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I will report back on the results of installing fresh, correct O-rings on the Air Bypass Screws. There are many (many) culprits to exorcise that contribute to the V11 sub-4000 rpm hiccup/cough. As, @Tomchri has said, " the TPS is VERY important ." Yet, one of the most maddening hiccup/cough sources to contribute to my (ongoing) madness: a very slightly loose vacuum tap and dried out rubber cap: (Yes. It made THAT much difference. ) And, yep, sometimes those superficial intake rubber cracks aren't just on the surface: In case we forget that "Ignition" issues can send us down the "Fuel/Air/Map" rabbit holes, this coil -> ignition wire connection failure took a long time to reveal itself . . .

Keeping my fingers crossed, but I am the new proud owner. I paid the asking price. It checked all the boxes me, except price: Color, Year, Mileage, condition, Recall Work etc.. Currently awaiting shipping First Guzzi in my stable of Ducatis, BMWs, KTM and Triumph.

Installed a nice seat.

My first bike was a Scrambler like this

Was waxing the V11 the other day and discovered the guts of my RH front turn signal wanted to come out with the lens loose and not wanting to snap back in place. The signal's front had all my attention. Ordered a replacement. Buffing it out today, I noticed a screw on the back side of the turn signal. Tightened it up....all is well. Guess I need a time out before replacing the cam belts on the Ducati....

For certain, the V11 is exceptionally sensitive to even very minor intake leaks as well as exhaust leaks. These can add up to a maddening crusade to hunt down and eradicate idle issues and the nefarious sub-4000 rpm cough/hiccup. Ever the Beta Tester, and afflicted with a painfully inquisitive mind , I removed my Air Bypass Screws for cleaning this Decent Tune-up : Yep, they were really sooty and nasty. Far worse than this "representative image" shows: Then I got the clever idea that the 20+ year old O-rings could be suspect (green, left: below). One, especially, looks deformed and damaged. So, I locally sourced Viton O-rings in "Standard" size #008. They look (and measure) a bit undersize (black, right: below): After waiting at a crowded counter at my expert rubber&gasket resource (along with folks repairing bulldozers and well drilling equipment ), the good man sizes the wee O-ring as metric 4mm I.D. x 2mm cross section. The #008 is indeed a bit undersize. He figures Viton is the right choice and orders them for me. (I had him get a dozen so the well drillers would let me live) and asked him what the OEM green O-rings could be. He figured EPR (or EPDM) as used with refrigerant, but no way they could have lasted all this time (me: "thinking" ). So, what are the OEM green air bypass screw O-rings? Nitrile? And, isn't it coming time these hidden leak sources might start contributing to our madness if undetected?

Let's see how quickly you will be able to realize your dream....

That makes 2 for Design Engineering, Inc. They seem to have some good products. Two of them look like they would be appropriate for the replacement of the heat shield under the fuel tank. Reflect-A-Cool: https://www.designengineering.com/reflect-a-cool-24-x-24/ Heat Screen: https://www.designengineering.com/heat-screen-36-x-20/ They both have high-temp self-adhesive backing, come in different sizes, but "Heat Screen" seems a bit thicker and made with higher quality materials. A little pricey of course when compared to anything one might find on Aliexpress and such but this is a task that you would not want to undertake too often and effectiveness and durability should be high priority me-think. And even though, brand name and price alone does not guarantee product quality, the lack of information - and incomprehensibility thereof sometimes - associated with products out of Aliexpress make me a tad leery of buying there. On the other hand, these DEI products have good descriptions and even SDS sheets. I shall take a trip to Autozone and see what I can get my hands on...

