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I'm going to make some more oneofthesedays.

I'm not sure if that is an A.C. tester ?

Y'all don't have any excuses now that all the V11 Sports are vintage. As if you didn't feel old enough already. I'm headed back down there again with the crew from Portland. Looking forward to some motorcycles, southern bbq and adult beverages. The Mighty Garage will be filming and posting videos after the event. If I find any V11 Sports I'll be sure to capture them.

I felt poor pulling the Krauser Kluge up next to those Sophia Lorens!

If you look at the original Moto Guzzi sales literature you will see that the valve covers on RM, Rosso Corsa, and Nero Corsa are a lighter shade of red (approaching orange) then the most common red on the frame plates. When I got my Nero, they had both been painted to match the Nero Corsa script on the tail. But I replaced them with a candy-apple red powder coat set, which is close to the original metallic red but give it a bit more depth and character. And to my eye, is a nicer fit with the Nero. Also note, the angle/lighting makes the parts look different colors, but they are the same (so is the alternator cover).

That's the best looking Tenni deal I've seen in recent memory. $6k / 11k mi. and looks well kept. The clutch swap shouldn't matter. If the owner isn't sure then it likely has not been addressed. Buy it - fix it.

@Goofman speaks about this stickering business as if there is plausible deniability . . . Happily, the matter met the approval of the cheerful Sp'Honda-Raider . . .

I recall -- note that my recollection is hardly evidence -- that Randy made those. Bill

Well, there were. That's how the GoldWing got one on its snout. Was it Docc that gave them out one year?

Well just because the manufacturer tells you to run a certain grade and sometimes even a particular brand of oil doesn't mean it's the best solution. To start with manufacturers can "align" themselves with oil manufacturers for fiscal reasons and then make their recommendations fit what the oil manufacturers makes at that particular time. There also a whole host of other reasons manufacturers specify a particular oil. So in my BMW powered Supra BMW specify 0W-20 oil. Why? partly because of it's ability to meet emission requirements at the expense of long term engine health. Do I run 0W-20 oil in it? No. I run a 5W-30 oil. BMW also fit the car with a city start/stop system to meet emission specs at the expense of long term engine health. Do I switch that shite off every time I drive the car? You bet your life I do. My previous Focus RS specified a 10W-40 for Australia and a 10W-50 for the USA. Why would you do that for countries with basically the same maximum daily temps in summer and much the same driving conditions. For "other" reasons is why. So manufacturers specify oil for a whole raft of reasons, some of which make sense only to them and also to cover every possible scenario their product will encounter. That's where being educated in the technical stuff and your specific operating needs comes in. If you have some detailed knowledge of engines and oils you can eliminate the political and peripheral rubbish and make an informed choice based on sound knowledge for your application. Add to that the fact that oil specs are changing and evolving all the time and quite rapidly so some bulletin from Guzzi 10 or 12 years ago isn't necessarily worth squat today because oils have evolved a lot in that time. So as an example oils have recently gone from SN+ to SP rated. The SN+ was an interim spec oil to combat DI engines propensity for LSPI failures. It was then replaced by SP which then covered the LSPI issue and in addition gave extra cam chain wear protection so SN+ is now defunct. If you want to run the best oil in your engine then you need to keep up with the oil tech and not outdated requirements from manufacturers that were established for often spurious reason for their benefit not the owners. Remember the engine manufacturer has zero concern for the health of you engine once the warranty period has expired and even less(-0, lol) beyond that. In addition we now have bespoke oils for specific applications from boutique oil suppliers and that adds another dimension to the equation. So the owner has a choice of oil that narrows down to a specific engine configuration and type. These days even brand specific dealers often don't use the oil spec specified by the vehicle manufacturer. It's quite common to look at your billing and see an oil grade other than the vehicle manufacturers requirements. Why? because if the specified oil is something they can't or don't buy "bulk" then they just use whatever they have! I've seen this many times. I'll bet you won't get a 10W-60 in your Guzzi at every Guzzi dealer there is. So Mick I put the manufacturers recommendations on oil in the "for the guidance for the wise and the blind obedience of fools" category. Phil

there are stickers?

I have no response to that. But I have had the pleasure of attending SSR on two different Hondas (GB 500, ST1100) and a Triumph Tiger 900. Never got the sticker 'till I got MySport 1200.

Small report. Yes l like her, she loves curves, very good seat, exelent suspensjon. Headlight actually good. Just spend 5days in Germany, like 2500km. Handle bars a bit big to my liking, and wind screen to low for Autobahn, l'm 6.2. Do start her a lot in 1gear, but are a good friend with the tranny now. 233km in Road mapping, probably a bit more in Sport mode, nicer in towns in Road. 9800km, not a lot, but enough time to strech the rods. I never liked buoys on a bike, so travelling light. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

And what is you doing ?