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No blue hair in a Buick or brain dead texter trying to run over me..

Nicole & I rode to Chattanooga to pick up our new 2023 Indian Pursuit Darkhorse w Premium package which includes electronically adjustable Fox hydraulic rear shock preload thru the infotainment screen. Rode like a dream two up, first 300+ are in the books first day. Looks good parked next to the Rosso.

I rode my V11 Lemans to the monthly Northeast Ohio Guzzi breakfast at Mike's Place in Kent, Ohio this morning. Earlier this week I pulled the leaking timing sensor out, cleaned off the gasket sealer I had previously used (permatex 300), applied new sealer (permatex motoseal gasket maker) and re-installed. I have about 350 miles on it now and no leaks or seeps yet. Yeah, new oring seals both times. Anyway, good food & conversation was enjoyed by all the attendees, I think.

I have now done some mileage using the Bowtex Elite Shirt and I can vouch that it is so far the best solution to address the humid heat, at least here, in Texas. I wore it while in the upper 50's, lower 60's, to check how it let air go through. It is more efficient than a jacket, especially a lot lighter not much different of a T-shirt with long sleeves, but with protections and anti-abrasive fabric. Yesterday, in 97 degF (36 degC) felt temperatures, it was bearable. Much more than any of my so-called summer jackets. Simply because you could wear it with one of the SIXS T-shirt, lighter than a T-shirt. I am not going to pretend that you don't feel hot. You do. Now, because it is almost weightless, once you are in motion, the air goes circulates including through the neck opening and offers the best ventilation I got to experience in a tight garment. There are no pockets, excepted those to fit the protections. I am now using it exclusively to any other jacket. It could probably be worn directly on the skin, I have not yet tried that, but in exchanges with Bowtex customer service, I was told that many use it as an underlayer while riding better tempered climates. While new, I thought it was undersized. It fits better now, however I would probably go for XL on my next purchase. I wear medium in the USA, which makes it a large by European standards.

Long weekend here.... So after getting a ride in Friday to see Dad, Saturday took the minister to the Dandy market ( a quarterly occasion ). Today whist waiting for a reasonable time to fire up the chain saw and cut some firewood. The bike got a long overdue wash clean and polish! WooHoo she does scrub up well. Cheers Ps Bloody hell Friday was cold windy and damp on my ride and last two days when can't ride weather's cool but sunny dry and no wind...go figure ha ha

https://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/mcy/d/canton-1996-moto-guzzi-sport-1100/7631035791.html Seems like a fair price on an older sport. I don't know the guy.

Well built 1000ccm 76 LM, it's welcome in my yard any time [emoji16]. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

I checked that on the Lonelec site and manually installed them, just back from the garage and feeling all nerdy that I fixed it myself CO trim is -128, will try to change that tomorrow.

Downloaded the correct FTDI driver?

Thanks, the suspension and weight distribution makes the bike feel lighter than it truly is, a sports bike bagger w 122HP. It also has inverted front forks with Brembo brakes and 6 axis imu lean angle tech. Tour de FORCE.

For my son Landon. I know the gasoline ICE purist will not like the fact that its an electric bike, but that's the world young Landon grew up into. The EFTR Jr is a replica of the FTR Carbon, capable of 7mph in low and 15 mph in high settings. It has front and rear brakes with rear adjustable suspension. Learning battery charging management will probably do him well in his lifetime. My first bike was a smoking(literally) Italian made 50cc two stroke, Indian badged import from the 70's, I loved that bike and its still in my parents garage today.

My only concern is how hot and melty the material becomes after a long pavement slide, although trading serious burns for serious abrasions is a fair trade. Dyneema is so strong it's hard to fathom- a 1/8" Dyneema rope has the tensile strength of a 1/2" steel wire rope, if memory serves. The literature says 'UV resistant' but (20 years ago) UHMWP ropes needed UV protective sleeves to make them durable enough in the sun to be economical for ships. Perhaps they've sorted chemical UV blocking in the material. Keep posting, being in S. Florida I'm always interested in safe comfort in the heat.

Even on your aeroplane?

Conti Trail Attacks. It was my first "Attack" tire, and I liked them so much I put road attacks on everything.

Just saw this as a 'whatizzit' on FB groups. I directed him here, of course.

I tried an idea on my V11 to both reduce any chance of water ingress and reduce unsprung weight. An alloy vent plug with an oil trap, and a short hose with a foam filter. No oil leaks or water, but then there wasn't any before I started either.

Hey look! Is that a 120 watt Dean Markley under the tool bag? For some reason I don't have a wife, but I do have twin 11 liter v8 cat diesels under my floor. Could I have a Guzzi type personality? Should I be worried?

