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This morning I added 20ml of the precious Liqui Moly MoS2 Anti-Friction for gears; I quote: Content details: Stabilized solid lubricant concentrate suspended in mineral oil. Thanks to its high MoS2 content and special additives, it is suitable for all manual motor vehicle transmissions and differentials without limited slip function. Application: Miscible with most commercially available oils. After a quick test drive, I can affirm: -There is no more gear noise, and the gears shift very smoothly. That's even more incredible because I did not use the magic ingredient in the gear box. Prior to this topic, I scrubbed the net, and found one Guzzi forum where this Molybdenum Sulfide requirement was discussed. As here, most of the owners never used the additive and never had any issue; including one who proudly quoted more than 100,000 miles done. In any case, I will be laughing out loud from my grave, when my final transmission will reach 500,000 miles, going strong in the hands of its new owner!!!

4K to 6K seems to be the sweet spot for me. Not much more to gain above 6K revs but my bike will pull fine to redline if I want it to. Cruise is probably around 4500 to 5000 in 6th.

I have to add that I find a certain excitement looking at the instruments of my cockpit, even with the Sport turned off, parked. The modern flatscreen, darkened when off, leaves me, well, flat . That it reminds me sitting at a computer terminal lends no thrill to my experience.

Well, yes, heron heads and all that. But... I know 7 people personally who maintain small blocks as track bikes. Mostly just for fun, but one of them is this bloke (whom I admittedly don't know very well) : https://www.silent-hektik.de/Rac_Sascha_Pfautsch_Racing.htm and another 3 or 4 from hearsay. As far as I'm concerned, my V35 Imola is definitely at least as much danger to my driver's license in respect to speeding fines as my GTR 1000 Kawasaki ever was, in fact more, and also as much as the V11 Le Mans. It doesn't have a great deal of power, but wants desperately to be using all of it all the time. The Breva 750 ie that I just bought is a bit of a "generic motorcycle", but I think putting some clip-ons on it to get more contact with the bike will change the whole ball game there. I think there is some tweaking to be done on the motor too, just along the lines of "a decent tune-up", but even as it is it's loads of fun (despite the "sit-up-and-beg" riding position).

I am just in from a 146 mile ride on the Sport to meet up with Goofman and view the two V100 on the dealer floor, a red one and a Green S. Packed into a crowded showroom, they immediately impressed as being smaller than expected. I was hoping for small-ish, but they were smaller, yet, next to other bikes. (I would still love to see one right next to mySport). They do look very nice, design/fit/finish-wise. There was certainly nothing else there like them there. And this dealer handles Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Suzuki, Aprilia, Triumph, KTM, Indian, and Vespa. I imagine the V100 Mandello would make a fine sport-tourer with some panniers fitted. The front view did rather let me down as I am fond of the cylinders and heads flying in the atmosphere. In this case, it is the radiator doing all of the frontal presentation (where it must be, of course). So, instead of the V-twin being the centralized focus, the V100 is more focused upon its bodywork designs and paint. Very nice, but not my focus preference for a motorcycle. Sitting on the bike, I found the position far more upright than expected. We immediately started trying to figure out how to drop the bars or fit clip-ons . . . Proof positive that they did not make this V100 for me. They know I have my Guzzii already.

You can purchase moly from Harpers. It's a real mess and whatever it gets on, will never come off. In fact, I have to wonder once you pour it in, if it ever comes out? I'd be interested in that Motul gear oil premix.

MotoBob: "I've also got Tim with me today who is a serial Moto Guzzi owner. How many have you had now? Tim: "Three" MotoBob: "Ahh... fair enough." Actual MotoGuzzi serial owner: "I have more that in the garage right now, and I'd really have to stop and think about how many total. Let's see... my first one was..." However, a nice review. And to be fair, guest reviewer Tim is a young man who has already had three Moto Guzzis. It's great to see that Moto Guzzi is really captivating some younger riders. The S model with Ohlins seems like it would be the way to go. And I imagine a Mistral or Zard can would make it sound lovely.

that weight is mentioned in the operator's manual: 214 kg maximum (from memory), passengers, luggage, accessories, pets... of which distribution should not exceed: front 48kg and rear 166 kg You need to make sure the missus does not indulge in culinary products....

