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Mighty fine day to have a retired fellow's schedule.

. A few pix from "the Front" at Tellico Plains. Bill

Oh C'mon now. I did 10k on this. You can make Tellico from Houston in a day, if you leave at 4am.

. . Back home, so a few -- OK, a bunch -- more pix. Captionless, but you can probably figure out who is who. Bill H's SR 2025 Pix Bill

Hi from the new guy.

OK well, I finally got a chance to sit down with the computer. First I'd like to say hats off to Doc For everything that he does.(BIG hug My friend} Gus and I had a fantastic time this year At the SSR. It was great to see and talk to everyone that showed up Including Kevin, A fellow Michigander Who Rode his O2 V11 Le Mans All the way down.(Kudos) Gus and I trailered ours. Because it's just too much saddle time And so Few days. My older son Josh, came up from Atlanta And met us at the lodge On Friday, early Afternoon. We all spent the rest of the day and evening. Behind Hardy 's.at the. large field, Where we flew RC gliders. Josh. also spent Friday night, Which gave us a chance to mingle in the garage, and then at the pavilion, were everyone all told stories and shot the breeze. Gus and I managed to ride 180 miles on Saturday, even though it was a little damp at the higher elevations Up in the Appalachian Mountains. We ended up with a cruise through the dragon's tail and stopped a few time for some pics, which I'll try to post. All in all it was a great time with friends and fellow riders And already looking forward to next year. Everyone stay healthy and ride safe! SKIP

I would like to have seen the factory airbox in the pile to "return it to original" . . . Chicks run off with these things all the time.

The best methodology for putting Titanio canisters, grey Ballabio frame sideplates, and Rosso Mandello valve covers on your LeMans is to buy all those V11, rearrange the parts to your liking and keep them all. Seriously, let's ask the other inmates on the ward if that sounds crazy.

Been waiting 57 years for this to show up and for it to be new is incredible. Museum bike going to be ridden. In my house today! I think I feel 14 again.

Typical Dutch river delta landscape. In my pictures there is usually a Guzzi somewhere.

Kind of Black, silver, red, greenie ++. Cool bikes, and have l mentioned the engines before, YES l have [emoji16]. End of season up here. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

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. Over the years,I’ve ridden to the SSR on a Ballabio, Griso, EV, Stornello, V7 III, and Norge! Bill

Thanks for posting that, Kevin, as I had not realized I might have captured you not "looking your best." In my own case, my best has been pretty low rent since the '90's! Seriously, I have been chronicling SSR's since the first. I take (quite literally) hundreds of amateurish pix and then cull those down to (still too many) ones and post them here and, occasionally, another Guzzi forum. That culling process is often hurried. In this case, commitments and chores on our return meant I didn't even get to add captions to the pix. I like those as if the pix don't insult the victims enough, the captions add a coup de grâce. But, "sneaky," no, at least ever intentionally. Now, as do all "historians," I may take liberties with the truth, but that is almost always in the sense of not posting unflattering pix of me, e.g., a sullen look, picking my nose, or one that highlights my avoirdupois. Heck, maybe that's why I take the pix anyway, i.e., to have few of me and delete any that I get that others take -- at least with my camera. For example, Kathi -- who ALWAYS looks better than I do -- asked someone to get a pic of the two of us. This: As always, Kathi looks great; I failed to "suck it in," so ... yup, I didn't post it in the slideshow, thus proving that I, too, am not immune from vanity. Finally -- OK, almost -- I often take pix (especially of the posed kind such as the one you complained about) in "bursts," and then choose the one in which the fewest people are blinking or whatever. In the case of the one of the three of you, Josh, and Adam, I only took two, did not study those intently, thus posted the one you did not like. Here's the other: As I peck out this TLDR response to your concern, both the original and this are in the slideshow. Unless I hear differently from you, I'll sub the second for the original, as I think it does show you in a better light without making Josh and Adam less handsome than their actual selves. [Edited to say "done." ] Now, happily for all reading this, I have to go tend to one of those back-home tasks. The plumber crew will be here in about 15 minutes for their second day of work on our septic system. They are “renewing” our Alternative Septic System’s peat mo$$, and will leave with $12K of our moto-money! I now know why scotch whisky is so expensive. I wish I had known that peat moss was so dear when I chose my legal career. But “Greta” wasn't around then, so I had no idea that to save the Chesapeake Bay I need to pump the contents of our fluids’ tank to an ASS — a fitting acronym — with its pricy peat moss before it was declared clean enough. Grrrrr. Bill P.S. Nothing above, Kevin, is meant to make light of your knee pain. After a career in the Army, involving as it did, routinely running in boots on pavement, jumping out of airplanes in the 82d Airborne Division, and other "fun," my own knees are shot, so I quite literally "feel your pain." Best wishes with yours, with the hope that both of us can ride for a long time to come.

Bill? Sneaky? Say it ain't so . . .

I always have some favorites from Bill's SlideShow . . .

The problems have been fixed! -I replaced the oil pressure switch. -I did a diode test on the regulator - which interestingly had not been suggested in this thread - and the test results indicated that one of the diodes was blown, or was otherwise not working. Discussed the test with Electrosport, and they asked me to send in the unit for further testing. -Rather than wait for the Electrosport people, I bought a new Ducati Energia (OEM) regulator from MG Cycle and installed it yesterday. -Fired up the bike a few hours ago. Oil and battery lamp come on with key on. At idle the battery terminal test at 14vdc +/-, and increase when revved. Went for a 100 mile ride: South St. Vrain Cyn - Peak to Peak Highway - Coal Creek Cyn - Home. Had a blast! Foliage, not much traffic, no battery light at 3-4000rpm, and the bike just roared along. Thanks to everybody on this thread who offered thoughtful troubleshooting suggestions. I really appreciate all of the time and effort many of you have put in trying to help me out. Cheers, Sam

Perfect October weather here in the Sierras.

