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The bike is in mint condition. Its based on a 2004 Canadian imported Ballabio Sport. I have the full documentation and official paperwork from Guzzi to verify this. V11 SPECIFICATION DATE of manufacture: 2004 UK REG 1-1-2020 MILEAGE: 6786 MILES (may rise as the bike is used) MOT: Will have 12 month MOT dated from 31-8-23 MODIFICATIONS: New Ducati 900 classic fairing fitted with custom built brackets New LED halo headlight New LED taillight fitted and frenched into the rear bodywork New LED micro indicators fitted front and rear. New steel mounting bracket fabricated for rear indicators and license plate. Stock airbox removed and twin cone filters installed. New battery fitted New rocker covers fitted with vapour blasted / polished finish. New stainless exhaust fabricated with cross over and stainless Delkevic stainless silencers. Front and rear brake calipers stripped, powder coated graphite grey and fully rebuilt with new pads Wheels stripped and powder coated graphite grey. New bearings fitted. Silver rim decals made and applied. New stainless steel infill panel with Guzzi logo fabricated for top yoke. Full professional respray in Kawasaki candy burnt orange, graphite grey metallic with silver pin striping and off white tail panels. Guzzi logos airbrushed in. Various hexhead bolts replaced with new stainless items. New bar end mirrors fitted. Alternator cover refinished silver MECHANICAL- all worked carried out by Jason at 1921 Moto, Guisley. All fluids changed. Bike fully serviced. Ignition system, injection and timing set up. New clutch, pressure plate and release bearing fitted. Front brake hydraulic balance hose relocated. Brake calipers rebuilt with new pads. The bike runs beautifully £6999 UK sterling

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Two three hours should wrap that up.?

Yes, I believe some bikes were or will be recalled in Germany. A quote from here: https://www.motorradonline.de/tourer/moto-guzzi-v-100-mandello-rueckruf/ From what I've read in the german forum, there were some rear shocks that were missing a bush, or it was installed incorrectly. The result was that the end of the shock is clamped tight in the mounting bracket and can't rotate as it is intended to be able to. This overstresses the eye on the end of the shock, and it can fracture.

Sadly, Guzzi has made worse errors, like the 8 valve engines that ate their tappets. And that seems like a matter of getting the valve spring rates wrong. But I don't think we will ever know for sure what they messed up to cause that issue. Some issues with Guzzi's are quality control issues, where a certain number of them are just poorly made, perhaps using poor quality parts, that didn't get caught in QC. But sadly other issues are basic design issues. So, an aluminum oil pump gear is not surprising. They may have simply had some alumnum oil pump gears laying around, and while the engineer may have spec'd steel, if they had aluminum gears laying around leftover from something else they may have just decided to use them.

Yes, Suches is pronounced, "Such is". It's hard to make a call on the temperature in late September, but the highs may be in the 80's. Suches in general is always cooler than the surrounding area.

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I also run 34/35 f and 37/38 r on my 01 Greenie with a 160/60 rear. Accidently overfilled front once and HATED it so am quite anal about pressures. When I get to get out for a ride even if it's only a commute I want to enjoy it and not ruin it by duff tyre pressures! Same, always solo and a tank bag only on a weekend away. Cheers and here's to back road misbehavior....

In my experience, I found those pressures resulted in undesirable wear. I have had best outcomes with 2.4/2.8 bar , front/rear (35/40 psi). Mind you, this is a short frame Sport 120/70 front, 160/60 rear always with the panniers loaded and ridden like a jack rabbit on hot lava. YMMV!