For purposes of clarity, "Return" spring (left) / "Detent Roller" spring (right): [Above: the difference in spring shape after about 90,000 miles/145.000 km] [Below] - Top: 64,000 mile factory pawl spring; Middle: new factory spring; Bottom: ChuckScud Superspring:

nos·tal·gia| näˈstaljə, nəˈstaljə | noun A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. 14 years old, I was finally getting a real taste of freedom when I graduated from a bicycle and was legally allowed to ride a "Cyclomoteur" on the street... without a license. I literally lived on the darn thing and loved it, from taking me to school in the morning to meeting with my friends afterwards at the café and going on adventures on the week-ends. And when summer came, we'd load them up and go on multi-days camping trips in the backcountry... lots of fun memories. The Italians had Vespas, we had Motobécane, Velosolex and Peugeot. The Peugeot 103 was ubiquitous in the streets of France in the 70's and would become the most sold moped in the world. It was the most popular model back then and has retained a cult following to this day. The Peugeot 103 celebrated its 50 years anniversary in 2021. Here is an article in honor of the event - Sorry but it's in French. https://www.mobylette-mag.fr/4890-peugeot-103-le-cyclomoteur-le-plus-vendu-dans-le-monde.html

First one was this (representative pic, didn't own a Polaroid back then....).

My very first would have to be some lawnmower powered minibike. Not sure if it even had a brand name on it. I just ripped up and down a long gravel driveway in upstate NY when I visited my father (that's all I was allowed to do). But my first street-legal transportation motorcycle was a 1972 Honda CB350-Four. Candy-apple red. Not sure if I have a photo of it. But I did buy a 1973 version a few years ago and putted around on it for a while. Re-owning the first bike did not re-capture the magic. It was just tragically slow, but it was fun for a spell. Rode that for a year and some change then got my first new motorcycle, a 1986 Yamaha Radian (also red). That was such a great little bike, and I have not seen one in a long time.

Taken from a Coppa, original seat.

Hello Gentlemen, Yes I missed a connection to the negative terminal of the battery, one of the leads had fallen down below, just re connected and all is fine, she starts! Thanks to you all, it made me have a closer look and I found the mistake I made, and after a very wet day, the roads are drying so might now finally be able to go for a ride! Thanks again everyone, I shall be coming on here again no doubt. Jon.

A couple of more simple things: Are you quite sure that you got everything connected back up to the battery? Have a really good look and make sure there is not another wire there somewhere that should be connected. Check to make sure the plug to the fuel pump is properly connected. Quite possibly those things are ok, but it is always good to have a quick look to make sure the really basic simple stuff is really ok before one starts delving into the more complicated of the possible faults. Also, check the fuses with a multi-meter. They might quite possibly look ok, but be actually faulty.

Bloody hell - I haven’t thought of Bo Derek in decades! Thanks for the refresh

Guess that's the better way to look at it...you never really know. At least I have the important part.

A proper Bolero. More than a quarter of an hour long, consisting of only 4 musical elements, and it never gets boring. I chose this version because I have helped mix a concert featuring this piece with that conductor, but with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. The conductor is truly brilliant.

Had a feeling this might be dead in the water. Finding one of these for sale is uncommon, they usually come with a bike attached.

Ha ha She's a rival for the Great Ocean Road eh....! I hear ya about the wee bugger screaming it's head off! My Van Van ( RV 75 ) was all done and dusted by about 90 if I remember correctly? Cheers Ps actually what I didn't realise then was that this was quite a rare bike.The 50/90 and 125 were common as muck but the 75 was very rare! There was another in CHCH bought by an old schoolmate though so that made 2 of us buzzing round the burbs in 76.....

I declare this drift "back on topic" . . .

Indeed it was. Yeah, when the Ag bikes came out, they fairly quickly replaced the postie bikes. The Honda had the advantage that it was dirt cheap, indestructable, and ran on the smell of an oily rag. But for following a herd of milking cows down a muddy lane, it wasn't really the optimal weapon of choice. Even the "Trail" version. The only real difference to what the posties rode was that it had nobby tyres on it. When my dad bought the AG100, he actually got it registered and bought a helmet. I reckon he thought he could use it to whip in to town and stuff like that. Thing is, the bike was flat knacker at about 80 kays. I grew up in this house https://www.google.de/maps/place/Cobram+Victoria+3644,+Australien/@-36.0113031,145.6649717,195m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x6b20ad39d2ab550d:0x40579a430a08b40!8m2!3d-35.919227!4d145.6395916!16zL20vMDY5bTFq Zoom out a bit, and notice the abundence of curves. That means, "whipping in to town" on the AG100 meant about 12 km. in pretty much a dead straight line on a little 2-stroke which was screaming its head off, and not all that comfortable for a bloke about 6' tall. I don't think he renewed the rego after the first year. The second year at the most. Nevertheless, an anecdote: When the AG100 was still fairly new, dad rode it in to town to the Cobram Agricultural Show. I think he was involved in the organisational commitee. That year, there was a Police Formation Riding Squad at the show. Dad got to talking with one of the riders. The Scout Hall was (is?) on the edge of the Showgrounds, and there was a log in front of that lying on the ground. No idea why it was there, but I reckon it was about 2 1/2 feet high. If I remember rightly, the conversation got around to what the AG 100 was capable of, and the Police Squad rider demonstrated how it was possible to ride it over the log.

