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Thanks to footgoose for suggesting the Ducati Monster footpegs. They're almost identical!

Just a follow up. The transmission is back together and sealed up. Hope to get it installed and rideable soon... I suppose I can hope for next week.

She was only running on the right cylinder. The left cylinder pipe was getting a little warm but not firing. Checked the spark and it was good. Only left fuel as the problem. Swapping fuel injectors to see if that fixes it. This bike is a Rosso Corsa project bike I got about a year ago. Just now getting into it due to illness. It's been repainted except for the tailpiece and seat cowl. Only parts that still have Rosso scheme on them.

Dave, Blogger moto(Bob) most likely wasn’t born when your V11 Sport Greenie was made. 🥺

And I would pay $100 for the video of the procedure.

Fascinating. I see Dr.John's first SpineFarme was 1460mm wheelbase with 26º steering angle, versus the short RedFrame Sport: 1471mm/25º. It would be very interesting to know the fork offset to the steering head on the Dr.John racer as very early production V11 Sport were 45mm and changed to 40mm to increase trail/stability. [edit: Some careful measuring on an image of the racebike in the MotoItaliane.it book "Dr. John's Moto Guzzi" suggest the racebike's offset was likely similar to the 45mm Sport 1100.] There were, yet, more changes to the V11 LongFrame and its triple trees . . .

I dare say he's trying to put that throttle body back in after it fell out on the ground.

There were recently some remarks made regarding spoken English in various countries, and meandering thoughts following that led me to Fred. I don't know if he has been mentioned here yet. If so, here he is again. Every motorcyclist should know Fred. @Lucky Phil, @guzzler and @pete roper will no doubt confirm this. https://fredgassit.tripod.com/

It weren't pretty.

WOW! 10,000 miles! That must have been an epic journey.

Brilliant.... The back page of MCN was the first page we all read and definitely a cultural institution! I think Fred's creator was a Kiwi of a similar vintage who lobbed into Melbourne and got a job at MCN way back when. Some of his early references to Wahini's ( women ) and the murder house ( dental clinic often found on school grounds whereupon one got free dental treatment WHETHER YOU NEEDED IT OR NOT so the nurses could practice on you....WITHOUT ANY FORM OF PAINKILLER....! Having a fairly high degree of tolerance to pain I was a star pupil and have a mouth full of unrequired fillings, but I digress..) were dead giveaways that only one from across the ditch would pick up on.... Wish they'd reprint the magazine of the cartoons and do more of the same as gotta be a few mags worth! In the meantime I'll read through the ones on the attachment! Thanks Mick.

Of course if you're talking the quintessential Aussie it's hard to go past our Cultural ambassador to the court of St James Sir Les Patterson. This is all you guys need to know about Australian manhood.

If they came out that easy, I would have serviced mine already!

I haven't ridden a long frame, but we have some pretty good but crappy in parts roads round here, gotta say though I'm constantly surprised at how well the short frame handles them.... I've mentioned my set up elsewhere, but 01 greenie with correct weight linear springs, Guzzimoto fork fix, + 12 mm up thru triples with Hyperpro shock and 160 rear tyre. She steers quickly but is still very stable. I recall reading an article in Classic bike a few years ago about Dr Johns spine frame racer. It mentioned how well it handled bumpy circuits at lean if you were committed and not shy with the throttle and I find this is true now with my bike set up properly. The racer had a wheelbase of 1460mm from memory so not far from our shorties! This wasn't always the case though as prior to sorting I clearly remember one particular corner scaring the bejesus outa me when the forks couldn't handle it and bounced up a couple of inches and deflected sideways about the same....I made it but I've never forgotten it ha ha. HUGE difference in road handling now and love the way she goes about it now! Cheers

Trying to get a LeMans up and going to bring but it may not be ready.

At this point it looks like I'll be on my 2013 Norge with the leaky oil breather tube

My first trip longer than a couple hours on my '97 1100 Sport was 10k miles. Rode up to meet the guys at the SSN, rode the Dragon etc. Big long heavy bit of work, that. But generally nice. Then I got to Hwy 2 from Kalispell to Spokane. Man, the sweepers... 70-90mph and so, so stable... one long right hander, going *very* fast, saw too late a set of deep groves in the pavement where a semi had overturned, crossing the road at a shallow angle to my path. I didn't have time or space to make a correction. I thought 'Welp this is the end of the trip, at least' but the bike went across them as if they were simply shadows, leaving me stunned and amazed on the other side. Never rode a better bike for 50mph+ riding.