They stayed on red, no matter the pressure, yes I tried quite a few times with different pressures. They never touched the wheels, just interweb magic. Cheers Tom.

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Summer deal on Bridgestones running now. Good time to get a set for rainy days. https://www.bridgestonerewards.com

dang, that Docc is a real squid. Bet he does burnouts in his driveway!

cost. cost cost.... I was at the Suzuki store and that new all tarted up 800 Adv bike VStrom was better than $13k. The 1050 is more than $17k. If you want a V100, Don at Motiv in OKC has the White one and the Special Edition Nautical. He sold the green one. The cost gap is narrowing between the Euro and Japanese bikes, although Beemmer and KTM are a little higher. Personally, I don't do any two-up riding and wouldn't need a electronic controlled suspension and enjoy traditional riding by playing with the clutch and blipping the throttle and don't need a qs. My guess if you're enjoying at 25 years old Guzzi, it may not matter here either. If you want it, it's available and certainly cheaper than adding later, service and maintenance TBD. I liked riding the bike. Since I have the Ducati, I can't see purchasing one, although the cruise would be nice.

Half full of fuel, with my basic pannier load-out, mySport is 550 pounds/250 kg. So, I reckon I qualify. The GT is not available in the 160/60 rear I prefer, so I am only running it on the front. I am only on my second GT front, and before that were T31, so any "longer life" remains to be seen.

The riders are different weights, but as far as I can tell, there is a minimum weight limit for the bikes. You can bet your granny that they will all be bang on that. So the same pressure for everyone in the same tyre is going to be more or less ok.

G'day Well with a break in the weather on Thursday I thought I'd brave the cold and take the bike into the office as I really wanted to try the C6 and R12 fork set up.I was pretty impressed with C4 truth be told... The first 20 kays at -1 were brutal on the hands and it took 5 minutes to get my wallet out of jacket at the servo to pay for my gas....Thank god it warmed up further on. Anyways on the way home..Wow! Theres this one BIG dip early in the piece just out of sight after a tightish left hander (this is after a series of great corners to get you in the mood) usually taken at about 100 k's because of it.I've tried several lines through it and hit it every bloody time a coconut so you can't avoid it! It's a huge hit and definitely wouldn't take this corner at any more than 100k in fact often slowed knowing it was coming up! Well the other week at C4 it was a BIG improvement BUT holy snapping ducks urine Batman...This time around it was hardly noticeable.. just another wee bump in the road! I thought maybe I finally got lucky and found a way to avoid it but no I definitely hit it! Very impressed and can't wait to test it more, as couldn't ride the rest of the road at my usual pace due to traffic wet roads and the looming spectre of a polaroid in the post for a previous misdemeanor! Cheers

The early Sport (1999-2001) were delivered with Pirelli Dragon Corsa. Very soft, sport-oriented tires with a rather triangular profile (especially with the rear 170 pinched onto the 4.5" rim. With the rather soft 2.4/2.6 bar, this made for very short tire life of the original Pirelli ! . . . and squirrely handling at speed with a cross wind, like passing large trucks on the freeway. That squirming weave at ninety miles per hour beside the front bumper of a tractor-trailer rig made for some "pucker-moments!"

A couple years ago Nicole and I found this Gas station Ice Cream shop just south of the Tellico Lodge. It's home of the smallest ice cream size the "Sissy Cup".

no no wait, I've been saving this.

The manual has the original pressures, for the original tires. There should also be a sticker on the chassis that lists those stock pressures. Reality is by now no one should have the original tires still on their V11. So, while the original pressures make for a good starting point many will find that they prefer slightly different pressures with their current tire of choice. Generalities; less air pressure = more grip = more wear / more air pressure = less grip = less wear. Also, I find handling is lighter with more air pressure. That can be a good thing to a point, but too much air pressure beyond that happy middle ground tends to lead to a lack of confidence with the bike feeling "flighty".