G'day mate We were lucky in NZ in that we could legally ride/drive at 15 and by 15 years and 6 months had a Full license! We did also fall into the limited to 250cc whilst on a Provisional licence but if you could afford to you could ride anything at 15 and a half! I couldn't afford a bike till nearly 17 though but was given the family 1952 Morrie Oxford to drive to school and ferry Mum and siblings about at 15 when Dad got a newer Holden! Bloody hell it was another world back then eh! Cheers Ps we didn't really see many if any of the postie bikes as the cockies used the Ag bikes from memory...

161km in the hills today. Yes a great new toy, a modern Guzzi . Mapping, very good. Love the 105nm at 3500rpm. Means you can behave in normal traffic, BUT what a curb lover. Ok, new bike and all that excitement , I like her. Seen the rear light lighted, Italian.What a beautiful exhaust, no slip ons comes close, and and. Love to hear others experience with the Mandello. More for real comments later. Good friday gents Cheers Tom.

FWIW, I purchased my heat resistant foil tape at Autozone. The tape is distributed by https://www.designengineering.com/ they also sell other types of heat & sound proof materials. Art

Picked her up today after a 2hour test yesterday. Highway home from the dealer today, about 100m in cold weather. Can't wait for nicer weather. She feels light, so betting she will be fun in the mountains. More later. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

With three different V11, @red lion, it is going to be very interesting to see where the CO Fuel Trim is set on each of them!

As a kid in the 80’s my dad bought this Italian made two stroke 50cc Indian for my 1st bike. At age 19 I bought a 1993 Suzuki GS500E, pic was after basic training in 1995.

OK, Thanks

I learned to ride on other bikes, but the first one I owned was a Suzuki GSX 250 E. One of these, mine was silver. The one in the picture has side covers from a 400, but the caption in Wikipedia, where the picture came from, says it is a 250. At the time, the japanese 250 models were commonly a downsized 400. Japanese laws were such that "up to 400" was a class, our laws made 250's a class, and the japanese manufacturers catered for the market by sleeving down their 400 models. Otherwise, the 400 and 250 models were identical. As a learner and probabtionary license holder in the state of Victoria, Australia, one was allowed to ride a bike with up to a 250 cc motor. The 2-stroke wave started just after I bought my first bike, so I got a 4-stroke. There was much discussion about what was the best 250. I think the GSX that I had was one of the better ones. I really liked the bike, rode it for a couple of years, and then sold it on to a mate to buy a car. About a year after buying the car, I got a 1976 Kawasaki Z900. After riding that for a while, I had a ride on "my" GSX 250 E, which the mate was still riding. The dominating thought was "did I really used to ride around on this tiny thing?". How quickly one's perspective changes.

I would have to strongly recommend you source the pawl spring (from @Scud) as well. It is so unlikely the "Detent Roller" spring shown in the Stein-Dinse link is the problem . . .

