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Thanks all, she has a few nicks here and there, but is over all pretty nice. And I plan to go through her when I get her home. She seems to run better and better the more I ride her. With the low miles, she needs more time on the road. First tank was abut 33mpg of around town and back roads. The valve covers are another issue, I don't don't mind the red, but I wish it matched the other red on the bike. When I do the valve adjustment, I will strip the paint off. Any one have a red paint code that is close, or a better idea on the valve covers?

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I have about 200 miles of seat time on my V11 Sport, and i love it, but it is still in GA at a buddy's house. I put the Hepco & Becker hard bags on it, road about 100 miles with them this weekend, I did not have much in them, but really did not notice them. My questions are about the modifications to this bike, a previous owner made some changes, or what I think are changes, and I just want to know about them. He removed the steering stabilizer and there were a few times this weekend I thought it would have been good to have. Any opinion on the removal? Any idea where to get one? The bar conversion was done, I really like it, but just wondering what brand it is and if I can get a throttle lock to fit it. Is this the original seat? It did well, but after about 2 hours, I needed to move around to get my butt to wake up. Not bad at all, just more an FYI question.

Good to see an Alfa fan, I got three, Milano Verde (75 3.0 America), GTV6, and a Spider Quadrifoglio, plus a Jeep Grand Wagoneer and the daily is a W124 300d, long term project is my first car, '70 Olds Cutlass Supreme Convertible (Dad bought for Mom in '73).

I think it is a complimentary motorcycle to my VFR's, more of a standard I can ride very sporting. I like that with the bar conversion makes it comfortable and slightly upright. I am putting the hard bags on it. I have always had a pull towards Italian machinery, I own a couple of Alfa Romeos, a few Lombardini diesel powered garden tractors and few Oleo Mac/Olympyk chainsaws. A few weeks ago I rode it around the block and enjoyed the engine and the maneuverability of it. When I picked it up I rode it a few miles and almost changed my mind about buying, the vibration was a bit much. But later in the day my buddy and I went riding, he lead me down a bunch of old roads I used to drive when I was a teenager growing up in the area, and after about 2 hours of riding I did not want to stop. The vibration was there, but did not bother me much, the engine won me over and it was comfortable and I found myself looking around instead of staring at the yellow and white lines on the road. Now I can't wait for Spring.

I picked up my first Guzzi the day after Christmas, and what do you know, I had a good afternoon of riding weather, it was a great first long ride!!! Really fell in love with it, just what I was looking for.