In my experience, I found those pressures resulted in undesirable wear. I have had best outcomes with 2.4/2.8 bar , front/rear (35/40 psi). Mind you, this is a short frame Sport 120/70 front, 160/60 rear always with the panniers loaded and ridden like a jack rabbit on hot lava. YMMV!

(Tooting my own horn..) Not only an award, but the biggest award a builder or restorer gets in the US, a Lindy. Need I say I was shocked? Lindy's don't grow on trees, and it was a 19 year old restoration. First time at Oshkosh, though.. The current Keeper stopped in at our strip so we could fondle it on his flight home to Virginia.

I tend to go for a good deal price wise (guzzi content) on a proven tire. I don’t ride enough to try different brand/type within a short period to really compare and the new ones always feel better than the worn ones they replace. Bridgestones at the moment.

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I received the latest issue of Moto Magazine, and there is a comparative test of six tires designed for Sport-Tourism motorcycles, such as the V11; Dunlop Roadsmart IV Pirelli Angel GT II Bridgestone T32 Metzeler Roadtec 01 SE Continental Contiroadattack 4 The test took place at the Goodyear Mireval track in France. It used to be a racing track purchased by Goodyear and transformed into a tire test track for all kind of vehicles. This track has multiple asphalt quality and a "wet" loop. The testing was conducted with a Yamaha Tracer 9, one of the motorcycle used for a sport-tourism comparative test with the Moto Guzzi V100S, BMW R1250RS, results will come in a separate post. Each tire sets was ran for two laps on the fast track, length 6.6 km. When the tires are manufactured, they are covered with a thin layer that facilitates their removal from the molding machine; The braking tests were measured with a VBox Sport from Racelogic, using GPS data. In the dry, for each tire the speed was set to 125 km/h, and the braking distance measured between 100 km/h until 5 km/h. In the wet, the set speed is 90 km/h and the braking distance measured between 80 to 5 km/h Maneuverability was checked; the Goodyear track has all kinds of tests to verify how easy the motorcycle respond to impulses. Also, behavior on wet asphalt such as fast, slow curves, banked curves, skidding under acceleration, stability. Now we need to keep in mind that the braking results on the Tracer are carried out using the ABS, I don't really know how it translate on our V11. Find the results of the test herewith: -The top performance was given to the Dunlop Roadsmart IV, the second best was the Pirelli Angel GTII; Some of these tires have a GT version for heavier motorcycles and SP for Sport roadsters. I believe the V11 can use the standard version. Note that all the tires tested are manufactured in Europe and Japon for Bridgestone. Michelin is the only manufacturer to have dual compound for the front and rear tire. All the rest have dual compound rear tires. Again, one important aspect of tires is never measured: average autonomy. I am currently on ROAD 5, since the ROAD 6 were not not in stock. The Roadsmart IV neither earlier this year. Only the Roadsmart III was in stock. The Roadsmart IV is given as the best in terms of maneuverability and stability. Something that I have been told; the Tires we purchase in the USA are not coming from Europe. It should not make any difference in terms of quality though... I am completely happy with my Road 5, and will attempt to install Road 6 at the end of year. Then I will check the Roadsmart IV at the end of 2024.

@motortouring, you are running a 180 rear on your 2002 LongFrame Sport? What about fitting a 170 next time and see how it feels?

OEM Part Name: Fuel door gasket (outer between ring and tank) Moto Guzzi Part Number: 01101700 Replacement Part Brand or Source: Aprilia Part number or other identifier: AP8120893 Differences from OEM (if any): none - same part

But a question to the Dunlop Roadsmart 3 riders. I used to have them on the V11 Sport from 2002. So 120 front and 180 rear. To me they felt heavy on getting the bike into the corner. Am I the only one that has this experience? Or did you change the settings, f.Ex let the frontfork stick through the triple clamps further?