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My brother is a fuel tanker driver here in Australia. An interesting fact he made me aware of. The way some of the cheap independent fuel outlets get the cost down is by selling what the industry referrers to as "interstage" fuel. There is a single pipeline running from the Newcastle to the Sydney holding/distribution centre from where it is trucked to the retailers. The same pipe carries all the various fuels including diesel and 91-98 Octane. When they switch over from one type to another it's simply done without flushing the pipeline or anything like that but there is a calculated mixture of one type with another before the latest type comes out the other end 100% undiluted by the previous fuel. Interstage fuel. Sold cheap to the bottom end retailers. I've never been to one of those outlets since. Phil

Alles klar, schon verstanden. A bloke in Australia had a visitor. The Australian bloke did the right thing and showed his visitor around, as one does. The visitor was from Texas. They went out in to the countryside, and the Australian explained that the farms here were fairly large. The Texan said "oh, right, you should see how big the ranches in Texas are." The Australian pointed out the cattle, and how well they were adjusted to the environment in Australia. The Texan said "yeah, nice. You should see how big the horns are on our cattle". And so it went on.... Eventually, they were driving down a back road looking at the landscape and the bush, and a Kangaroo came bounding across their path. "Goddamm" said the Texan, "what in the hell was that?". "Oh, " said the Australian, "that's a native mouse".

It is difficult to understand what Buc-ee's represents if you don't live in Texas. I think one has to visit one to get it all. The concept seems to be expending as there are copycats, and Buc-ee's itself is already expending beyond Texas. I suggest that you read this article from Houston's newspaper, the Houston Chronicle. The study was conducted by "GasBuddy". My #1 gripe as a motorcyclist is they have no rest area dedicated to us. I do not purchase food from them, although they have a kitchen, but I would not mind sitting at a table to drink my coffee, rather than on my motorcycle. Especially when the sun is hammering as it does now. During vacation times, I have observed traffic issues going in or coming out; they are victim of their popularity. For the sake of being thorough, I did a little search on what are the qualifiers for the best gasoline in this country. Consumer Reports is citing a study carried out by AAA. I let you read it, but as it turns out, the best gasoline, named "Top Tier" are those with special additives. As I had dealings with Chevron, I know they have an additive named "Techron" which helps in keeping your valves from carbon deposits. If you peruse the list of Top Tier brands, Buc-ee's in not in it. Costco and Kirkland are. I searched to find out who is the supplier of gas to Buc-ee's, but I did not find that information. The closest I got was on a forum, where that question was asked, and someone claiming to have been a former Buc-ee's employee in Wharton said: various suppliers. It makes sense; Top Tier brands would not supply Buc-ee's without their brand showing. Buc-ee's is probably purchasing batches of gasoline from several of those refineries around Houston. Possibly, Buc-ee's gas is as cheap as it could be, so no additive. I think this is the extent of how good or how bad we can say it is. There probably is a minimum recipe imposed by the federal government on what can be called Gasoline. Their "Premium" should be named "Super", and not "Premium". But at least it is 93 Octanes (Ron+Mon)/2. Halon, which is another brand not on the Top Tier list, has Premium 90 Octanes (Ron+Mon)/2. However, we don't know why Halon is not on the list, since the AAA test was conducted on brands that agreed to participate. Same for Buc-ee's. To conclude, I have had the opportunity to work in plenty of developing countries, including Africa. Driving 40 years old cars, and using whatever gas was available. Land Rover, Toyota Land Cruiser and other Isuzu. I only once had an issue with a diesel engine powered car, because the diesel had too much water in it. But I could never really determine the quality of the fuel I pumped. It remains true today too. I stop when I need fuel. Love's too...

Noodling around our rural countryside, I routinely watch for "country stores" with gas pumps. Preferring to fuel at high turnover, branded stations, I rarely fuel at these small stores. Their grand value is the lady in the kitchen who cares that no one goes hungry and the friendly, engaging folk that both work there and the patrons. Confidence is extra when the parking lot is jammed with work trucks and farm vehicles. . .

I missed this thread last month. Sorry. We fly this pair flags twice every year: 6 June and 14 July. We also fly the flag of France on 5 May ... That pairing on Cinco de Mayo no doubt puzzles many, but think how wonderful Mexican cuisine -- already fine, IMO -- would be had the French won! Bill

Yeah, it is not normally a high pressure situation, so the intake pipe does not need much to stay on. It is actually normally a low pressure / vacuum situation between the head and the throttle bodies. It should not take much to keep it on. But you can see one of the slots in the metal intake spigot that the rubber boot grabs in your picture. Something went wrong to pop that off.