Here's the thread on what I had to do with the Sport to get it dry. I originally simply vented the cap to a hose, but it was so bad that it still pushed juice out a 1/8" hose over 3 feet long. The trick was shielding the base of the vent from thrown oil, which took a while to suss out. Since this mod, I've had zero trace of oil in the vent hose, I even ran it for a day without the hose and it stayed dead dry.

One thing being overlooked here is that the various bevelboxes are different and most 'Vent' differently. On Loops, Tonti's and the Quota the pinion and its bearings aren't sealed. This means that theoretically the air in the box will vent through the bearings and into the swingarm and thence through the splines of the shaft and universal joint into the UJ housing where any 'Pressure' will simply cause the boot between the swingarm and gearbox to swell a bit. There is also that the extra volume of the swingarm etc. means that the pressure rise is proportionally low. We'll come back to this. On the early Spineframes, Daytonas, Sport 1100's and Centy's what was essentially the same bevelbox was used but due to the shaft not being enclosed the pinion was sealed. On these boxes though the factory never fitted a breather and consequently seal failures due to pressurisation issues are fairly common, not helped by the sealing surface at the pinion being exposed to water, grime and not being rust proofed in any way! When the V11 series arrived they'd had enough time to have a think about it and coupled with changed internal ratios in both gear and bevelbox the sealing mechanism and pinion bearings were redesigned and improved and a breather was added to the bevelbox that was also enlarged to take more oil and greater volume. One of the biggest problems with the V11 series breather set ups is actually on the gearbox where some genius in the design department put it in the centreline of the gearbox directly in line with the spray line from the rear tyre when it's wet! With no hugger or spray protection riding in rain can and does result in the gearbox filling up with water! Later still the CARC bikes have another system where the pinion is sealed but because the entire bevel gear system sits within a reactive bridge with the bevelbox casing as well as the pinion being sealed there is another 'Rubber' boot that seals the front of the box ensuring the interior of the swingarm remains 'Dry'. The CARC bevelboxes have a breather at the front of the bevelbox case above the pinion bearing part of the reactive bridge. It too is prone to water intrusion from wheel spray but, inexplicably, not on all bikes! The only reason I can think of is different spray patterns from tyres with differing sipage! Anyway, a remote breather to replace the shitty little 'Top Hat' breather is commonplace on CARC bikes. I in fact designed and marketed a very neat and unobtrusive system for the CARC early on but, as you would expect from Guzzi owners, they whined and complained that it was 'Too Expensive' so nowadays most people just use a banjo and a length of braided hose run up the swingarm and up near the airbox to allow the box to vent without the risk of water intrusion. Cali 14's, V85's and other Smallblocks all have sealed pinions and breathers. To return briefly to the subject of Quotas, (And others with the early *Unsealed* pinion bearings.) the thing is that although in theory the box should be able to vent through the bearings into the swingarm reality is such that sometimes, for whatever reason, the box will pressurise and the seal/s pop. I've experienced it myself with weeping seals that when you push in the seal hook to extract them you get a hiss of escaping air! Far more than you would expect if the full volume of the swingarm etc was available for expansion. Anyway the 'Why?' Is by the by but I'd think that the reason why the Quota in question has the breather fitted is because it's one of these *Inconvenient* pressure prone boxes. You could always remove it, get the box good and hot and then 'Burp' it and see if it has excess pressure. If it doesn't? Leave it be. If it hisses at you? Reinstall the breather post haste!

There have been reports that when fresh gear oil is put in the rear drive unit, as the fluid & air get hot & expands,it can be enough to blow seals over time; That's why some people recommend burping the rear end shortly after the first good heat cycle.(I do it out of habit) A vent cap or tube precludes the need for "burping"

What year is the long tank Sport, @Guzzi-in-Vancouver ?

Eh, the forum has set the limit on my "likes&thanks " for today. So, back home from a "true" SpineRaid, and what an honor to attend. Welldone @Joe and @kalev11 ! What an outstanding effort! [pictured,L>R, Bill Hagan/ Joe ]

Correct, the TPS is set/ "baselined" with a multimeter, not with guzzidiag.

This is supposed to be stand-alone. It has all the protections included. This is a brand new item for Bowtex, and after my order, they informed they were manufacturing the first batch. I intend to wear it directly on one of the SIXS undergarment that I purchased last year from Italy. Those are really lights. I will give Bowtex feed-back, however I don't think this is going to be the solution for the Texas weather. True re the bandana requirement. Although my helmet may help, I will verify everything after my first test drive.

Icenian, while I love the V11 Sport variants, have owned two. I have been told that the Breva 1100 2v is one of the best all round bikes Guzzi has ever made. (From multiple Guzzi folks around the Rally scenes). The answer is all 2v Guzzi's are good bikes, plus you can own more than one model at the same time.

Oh lord, I had one of those.

Very nice! Remember the Vroom Motor?

They don't make that size..