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@Jaide, Where did you get the rack from? It took me ages to find one and had to make the brackets myself. It works good though, enjoy your trip to Luxembourg. Nice roads over there .

I'm reintroducing myself to this forum. I was on it around 2004 or so when I owned a V11 Ballabio. I sold that bike to help with the down payment on a house. Since then I've had several bikes mostly Ducatis including a black 2005 999S. At 69 y.o. that bike, although I loved it dearly, was just not working for me at this time of my life. I sold the 999S and had always wanted a V11 Le Mans. I searched around for a really nice example and located this stunning 14,000 mile 2002. Rode it home from Sonora via hwy 49, one of my favorites. Looking forward to re-joining the group.

I finally have the luggage rack on the bike! It took a while to arrive, and even worse, it was a bit crooked and didn't want to fit! Thankfully we were able to bend it back and now it's on there perfectly straight. Unfortunately I also noticed a new scratch on the right side of the fairing today... The bike already has plenty of them, but this one is white and extra noticeable, so I'll have to sort that out.. But now that I can easily carry some luggage, I'm already planning a trip to Luxembourg with my brother later this month!

I’m in the process of buying a Tenni, unfortunately it’s missing its # on the headstock. I live in the UK and the bike was originally imported to the UK. The fact it’s missing its # is just an inconvenience and I’m very excited to be getting it. My question is ,am I right in assuming that #’s T012 to T020 and T161 to T170 (excluding T165 to Bulgaria andT168 to Japan ) are the only bikes MG imported to the UK? In this batch of #’s it appears to me the only unaccounted #’s are T012, T019, T020, T161, 162, 163, 164, and T170. If my assumptions are correct and they may not be , my bike should be one of the 8 unaccounted bike in these sequence of UK imported bikes. All comments are appreciated.

Oh, and welcome back to the fold @SierraTango

Posted on the wrong thread there @docc ??

Sorry, I was not clear. The VIN # is not missing its the T00X plaque that’s missing from the triple clamp

Welcome Back Kotter !

I definitely would not put a screen on this bike, it's just too pretty all clean and naked. Knowing the comfort and performance I don't need it either. If I really want a screen one day I'll just hop on a different bike.

I have close to the same bike. Mine has 4 inch risers on the handlebars and I picked up a Puig windshield which gives great protection. The bike handles speed very easily and the suspension handles dips etc. very well. Parts were scratched up so I did a spray can paint job on everything but the tank. Mine shows the month of manufacture in the top left of the label on the neck of the frame. 2002 registered as 2003. Long frame with the gap at the front of the tank but it still gets the soft pad on the top of the gas tank. Speedo is in MPH so it was a U.S. bike originally I expect.

I wish I could find the picture of when I pulled the clutch off my Quota, super simple, had it done in an afternoon. Not in a big hurry on this project, I still have not order parts yet, so just working on it when time permits. Spent an hour or so on it today, pulled the starter, front wheel and fender, clutch cable and then strapped the engine to the stand. Only three major steps next, front crash bar, center stand and transmission top plate.

I just returned from my Saturday Saddleback Church group ride. We didn't make it to Hamburger Hut, as I hoped. One person had to be somewhere by 2, and a newbie had a 250 Rebal and didn't want any freeways. We still had a great ride, nearly 50 miles round trip to Dana Point for lunch. This time I took the V7, unlike the V11, a cable clutch. Wow, the beach stop and go traffic really taxed my hand. The clutch is so heavy, regardless of any adjustments I've ever tried. However, just like the V11, it ran flawlessly. Always fun! …and no pictures.

. Good afternoon from the Moto Grappa at the top of Virginia. I finally decided I would survive my (sixth! ) hernia surgery of a few days ago, so I gathered up my 500 (!) or so pix of last week's trip south for Moto Grappa Tech Days (South) and the Guzzis in the Blue Ridge 2025 rally.. Culled those down to a bunch — of course, still too many — and added captions. I had held the last (at least by me for awhile) MGTD last year — MGTD 2024 — so fellow Guzzista Steve decided to host a similar successor at his second home near Lexington, Virginia. That serendipitously coincided with an “official” U.S. Moto Guzzi event, the “Guzzis in the Blue Ridge 2025,” held near Wilkesboro, N.C. So, Steve suggested that we meet at his place for a few days, eat and drink inappropriately without spousal supervision , and then ride down to the rally. Perfect. In theory, anyway. The usual Guzzi suspects attended, plus two newbies — Steve’s b-i-l and a beemer riding buddy, both “Miataists.” After MGTD-S, several of us rode on to the N.C. rally. This is the photo version of the story. ============== As usual with my smugmug sets, the link opens in “landscape collage,” so you don’t have to go to the larger pix of the slideshow. Hovering your cursor over individual photos will reveal the underlying captions. If you use the slideshow version, the pix are obviously bigger and all captions appear. But, inexplicably (to me), unless you manually move the slideshow along instead of letting it roll automatically, the captions disappear unless you leave cursor in place in lower left corner. I’m a Luddite. ============== Yes, at last, here are the pix: MGTD-S and Guzzis in the Blue Ridge 2025 Bill

mine too.

Figured since it's fairly local I'd post this up- Facebook marketplace. 1997 Moto Guzzi 1100 Sport Injected 6700 miles only Fresh out of the shop from being mechanically restored New fuel pump,filters ,fuel lines, sorting of any issues & ready to burn Florida bike $5400 obo https://www.facebook.com/share/1Z5nhbxco2/

Well, if I had the air conditioned, ridiculously comfortable pole barn and another 6 zeros to burn I'd just buy every one I see. Which is probably precisely where this one lives, given it's address. To be continued

Another note on registering a bike with the AMA: Apparently they require the VIN to verify that the vehicle is a motorcycle since they charge a membership upgrade (double the dues) to cover passenger vehicles now. The system could not verify the Moto Guzzi VIN. Contacting a nice lady via email, she added it but the ID card only produced for the Honda. Notifying her, she said she could see that and would look into it. Haven't heard back, yet (just a few days, but must stay on the "to-do" list . . .) In the meantime, I made sure I have Hagerty Drivers Club cards on the bikes (100 tow, versus the AMA 35 miles). On the phone with Hagerty, they could not verify the payment method for my automatic renewal. Apparently, they too are making some changes and there is some question whether they will continue "stand alone" Drivers Club memberships into 2026 (without an insured vehicle). One take away: just because we had roadside assistance at one time, we should verify the coverage each year before getting a let down at a break down.

We have to teach Grok to refer to it as 'The Rusty Star Picket Project'.

The Greenie Conundrum: too beautiful to ride, too fun not too.