Hello there, Have just joined hoping someone can offer some help and advice. I bought a v11 le mans, registered in 2007 last Saturday. I have been getting familiar with it and noticed the battery was a bit low so took it off and charged it. After re fitting the battery, the bike turns over better but now it wont start and I think it could be an issue with the ECU as I noticed there is no whirring sound that it used to make after switching on the ignition. I am concerned I have managed to wreck the ECU already by catching it with a spanner when undoing the battery although I dont remember hearing or seeing an electrical spark. I took a plug out after cranking the Motor and the plug was also bone dry. So, could anybody tell me, does it need to be reset perhaps?, there is a port that comes out of the ECU to plug in Diagnostic kit. Or is there a way of testing the ECU, short of trying it on another V11 Le Mans, not that I know of any other owners locally. I am preparing myself for the worst!!, If I need a new one, is it worth getting and ECU that can be reprogrammed?, or is the type I have (if it is servicable) able to be re programmed anyway?, If I grow to like the bike, I would like to fit the Mistral crossover and silencers for the better sound/looks/running. Sorry about all the questions but I really am not familiar with Guzzi`s. Jon.

Could be brandy new...the old one looks to be on the floor with a nick in it.

Hi, Jon! You are in the world's best place to get to know your V11. Your ECU is likely fine. Let's start with fuses and relays (under the seat). First, look at Fuse#2 (from the front). Next, carefully give Relays #4 and #5 a wiggle and firm press (maybe even unseat them slightly and press them firmly back in). Make note of the make/model of your relays and post back . . . Best to you and welcome! docc

Are you speaking of the corroded coil output? Yes, it cleaned up, but the wire end had corroded apart and had to be replaced. And, yes, that nasty hiccup was much improved!

The site hasn't been updated for almost 20 years (wow 2005 WAS that long ago I guess!), but the site still has some interesting information if one is curious about the California Jackal and Stone models. http://www.armory.com/~marina/

To illustrate my narrative further, closer to home, I would like to propose this video. Skim through the verbiage, just look at the landscape and picture the most appropriate Moto Guzzi to do it....

I would buy a V100 Sport or a V100 Lemans tomorrow

Another 19” front wheel with a couple of faux bark busters - the usual formulaic Adventure light effort I’d rather be ogling a future LeMans

One can hope . . . Best wishes to @FreyZI . . . "Life" can get >busy< . . .

Last visit from @FreyZI was about three months ago. Last major activity on this project was closer to a year ago (?) . . . So, "dunno" . . . mySport would look right-sporting with one. . . .

pick one or two:

I've already mentioned it in a PM to Pressureangle, but in case anyone is runnig a book, I'm in for one.

One more... The other bike we had on the farm was one of these: My dad won it in a raffle at the Barooga Sports Club. My youngest brother got it. The bike was about the right size for maybe a 12-year-old. My brother was about 14 or 15, and well on the way to his adult height of around 6' tall. But he loved it. We all rode it, me and my three brothers and my sister. But my sister gave up on it after she parked it in the electric fence. She left it there, walked back up to the house in a sulk, and demanded that someone go and fish it out. I think my oldest brother rescued it. Surprisingly enough, we didn't manage to kill it. No maintainance of course. In the end it got passed on to the youngest son of a neighbour a couple of miles away.

Yes it can be done. My Greenie was realy making me nuts, dont know how many times I tuned her, everything super, just 2800-3100rpm. So lucky to met a gent with a Quota who has the knowledge to enter the brain and use tunerpro. TPS is VERY important, and added a little fuel in that area. Probably not 100%, but she runs so good, NO stumbling at all, for sure I have tried everything to have her sneeze, ZERO. BIG smile in the helmet all day, and even when parked looking at her at night to. All of my V11 runs GREAT now. It's hope out there Cheers Tom.

Gallows Pole showed that folk based "acoustic" music could combine with heavy metal. The bass, vocals and drums are blazing, along with acoustic guitars and banjos. Saw Zep play it in '70 before the record was out.... IIRC saw Plant & Page play it twice. I think it's a brilliant "meld" and forerunner to "roots" and "alternative". Now we have "heavy" Bluegrass. This is fav from Zep 3 with the Page & Plant show. I really love the rhythm of the instrumental ending ... I might suggest the Alison Krauss - Plant stuff too.

Calming my soul humming along musing away chuckling while riding my moto gootsie it’s what I like to do revolution revelations

I have the impression Keiff didn't do much rehearsing for that.

Took the words right out of my mouth...this place is golden. When you have a 20+ year old bike you need everything going in your favor. The combined knowledge and wisdom here goes a long way in helping to acheive that. Thank you all for taking the time to help.