The metal "intake pipe" is not totally smooth, there are some ridges. And the Rubber boot has matching features inside, so it does seat. In addition to what Docc said about tuning, it's worth inspecting the system for other air leaks - both the boots and the vacuum hoses that attach to the intake port. And since one boot is already off, why not do a quick clean on the throttle bodies?

We know that it's important to have the rear wheel spacer stack-up right, or bearing life will be short. It's difficult visualize the parts that make up the stack-up, so I marked up manual pages in the attachment to show the parts involved in clamping the inner races of each bearing. Sizes are included. The sizes are my measurements, so if you have any comments, then I can edit the pages. V11 Rear Wheel Spacers v1.pdf

MPH is one of the too few places where you can get your vintage motorcycle looked after; At one time they were a Moto Guzzi dealership, but have parted ways with Piaggio's take over. I visited with them today, August 7th 2023, and was informed Mike, the owner has sold the car part of the business Mike Haven Automotive, and they are going to move the Motorcycle repairs to where Mike lives in Hempstead Texas, Waller county. The move should take place before the end of 2023. Mike says this will save them the commute, and will improve the turn around time for the bikes, which is currently around six weeks.

This morning, my Le Mans started to run on one cylinder. In the 87 Octanes topic, I reported that my V11 had a lot of misfiring. Fortunately, I was less from a mile from my house, on my way back from a run, so I limped back and a quick look at my left intake identified the root cause. The rubber boot had slipped from the intake pipe, and was no longer sealing around it. I was intrigued to find out there seem to be no lip on the pipe to prevent that kind of mishap. I have seen similar assembly with the pipe having a lip and the rubber boot a groove underneath the collar recess. Tightening the collar would lock the boot onto the pipe. But here, it looks the pipe is smooth, so the rubber boot is only held by friction. If you have not, worth checking on your bike.

Low idling no more.... Sorted it this morning in less than the proverbial two shakes of the lamb's tail... I am now around 1000 rpm give or take 50 rpm....

I had a few made up when a rear bearing failed after only 3 years. I do still have a spare made from this: https://www.onlinemetals.com/en/buy/carbon-steel/1-od-x-0-095-wall-x-0-81-id-carbon-steel-round-tube-a513-type-5-dom/pid/7564 I don't recall flanges, but can say that I installed one in 2006 and haven't had any bearing failures since.

Here you go, nice Coppa Italia in Hickory, NC. Valve covers have been painted red and an air dam added, otherwise looks all original. https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1132285080884204

Mike, Todd, Davey, and others there over the years made MPH unforgettable and part of Moto Guzzi lore.

Low idling Cheers Tom.

Good evening everybody, last year I build my personal Guzzi café racer . Unfortunatly I didn´t get younger in the past 63 years, so I prefer riding on my V 85 TT, the best Moto Guzzi ever left the factory in Mandello del Lario !!! Best regards ! Jürgen

That occurring can be a sign of throttle body imbalance (or imperfections in the tuning parameters, i.e. TPS and valve adjustment variances).

Not a V11 but today I rode my Ambo around a few blocks, fresh from a 6 year nap.

Day 1 of 3 day 600+ mile tour in the Catskill Mountains Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

I installed mine in 2017 and they shared the odometer procedure with my. I posted it a few pages back. Pretty sure even the older units' odometer can be set to a specified starting point. [edit: Here is the procedure to set the odometer to your desired value, on Page 11 of this thread/ May 19, 2017:

Success! I now have two fully functional and great looking gauges! After utilizing the work bench and the housing I was able to get the bolts aligned and the lock nuts tightened with some locktite. After which I was able to get the back housing on and fasten it with the original four nuts. It definitely took a lot of trial and error to get the appropriate depth of the bolts and alignment. One tip is once I was close to where bolts needed to be, I marked the back of the gauge so that I could line them back up if I accidentally moved it while adjusting, which happened quite a bit. I set the tach to 2 PPR and confirmed it was very accurate with Guzzidiag. I programmed the odometer to the same mileage as on the stock gauge. I went for a short test ride and all functioned extremely well. I still need to take out the old speedometer cable and plug it up. I received the bolt from Zoro this afternoon. Thanks everyone for the help on this task! Here are a couple final pictures. I will update with some night pics later on.

One of our member here, @stewgnu, created a color wiring diagram a while back. Although your bike is an earlier vintage, you might find it useful.

Yes liquid cooling is far superior to air cooling on motor cycles. Arguing for air cooling over liquid cooling is like trying to make an argument for a kick starter over an electric start, it's, well, a non starter. Old military aircraft there are good arguments for air cooling. Ciao