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How many dipstick pokes does it take to find the hole in a Roper plate? Is it the Guzzi equivalent of inserting a USB thumb drive correctly the first time?

The mounting plate on the tensioner is upside down. Figures I got the bad one. Paint, easy. The trick is of course to prep the uglies, but then to wipe everything down with acetone and let both the item to be painted and the can of paint soak up the sun for an hour before applying, and rest in the sun an hour or forever afterwards. With the temperature and extra spray pressure, it gives a finer spray and the carrier evaporates much faster, allowing a thicker coat without runs. This is my secret to hiding poor prep. lol

Or Ken Kesey......

The Californian wants the fruity ones. So many jokes, so little time. You get none anyway- if gears were available I'd be installing them, but this tensioner is new. I won't be installing it, either.

I'm thinking that you removed the tensioner so you could install a set of gears instead of the chain. I want the fruity ones, don't care for licorice.

I had one occasion with the V35 Imola where it definitely helped. Something wasn't quite right. The mechanic's advise was to loosen it all off, do it back up in the order "axle, bounce, clamps", and that sorted out the problem. I see the point made by @Pressureangle, though. Fairly fat USD forks are no doubt much less likely to have that sort of issue than the 35mm conventional forks on the Imola.

With modern upside-down forks it's much less likely that they'll get misaligned. Back in Flat-track days, with old forks- if you were lucky, 35mm Ceriani- after a getoff, the trees would *always* be misaligned, and bouncing was one way to see clearly if they needed more straightening than a kick at the tire could address.

Maybe Timothy Leary , Wavy Gravy or Jerry Garcia.

A box of Good & Plentys to whoever can tell me why a picture of a tensioner is here.

...as classic as...

Well, yes, but implicit in the axle going through both sides easily without the wheel accomplishes this mission. Usually I give the fork bottoms a couple bumps with a rubber mallet to this end. Something particular about the 'Sport front end, same as the V11 I have here, is that the axle nut clamps against a spacer over a spacer, eliminating the usual clamping friction of the nut side from the equation. Academic probably, pedantic certainly. Yet considered.

What fun! Always reminds me of this one . . .

It can't hurt anything to do that. But the reality is, racers remove and replace their front wheels more than anyone else and I have never done that on my racebike or seen another race team do it. It is fine advice, it can't hurt. I have done it on my streetbikes, but I have no evidence it did anything. I will leave it at that. The point about snugging up the pinch bolts back and forth is a good point. When I raced, I used an inch/pound torque wrench on them. But for street use I use the justafeet (said with an Italian accent) method. It is a basic Italian unit of tightness.

Thanks, I tried to find this one but couldn't.

This is the original (Holger Aue is a great cartoonist (Motomania), and avid Duc and Guzzi rider): ;

I'm thinking the tensioner showed up in the accompaniment boxes. Man, the finishes on your reardrive and gearbox look GREAT! What paint did you use for that?

Print off a (large) wiring diagram for your bike. See what circuits this fuse serves and then follow the wires AFA where they go on your bike and look for a pinched harness or wires. Look specifically for the area under the tank.

With everything , use logic AFA what sequence to use in the order. You must not R&R bolts very much. Do not fear them , just keep up w/what you are doing! As docc is referring to, pinch bolts you need TLC or you will break something. JUST TIGHT ENOUGH .

Changed leaking oil line to the oil cooler.

There is also the matter of torquing pinch bolts in steps, going back and forth between them. If you simply do one up to torque then the other, the first will have loosened.

And both of you failed to mention the bit about bouncing the forks a couple of times before you do the pinch bolts up. If you can do that without using the brakes to help, better still. The point is to work it a couple of times to make sure the forks are really sitting where they want to be.

I wasn't even talking about the V11, even a modern Guzzi with Mistrals would sound better than anything on that list.

Not my car,but..... I was out for bit of a ride on the bike earlier today before my holidays and the reasonable weather end and as I was hammering down the road and setting up the next uphill left hander, I notice a certain light blue 1920/30's Bugatti open seater sports car coming round the bend and opening it up on the other side. We passed each other in a blue and green blur of vision and sound but the grin on his face and wave told me he enjoyed the moment as much as I did. This is the second time we've come across each other out on the local backroads! Just wish he could've seen the grin on my face as the state of the road and my progress meant I couldn't wave back! I reckon he'd have been copping a battering in the old car too though as neither of us were too fussed about the posted limit and would've understood! So, to Bugatti man and all gearheads/ kindred spirits out there... Enjoy them while we still can. Cheers

Just bought this and have been riding it around quite a bit. It's incredible!

Hello @Speedfrog and @4corsa, I don't have access to F/B but am interested in this bike if it is still available. Does the F/B advertisement have the contact details of the seller (either email or cellphone)? Kind regards, Paul

2002 Moto Guzzi V11 Lemans - 26,500 miles - $4,800 - Hackettstown, NJ

..and, today begins the stuff I *really* don't enjoy. But at $50/hr even at the brother-in-law rate, I just can't stand to pay for humble work I can do myself. This thing was... mishandled at best, and stored in a few different garages without love for near a decade.