Goofman

MY goodness, how time flies when you're riding. Just realized I had not followed up with my '08 Sport fuse issues. I, too, replaced ALL three of my relays with Matsushita's from MG Cycles, and replaced the silly 18 gauge solenoid wire with 14 gauge. 4,000 miles since, no issues. Period. Thanks again for sharing your experience and knowledge!

Wowsers! Just saw your YouTubes!

Yaap, this might be helpful, to show you what is involved in the tear-down... https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20457

Listen to Gregg, Jaap. And congratulations on that SE Corsa, Gregg. Magnificent motorcycle! Oh, and I did all this to my Sport at about 37,000 kilometers.

That's one of the few things with which I have some experience. I can confirm that Luigi didn't want to get his hands sticky, as I discovered what appeared to be a mist of Vaseline on all my shock linkage and swingarm(!) bearings. Once the rear wheel is removed, access to the shock linkage is facilitated by removing the exhaust can. All the bearings are similar, of the needle type, and should come out easily after removing their respective bolts. BEWARE the loose needles! They will fall everywhere as there is no grease (guess how I know this) to keep them in their housing. Mr. Roper's advice compelled me to take the plunge and look at my swingarm bearings "while I was in there". That was an order of magnitude greater in complexity, at least for me. GET A MANUAL. Removing the swingarm includes removing the side/foot peg plates, which happen to locate the center stand! You must support the frame elsewhere. I hung mine from straps and my ceiling. You must have a special notched socket wrench for the swing arm bolt. But it was worth it, as the tapered roller bearings were just as dry as the shock linkage needle bearings. The left side had just started showing some corrosion, but I caught it in time. Hopefully, knowledgeable folk from Australia, much more capable than I, will weigh in on this. My best advice: GET A MANUAL.

Guareschi rocks! Any info on the Pakelos products available?

Fun! The 14 Café bike did it for me.

You can Bier scow any time you want, Bro.

Thanks for the great slide show. You and the Lady Kathi are good people.

TN 30, crossing the Cumberland Platau, is a true rival to anything in the southern Appalachians. Team404 (middle Tenn. based), beat the backlash of Gordon's breakup. Almost. I encountered the line of heavy rain 50 miles out of my home in Nashville. Alpinestars ain't waterproof. I would honor Herr Docktor for the tremdous amount of WORK that he puts into this "non-event". The tech sessions actually started for him about 8 weeks out. Driveshaft yoke broke. Dead starters. Tire to replace. Oil changes. Hung up gearshifts. Tune ups. Broken pipe hangers. Not to mention being a little feverish Friday and Saturday. Who Docc is, and what he has fostered among us is precious, indeed. The Katzenjammer Man pitched in there too. Proud to ride with em.

Rare company, indeed!

Aha! Been running into a suspiciously similar problem on my '08 1200 Sport. I shall now proceed with new relays and the heavier gauge wire fix. Viva la V11 Forum!

And the Guzzi parts dance begins! Thanks , Pete. I've had good service from AF1, a Piaggio dealer in Austin, Texas.

Just re-read this entire thread. Thanks to Docc for his time and skill. Don't get on the forum often, as I have little to contribute. That said, I add my thanks to Docc's for all that you do, Mr. Roper. While I await my backordered rear plate light housing (don't ask), I shall attend to that shock linkage and swingarm bearing service. 10 years and 24k miles is quite long enough.

Well, I did rearrange the MG flag I drop over my '08 Sport...

So, if I show up on the 7th of September, there will be some Guzzi riders that might help me change my OTHER valve cover gasket. Cool.

Dang! Remove the rear wheel, and you get a bitchin' proctologist exam table.

We finally had to take it away from him.

One must continually practice one's race face. And yes, that's a Kangol hand me up from from my hip youngest son.

Just a heads up. Sloan's Powersports, a large, multibrand dealer in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, has TWO NOS 2014 V7 Racers on the showroom floor. They are tagged at $7995. Original retail was $10 K +...

Bucket list alert! Meet me by the lake! A pipe dream, perhaps, but I am praying hard that I have the health, wealth, and a few riding buddies to do Mandello del Lario come 2021. Should be quite the bash, eh?

I'm new to this game. Perhaps a little late, but I applaud your efforts to "Sporterize" a Norge. If you look closely at my tiny, tiny profile picture, you'll see what I currently ride.