Yes, and the call of the void is never quiet since then. A thread and a couple videos from the trip, if you like the sound of a straight-cut transmission. https://www.youtube.com/@ericlacruze3344/videos

Yeah, I didn't think much of his list either! The only one worthy was the V4 Ape, I've heard one and they do sound very good. My mates MV triple with aftermarket pipe is way better than that MV four too and that should be on there! BUT.... a V11 with Mistral carbons (no db killers), Stucchi X and open airbox lid makes a beautiful noise and should head the list! I may be a little biased though....

Yep, and soft enough to bend an amazing amount if that small bolt is loose or missing.

So this is @Lucky Phil's fault; he brought up Barry Humphries. The video is chosen at random, but it is the same chat-show host, so I thought it appropriate.

I found a sort-of easier way. Disconnected from the airbox and throttle bodies. Managed to get the upper and lower brackets off and out came the throttle body.

Good old Fred. I grew up on Fred, funny as a cut snake. A few updates though. Sydney and Melbourne are now collectively close to 12 million people unfortunately and Melbourne does indeed have a Rugby League team which has been highly successful over the last 12 years or so. BTW there is "Rugby" and "Rugby League" One is an Upper class game and has it's origins/following with the educated classes and league has it's origins in the working class. Internationally we are hopeless at "Rugby" and champions in "Rugby League". I did post a link here a few years ago to a lot of the classic Gassit cartoons or should I say "life lessons and musings"

I see four SpineFrames, hopeful, for SSR XXI: my 2000 Sport, @Agonza5's 2001 Rosso Mandello , and two 2002 LeMans: @Kevin_T and @Skip (both coming from Michigan!! ). Depending on if @Randy brings a Lemans or his Coppa Italia, the TechSessions will be revealed . . . I would certainly like to compare the various triple clamps that show up . . .

From that page, " I have added a page detailing some of the characters involved as well as a glossary of Aussie Slang, mostly for our semi-illiterate North American audience who may not be as familiar with some of our Aussie expressions." https://fredgassit.tripod.com/glossary.htm

If this thread, discussing the changes to triple clamps over the V11 range, has not already been cross-posted to this topic, it is germane to the changes between the short and long frames:

Let me begin with no pictures were taken! I'll include the map @Scud put together for us. Scud and I live somewhat close to one another and have tried to get together for some time. At last, I left Mission Viejo and rode the 40 miles to his place in beautiful Carlsbad. After sitting on his numerous Guzzis stacked in his garage, we took off for the hills. Avoiding highways, we wrapped through the twisties with stops for fuel, coffee, and bladder relief. A 150-mile ride, and both bikes performed great. We plan to do a garage day soon and tweak each just a bit. Much of the roads were rather tight, thus slow going, but brisk enough to be fun. When finally approaching Lake Elsinore, Highway 74, also known as Ortega Highway, the bikes stretched their legs. This was my first shot at really ripping through the turns. The bike handled great, however, I still need to remove that abrupt off-idle hop. In turns, once planted, getting on the throttle took finesse to not upset the suspension. It wasn't terrible by any means, but I was trying to push it and every bit counts. On the straightaway, I did 120 mph and as you all already know, anything past 4k includes a big smile!

For better discussion, this topic has been moved from the "Wanted" classifieds to Technical Topics. No doubt, the Rube Goldberg affair that serves as the V11 sidestand is a potential Achilles' Heel. The lower fastener is known to loosen and the large, upper fastener into the timing chest is to be torqued to 70 Nm. The complex mounting plate looks to be a casting (?) . . .

So they'd be good mates of yours, I suppose... Brilliant typification.