Nice Texas Spine Raid rendezvous and enjoyable lunch at one of our favorite local cafes and not coincidentally also a stop on the Tour of Texas. Great to have you here Eric and Pascal thanks for coming up as well!

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

Victory! The first row of bikes to show up were all Guzzis! Then later some other Italian brands showed up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That housekeeping done (y'all carry on with that Texas bid'ness! ) . . . I have to tell this South'n Spine Raid story, lest it fade away . . . Late night in the Tellico Garage, the question of "Why a Guzzi?" came up. One revered SpineRaider spoke up ( I paraphrase, but not entirely!) . . . "I was always a Ducati guy and hated Guzzis ." >hated<. "One day I was at my dealer and walked by a SPOrT 1100 from behind. I squatted down and looked at it from behind. " "It was like your girlfriend bending over in some hot shorts. " Some quick-witted SpineRaider noted he said: YOUR girlfriend, not HIS girlfriend . . . Either way: he's been a Guzzi guy ever since.

I figured since this subforum doesn't move much it's a good place to stick and edit for sale stuff... Roper slosh plates, obviously (Rusty star picket project) I bought throttle body bushings, and since I have 3 bikes that take the same ones I bought a bag of 30 to get the discount. Had to order offshore and took 2 weeks- odd size in the US. If anybody wants a set, I'll send them along for postage and a donut. CA cycleworks has the seals. I'm going to find a set of common injectors and have them ready to ship out, that way members can have them on hand for a quick swap, and send theirs to me without losing ride time. I made a nice stainless replacement rod for my rusty TB linkage. I don't have ends but swap yours on or find new from Volvo, Yamaha etc. $35 shipped to US. One day I'll have the plastic adjustment knobs for the TB linkage. In the works but not yet available.

You should see what I do to myself. I buy bikes a breaker may not pay for and try to rehabilitate them.

My first big block was an SP1000, I’ve owned a couple more over the years. They are yer basic, small valve, short head Tonti from the late seventies/early eighties and have one of the best and most effective fairings ever put on a motorbike. They are a mile muncher par excellence and will sit all day at 85-90mph. Most important thing to remember is that they are now all 40-45 years old and, unless they have been loved and refurbished, will invariably need work. Most likely things are frame bearings, all of them and a UJ support bearing and possibly a UJ. Fork dampers and shocks will need replacing if they haven’t been already. A camchain and tensioner for the motor at a bare minimum and the carburettors will be shagged out. Expect to buy a wiring loom from Greg Bender and replace the original that will likely crumble to dust when you touch it! My last one I built a mid valve 950 motor with a K cam in it and ran 36mm PHF carbs. It had an 8/33 bevelbox and an Eldorado flywheel. It was an absolute hoot! My mate Steve from Moruya owns it now. It’s a peach!

Something between the trailers and the tractor . . .

Smile!

That red BaT LeMans went for $5350.

Good start today.

Mine

Honorable mention to this returning SpineRaider from most northern New York on his Moto Guzzonda . . .

Our PA brothers checked in, as did NC. Watching for VA and MI. The Michigan contingents came the distance, and one rode his LeMans . . .

"Whip it! " "Whip it good!"

Coppa Italia for sale on BaT

We were all a new guy once!

Well it has now arrived and looks in great condition for the age. Paint work needs addressing, along with a few other bits, but this is a very rideable project that will be played with. Have a list of things I want to do and check, now slightly longer thanks to all the helpful information above, but looks solid and ready to roll. The carbs fitted are certainly stamped PHF36s. Engine sounds nice and QT and ticks over nicely once warmed up. Looking forward to getting it a run down the road, probably next yr

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

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.

Absolutely ! SamP forgive our zeal but we want you to get this fixed and operating correctly. Moto Guzzi will make you an electrical tch whether you want it or not !

Well its in the back of the van so I guess well know more in the coming days. Will give it a good once over and get a few miles on it and see how it goes. Thanks

Somewhere I have pictures from the Lillington location. The kind of pictures you can hold in your hand. I need to look for them. And met Dave Blue at an Oregon Guuzi event a few years ago. Which cements NC and OR as the centers of the universe. True fact.

that's the first thing i plan to do, unplug that thing and see if the problem persists...

It’ll still need a decent camchain tensioner and you’d be mad not to throw a chain at it at the same time. The fork dampers will be #@&#036;&amp;@#@ if they are the original sebacs, they used to blow as they rolled the bike off the end of the production line. Throw a set of FAC’s into it.

I own a V11, and like @docc a GB500 too. As for the V7 adding to the "collection", I can attest to this.

High speed run on the Benelli on the Dragon Friday.

Sort of related, I did get a friend to keep Lisa's Benelli company. All of 3 miles on it.

Superhawk (250 or 305?). A local rider has several classics, most that he either restored or cleaned up some bar finds. He's got all three models of 305s, Dream, Scrambler and Super Hawk. The Hawk was in a class of its own as far as engineering and build. It's also a convertible where the controls can be adjusted and set back, it's really a bike that could easily be converted to the track and commuter the rest of the time. The Speedo/Tach is really cool. This guy also has Bridgestone 175, Vespa, Yammie 650 KR street tracker and modern Yammie 950 v twin.