my core strength sucked. After building my core, I went back to sport bikes without issue. No more aching wrists and neck. You don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows..

Ooh, pretty.

That worried me, too . . . But, look closely in the second photo in front of the (gorgeous!! ) V11 on the workbench: I spy a rubber handle with a red shank. Could it be ? Oh, yeah.. that's a smiter all right..

Hmmm, so how would "they" know if you modified an engine?

Blew out a disc in my back when I was out in SoCal.. this getting old is BS. At any rate, It's still a couple of weeks until I can get in to the cutter. Been going crazy not being able to lift anything, etc. The Mighty Scura needs fork seals, but that is probably a little much to take on right now. However.. the adjuster knob on the rear shock has gone missing. Ohlins doesn't sell it as a spare part. (!) So.. an hour of lathe and cnc mill work later, give it a couple of coats of SEM flat black, and I have a new one. 2017-02-02_10-45-17 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr Since I have an hour or so in it, probably I should ask the boss for 80 bux.

Well, yeah. You can find them all day at garage sales or Craig's list. Maybe for free. (Guzzi content). Then, you can do your own powder coating on small parts.