I love my 2008 2V Norge, have had it since new, and it's a spectacular machine. I also love my 2015 4V/8V Griso, also had it since practically new with just a few hundred miles on it. Both are outstanding bikes. Mileage wise...I get about 40-42 mpg on the Norge consistently and 42 MPG on the Griso, although having recently put on a Termignoni pipe, for some reason I'm now getting 45 mpg...not sure why yet...but it sounds great, and getting better MPG...why should I complain? Both bikes are set up for touring with side bags, tank bag and rear bag/case. Both are running Beetle maps and are properly tuned with Guzzidiag and regular maintenance which is spectacularly easy to do. If I had to describe the difference, I would say the 2V engine has to work just a bit harder at higher speeds, but is an all day bike and loves to run, never gets tired, it does like higher octane gas or preferably ethanol free or Top Tier gas. The 8V engine has gobs of spare power, lopes along very easily so you're never really using all of its capability. The "sweet spot" on the 2V engine is around 4k rpm, the sweet spot on the Griso is 5K and above. Norges are spectacular touring bikes...you will need to customize it a bit with the proper windscreen, seat, possibly Helibar risers on the earlier models, maybe lowered foot pegs (not too low or it will bump into the side stand). Both models are keepers, if you're truly interested in a Norge, and you're reasonably mechanically inclined, it would depend more on the quality of the bike cosmetically and mechanically that would make the difference in buying between the 2V or 4V models, but I do give the 4V a slight edge in terms of performance. Prices are very reasonable on both models. Range wise...the Norge easily gets 220 on a tank...one time I stretched it to about 240...I was on fumes by then. The Griso I believe has a gallon less, so 160-180 is probably realistic...I usually tank up around 150...have never pushed it to the limit completely. Either way, by then I'm ready for a stretch!

Owned a 2014 Norge and had it for around three years before I moved on to a Stelvio. If your leggy you might find the cockpit a little snug but these machines are much better in the twisties than what many riding acquaintance's had thought. Very good all day high speed touring tool IMHO. I did a beetle flash and left everything else factory stock. Ciao

After years of discussion about the supposed change in fork angles via the triple clamps for later V11 Sports (post early 99 models) I took the opportunity to measure the top triple Scudd sent to me and I received today. If the fork angle had been changed by machining the clamps there's no evidence of it that I can see. On the granite surface plate the upper clamp fork bores are perpendicular to the stem bore so there's not angle change there. Another V11 myth debunked? Ciao

Courtesy of @KINDOY2, here are images of 1) Short Frame with Short (chin-pad) Tank: (1999-2001 Sport and 2001 Rosso Mandello with short/black frame.) 2) LongFrame/ShortTank [Image courtesy of @MartyNZ]: (2002, all models, PLUS the 2003 "Carryover Sport ") 3) LongFrame/LongTank (internal pump/filter): (2003-2005, all models, EXCEPT the 2003 Carryover Sport.)

Sorry Scud I meant to PM you but had to step away for a from the computer. Truly amazing speed for this to arrive from the US, thanks again, much appreciated. I'll get the package in the post first thing Monday and I have southern hemisphere spring and detent bearing supplies for anyone thats in need. Yes for my bike. I have some late 43mm forks for it with Andreani cartridges and I'll machine up a Titanium axle. Then a set of PVM wheels and a machined rear bevel box like this and the MGS-01. That's the plan. Ciao

Here is an excellent image of the 2002/early-2003 "carry-over" LongFrame with short tank compared to an early ShortFrame/short tank Sport. Notice the amount of exposed frame between the front of the tanks and the forks. That is where the V11 frame was lengthened. A trim piece ("panel" 01 57 59 60 ) covers the otherwise exposed wiring/etc crossing the space. Later "long tanks" (internal pump/filter and no chin pad) obscure this area. Image (and Sports!) courtesy of @Guzzimax

I also remember entertaining a BMW R1100S while mySport was down for a warranty issue. Yeah, I "stepped out" on her. The various V11 variants are really just incrementally different. The BMW "Sport" was like driving a van. I kept taking my eyes off the road to look down under the tank thinking, "I thought this has a big twin ? " It was like I had to radio the "Engineering Section" to change lanes. And the exhaust note? whwhwhwhwhwhwh I've never heard a V11 Guzzi that didn't sound . . . just: bellissimo!