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I have so enjoyed this fellow's writing in Cycle World ("Leanings") and Road&Track ("Side Glances") over his motojournalist career. I ran across this image I saved of his take on "Beatnik Bikes" . . . . . . and wondered what he is up to lately . . . Turns out: new book! And a nice article about the man and this book: https://thevintagent.com/2025/07/24/peter-egan-landings-in-america/

https://www.gothamcycles.com/Bodyworkhtml/ducati-brembo-16mm-gold-front-brake-master-cylinder-early-style-748916.html https://ducati-gowanloch.com/?product=brembo-ps16-front-brake-master-cylinder-lever-switch-gold-pn-110-5053-12 Does your "supplier" own a computer, lol. Phil

Beautiful 2003 Rosso Corsa that I've owned for the last 8 years. Bought from original owner. Approximately 11,000 miles. The speedo failed at approx. 7,000 miles. I replaced it with a new speedo the original gave me with the bike, but it is in kilometers - 3,950 kM ( I don't know why the speedo was kM...maybe an order screw-up). All fluids changed at 3,100 kM. Last major services done at Ned's Cycle at time of speedo change out (0 kM). The Rosso came with the upgraded ECU and Titanium Exhaust. Also the Moto lights on the forks. I added the color matched Heppco-Becker saddlebags with rack. I also added 4 inch bar risers and a "Roper Plate" in the oil sump. E-mail me for info &photos rockersbmwatgmail.com

This one? https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/mcy/d/snohomish-2004-moto-guzzi-v11-cafe-sport/7868719941.html

But one crossover or two? All the V11s have a cross-over in the mid-section. Only the 2003 and 2004 models have a second crossover up front (sometimes called a balance pipe). I don't know what problem they were trying to solve by adding second crossover, but it's not the kind of thing you would do just for looks, maintenance convenience, assembly efficiency, or weight-savings, because it works against all of those things. Maybe it was an attempt to reduce the noise level?

I always forget this part in the manual. The pressure plate has a dot on one of the teeth, it should be in line with the TDC mark. Then the springs fit easily. Maybe you need to wiggle with your fingers to get them in the pockets.

Thanks Doc. I'm a big fan of his writing too. Cheers

And what did we do back early seventy's mounting a new double exhaust on a 440. Putting stripe of white chalk on the pipes and go for a spirited drive. The spot on the pipe with most evidence of heat was where the crossover was mounted. Seemed correct at the time. Crossover on the headers, NOISE reason. Cheers Tom.

What seems to be a very nice low mileage Cafe Sport on Seattle CL asking $4700 Too much of a Luddite to include the link

To the best of my knowledge , any glitches that occur in that pot (TPS) will be transmitted to the ECU and there is no dampening built into the program .

Guzzidiag is reading out the values that the ECU is recieving, which is also the information that Guzzi's own diagnosis program sees. I'm assuming that if Guzzidiag cannot see a glitch, it is also not significant enough to affect the engine, because the ECU would not be seeing it either, and that Guzzi's own program also wouldn't register it. And the graphic that Guzzidiag generates is very nice to look at and easy to read.

No need for that. It was noisy, but nice. The people at the table one is sitting at make the music.

The crossover was just to complete the iconic happy smiling face look of the later V11s coming at you on the road😃

Good yo meet you. Pity we took you to the wrong pub. Didn’t realise it was going to be stuffed so full of noisy rugby morons! We felt guilty about that. We could of taken you to the other pub which would of been shit in another way! Hint to other visitors. Don’t come on Friday evenings! Especially in winter!

We finally made it through two hours of busy Seattle 405 traffic to our small Guzzi dealer in Bellevue to sit on a V85 Travel, but I was more interested in the 2024 Stelvio sitting next to it! It was more comfortable to sit on than the 2025 V85 TT Travel and had lots of electronic goodies to play with. My frame of reference is two DL1000 Vstroms with 45,000 combined riding miles. The V85 sat taller than I expected for some reason. I am not a weak guy, 5-9 and 200 lbs of previous competitive powerlifter strength, but lifting the 24 Stelvio off the sidestand felt heavier than I expected. I actually felt most comfortable on the V100 set with the handlebars and low seat. It felt very similar to my Norge in comfort. This was the S model with semi-automatic suspension, which I really want if I purchase something new. Decisions, decisions. My girlfriend is encouraging me to buy a new motorcycle so I can work less on the Norge and have more time for other things. To consider buying new with a warranty after two hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic and traveling less than 60 miles, I really have to think hard since the BMW dealer is only half the distance if I go that way, and of course, Harley-Davidson is nearby, though known for the worst reliability with the Pan America. Or find a late model out of warranty. The new water-cooled engine is so compact and clean-looking in person. I was not impressed by pictures alone, but sitting in one and looking at it, they are beautiful in their own new way.

Something on the clutch and the splined inner unit (what is the proper terminology for this?). The older Tontis (and a 83 cali 2 is one of those) had larger splines that used to wear fast which resulted in poor function of the clutch. You might want to change this for the later fine spline model. The easiest way is to buy a kit with both clutch plates the steel plate in between and this fine splined unit. Something like this: https://www.stein-dinse.com/de/moto-guzzi-kupplungs-set-mit-sicherungsblech-neue/item-1-1078679.html But I am not sure uf the Stein Dinse quality is good, now a days. I needed a rubber hammer to get the unit on the gearbox axle a few months ago, and that should actually slide on without pressure. On the geerbox side you have a standard axle sealing, but behind this splined unit that goes on the gearbox axle there are two o-rings that will probably need to be replaced. For future good operation of the clutch you could use some very thick spline grease with MoS2. Staburag NBU 30.... is used for BMW, but I would say a similar spec works fine.

Same as our V11, yah, @pete roper?